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September Is Gator Season!

Posted on 9/4/26 at 12:09 pm
Posted by LSUDad
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Posted on 9/4/26 at 12:09 pm
The entire month of September, they will be bringing in Gators.
If folks want to make a trip down to S. La.
The Pierre Part area is the place. Duffy’s is the place.

Duffy's


Posted by Ron Cheramie
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Member since Aug 2016
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Posted on 9/4/26 at 12:28 pm to
Pierre part is absolutely infested with alligators. I don’t know how many gators get taken out every year but it’s not near enough
Posted by LSUDad
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Posted on 9/4/26 at 1:55 pm to
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don’t know how many gators get taken out every year but it’s not near enough


I agree, some information!

Clutch size: Most females lay 20 to 50 eggs, though some large females can lay up to 90.

Frequency: They lay eggs once a year, usually in late June or early July after mating in May or June.


Incubation: The eggs take about 65 days to hatch.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20517 posts
Posted on 9/4/26 at 3:46 pm to
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Pierre part is absolutely infested with alligators. I don’t know how many gators get taken out every year but it’s not near enough


I remember on one episode of "Swamp People" Troy Landry made mention of having 900 tags to fill in the month long season-----------and he is only 1 of the gator hunters in that area.
Posted by calcotron
Member since Nov 2007
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Posted on 9/4/26 at 4:19 pm to
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Pierre part


2 of my boys do not want to go fish Lake Verret again because gators will eat them. I don't mind the scenery.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20517 posts
Posted on 9/4/26 at 5:33 pm to
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2 of my boys do not want to go fish Lake Verret again because gators will eat them. I don't mind the scenery.



I kind of cringe when "Swamp People" is on and guys like the Landry's, Edwards or the Edgar's are out looking to rid an area of a nuisance gator and they show kids jumping in that water swimming.
Posted by bayouvette
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Posted on 9/4/26 at 8:49 pm to
It's time for a public hunting season
Posted by Capt ST
High Plains
Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 9/4/26 at 8:59 pm to
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Pierre part is absolutely infested with alligators. I don’t know how many gators get taken out every year but it’s not near enough


I remember as a kid in the 70s it was rare to see one. Hell of a recovery.

I don’t understand how we have nutrias left in the marsh with the numbers we have down there. Insane the number of eyes you see while frogging.
Posted by KemoSabe65
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Posted on 9/5/26 at 8:03 am to
Louisiana has about 50 to 55 licensed alligator farms, though only around 20 of them produce the bulk of the state's commercial inventory. [1] (/goto?url=CAESmwEB6zswFWYAlvTLeMCf-77X4sb_PGkOTc94WxXV186KM6mt15jW4sDdk5wOfk4Jh7k2ksGQPnFeffYwroLcEGDB2ZqIysC7lPTZKaBuKDFPA16KMRm6w_zNni0YGx64h3JEqsqLnHzpG1mv9r4i5gTaPy0CNrk9EtO-CcmCnXk9DSsEC5wauw2k3jTZ1Lp-zV3wGA5NbLHaRnfmyA), [2] (/goto?url=CAESmQEB6zswFawRS9RNHms7TH8rjidOIKnTSj8097awHKAX2uFzZRyk5kRBQbptF-auOrfWU500HGf7_SHy8iKrNKFJQPTQSS1aUzMIPPANAnEdgRDKtuP0YFr0TWhpJYfLjWvRfvB-x-pU9X9m4UVhBqUPPR-rf9qpkQgjfVhFAOA9ls_FLEN0lr99rSEG0y4_8Ra1GL0ekSPwRFw)Industry FactsTotal Inventory: State records report nearly 1 million alligators living on these farms. [1] (/goto?url=CAESZAHrOzAV7-szvJoo2K22Pghw-cm2F04mv9dTMEBV9gRQ98YZsRR2ZAhbIn6xHiK3JAhqxmCRVd1SGX4rgCb6XRyYe6g694uZEfF64baVGQfPLxEH6bSnt_A857V1ztOk5odmg_Q)

