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September 2009 Hunt Pictures
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Capt Phil with his 12' lizard from South Carolina's zone 3. It took more than a night to kill this one & a few hours to drag it in.   After my hunting buddy Randy Pounds left SC for work, I had to hunt solo. A gator this size is a real pain when you're on a big lake by yourself.

 

September 2008 Hunt Pictures 

October 1, 2008 - Huge 13-5 gator harvested on Private Lands hunt!

 Leo Neuls of Chesterfield NJ harpooned this huge gator while hunting with GatorGuides.com in Polk county during a private lands hunt. We trolled onto this gator not knowing the size. The closer we got, the bigger it looked. Once harpooned, it dragged the boat around the lake, violently shaking it on more than one occasion. When pulled along side the boat, it was then we realized the true size of this monster.   Once subdued, it was dragged aboard by Guide Daniel Fagan & his friend Mark.

 

September 2007 Hunt Pictures 
 

Ladies can Hunt Too, notice the decorator pink harpoon pole?

 

 

Here is a pair of Ethan Altaratz (R) 10's from Polk County. The left one bite the harpoon in half.

George Camire & his son with a 9' & 11'. George harpooned the 11" at the edge of a weedline.

Once harpooned, the gator bolted into the weeds. Spent the better part of an hour extracting him.

Mike Brooks and his son Alexander after shopping for boots.

Stephanie Swerdlin with her pair of nines from Okeechobee.

The larger one she hit as it slid into the water from a perch it was resting on. Great shot!

Kurt McAnly's gators from Polk County draw a crowd while we're filling out paperwork.

Everyone wants a closer look & to tell us their gator story.

Mobile police officer Brian Rear with his gator from Lake Eufala in Alabama. We were hooked onto a real monster but lost him after a half hour struggle. Another group harvested Alabama's second largest gator at 12-9 from the same stop the next night.

 Darn! Out of 50 tags issued for Lake Eufala, on 14 tags were filled.

 

Ray Roche & Captain Rick Silkworth with their 12' gator from Okeechobee. Dockside, the gator taped 12'4". (I measured it)
After icing & driving to Tampa, it taped 12-0. The shrinkage cost Ray 5th place in the Big Gator Shootout.

 
 
 

2006 Hunt Photos (Click for Slideshow)


2005 Hunt Photos (Click for Slideshow)