HUNTING GATORS:  We take you on a gator hunt …ahead 
on Passport to Texas.

This is Passport to Texas

It’s a hot muggy afternoon in the marshes of east Texas; 
and that’s where we find hunters on the trails of 
alligators at J.D. Murphree Wildlife management Area.

54—The area that we’re hunting in, it’s a vast bayou of swamps 
and marshes, with canals running through. The adrenaline rush is 
way more than deer hunting or anything else because you’re after 
something that can actually get you. /There’s one probably about 
10 foot and two seven footers right up here. In about 150 yards 
we’re going to try and put a set. / Never been gator hunting 
before. You know you see ‘em on TV. See the alligator shows. 
And, this is exactly what it looks like. / Our bait is chicken thigh 
quarters…/ Those smell savory. /It’s savory; that’s for sure. 
Mmmm./And we let ‘em sit out in the sun for a day or two and it 
got quite ripe./Upwind is better than downwind when you get 
those things out. [distant laughter] I am amped up; adrenaline’s 
pumping, and then it’s on!/ Alligator hunting – it’s just not like 
anything else I’ve ever done. You know, there’s one on the line 
and you start pulling me in. I don’t know. You get anxious, you 
get excited. You get nervous.

The story continues on the TPW YouTube Channel. Find a 
link at passporttotexas.org. https://youtu.be/vPWtSs0iMBg 

The Wildlife Restoration Program supports our series.

For Texas Parks and Wildlife, I’m Cecilia Nasti.














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