ouisiana ranchers and farmers harvest more than 350,000 to over 500,000 alligator eggs annually from wetland habitats under quotas set by the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. [1] (/goto?url=CAESbwHrOzAVMCdb4iC1ct8rVKCQZZVmJ-5bQC-7B2pWGOOl0q4_9r0oj6P7tTVlb4DT7Q9XDpkug64hI8SYF9YzL69IO2ybeiwTLPUOsPL-4LsDd_7LeD5_lbrhRMTkJWmNOvC6_S4_pNAwO3_dcdhGXg), [2] (/goto?url=CAESdwHrOzAVG4kW7mm-R7SvD4S2_P8bg1bIhsTzj_WKN7WWDZ-jsUdO-6EpgNp2p6UstcQaVFh6h0xWlOt_Uv5FdOTybNEBqAoCX62J5AreIVLFApsrGiKFG-EdVSA1jmrWzPFAn425F-UmtGeVRoPL2kd8bFY73r0C), [3] (/goto?url=CAESxgEB6zswFb0M9m-lcqe4YWKmpfYZzW4OyOokr6l_g0Looo3xzFVkD3r-q-Wur3YlUA3vzzxWQ7UBnkWPltJyGpk2XKA1uNdDt26sBRMM0VecpZfzAm6_eRKtox23BHtxEuosNwXBiJ6eMNAclCpG4yYQIVHBcJi0FAwEt1SUN9iaXVldturf9K7zcc_n2iHoCfHN2gxeisDtQNMiwOCfNUFiaciVmaEVpanjGyTN67rxl4KuDft9FQcgaK1rtnryy9B_XL2LM_k)

Once again the agency in charge has upset the balance of nature. WL&F has created or gator problem, farms have crashed the wild caught market and releasing 20% back creates an over abundance that can’t be controlled by only hunting.
Posted by Capt ST
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Member since Aug 2011
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Posted on 9/5/26 at 9:29 am to
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WL&F has created or gator problem, farms have crashed the wild caught market and releasing 20% back creates an over abundance that can’t be controlled by only hunting.


That’s a huge problem. Courville harvests the eggs on us and the surrounding leases. They haven’t hunted gators on that 20k acres this century. You can’t appreciate the number of nests until that helicopter starts working the marsh dropping flags.
Posted by LSUDad
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Posted on 9/7/26 at 12:29 am to
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2 of my boys do not want to go fish Lake Verret again because gators will eat them. I don't mind the scenery.


I had a house on the water, just south of the Pontoon Bridge. Every now and then we’d see a gator. My buddy and I would take a treble hook, catch them, relocate them into the spillway.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
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Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:38 pm to
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My buddy and I would take a treble hook, catch them, relocate them into the spillway.




Is that the code name for the freezer-------------you know, just in case Mr. Green Jeans is viewing......


Trust me, if I had a camp on the water and hooked a gator big enough to be a nuisance, it's time to break out the skinning knife and vacuum sealer.
Posted by LSUDad
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Posted on 9/7/26 at 3:50 pm to
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Trust me, if I had a camp on the water and hooked a gator big enough to be a nuisance, it's time to break out the skinning knife and vacuum sealer.



No, no, we always relocated them. We are distant relatives to Troy Landry. Didn’t know it until I went in to Duffy’s, sat down with Duffy and told him who my family is.

Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
38275 posts
Posted on 9/7/26 at 9:46 pm to
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Troy Landry made mention of having 900 tags to fill in the month long season-----------and he is only 1 of the gator hunters in that area.


But I believe that’s based on how
Many acres he hunts. If LDWF issued tags based on gator populations, I’d bet every hunter would have hundreds of tags.
Gator season for me is whenever one is close enough to get got. I hate to be an outlaw, but there are just too many of them. LDWF isn’t doing anyone, including the gators, any favors with their management program.
Posted by gumbo2176
Member since May 2018
20517 posts
Posted on 9/8/26 at 12:51 am to
quote:

I remember as a kid in the 70s it was rare to see one. Hell of a recovery.

I don’t understand how we have nutrias left in the marsh with the numbers we have down there. Insane the number of eyes you see while frogging.



When I was a young man in the early 70's I'd regularly fish all around St. Bernard Parish from Violet down to Hopedale and Shell Beach. We'd also do a lot of water skiing and swimming in those waters.

We'd never see a gator. But now, all those areas are lousy with them, and I'm talking about insane numbers and sizes of gators. It really is out of hand.
Posted by KemoSabe65
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Posted on 9/8/26 at 4:56 am to
More like LACK of management
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