My buddy and I drew two alligator tags at the J.D. Murphree WMA in September. This is a good thing, but presents a few challenges for two guys from west Texas. We have to have a boat to access the hunt area and this boat must have a range of 20 miles and we must be able to get it over levies. At this point, we have no boat. I have not begun looking into getting a boat for this 24 hour hunt, but if any of you are familiar with this area/hunt and have any suggestions, I'd welcome them.

If any of you have shot an alligator with a bow, would you please send me a gear list for arrow/line/leader/float etc.

We have put in for Texas draw hunts for nearly 20 years and never gotten anything. As "luck" would have it, this alligator hunt is 3 days after we get back from a week and a half in South Africa. This $80 tag has the potential to get really expensive when my wife is finished buying furniture to balance the scales of fun....

thanks for any insight you may have.


long before Rodriguez stole that goat.