Alligator Permit Requirements

26.02    Restrictions on Methods of Taking Alligator.

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  26.01                Alligator Permit Requirements.  It shall be unlawful for residents to

04-07                take, attempt to take or possess take, attempt to take, or possess an alligator where a permit and/or special tag is required by the Commission without having said permit and/or tag on the person and fully complying with all the provisions and procedures required of said permit and or special tag.

PENALTY: $500.00 - $1,000.00 .

 

26.02                RESTRICTIONS ON METHODS OF TAKING ALLIGATOR.  It shall be

04-07                unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess an alligator other than during the open alligator season or by any method other than permitted herein:

(A)        Alligator must be captured alive and securely restrained using handheld snares or harpoons prior to dispatching. Hand-held snares must be constructed of steel cable with a sliding locking device and harpoon heads must be attached to a steel cable leader.

(B)        Firearms may only be used to dispatch a securely restrained alligator.  Firearms used for dispatching an alligator are restricted to shotguns or shotgun caliber bangsticks using shot size no larger than #4 shot.

(C)        All shotguns and bangsticks must be cased and unloaded at all times until an alligator has been securely restrained. No other firearms or ammunition may be in possession of the permittee or hunting assistant.

(D)        No firearm or bangstick may be discharged within 150 yards of any residence, building, boat ramp or occupied campsite.

(E)        All harvested alligator must be validated at a designated check station(s) on the day of harvest. The permittee’s Temporary Alligator Possession Tag must be attached to the alligator immediately upon harvest and prior to moving. Upon validation at the check station by a Commission employee, a USFWS CITES tag will be attached to the alligator.

(F)        Legal hunting hours during the declared open alligator season will be from one-half hour after sunset until one-half hour before sunrise.  The use of artificial lights is permitted during legal hunting hours.

 

 

 

 

 

(G)        All harvested alligators must be at least four (4) feet in length as measured from the tip of the snout to the end of the tail.

EXCEPTION :

(1)        In compliance with Commission Code Section 40.00 – Alligator Farmer Requirements.

             PENALTY: $500.00 to $1000.00.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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