Is it legal to shoot an alligator on privet property Florida?
Not if you are on residential property. There are so-called private lands permits, mostly issued to ranchers who have problems with large alligators taking livestock. (This is usually what advertised hunts are.) In any other case, first, if you have someone shooting at an alligator, call the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s wildlife violation line (18884043922) and if you have an alligator that is a nuisance and you want it out, call the State Nuisance Alligator Program (18663924286) SNAP is the ONLY LEGAL MEANS for homeowners/renters/public land users/etc to deal with problem alligators. In response to gonecrazy, the public hunt you refer to is only during certain times of year and you are in your specific designated area -only- on the St. John’s River chain. As for if it grabs your dog, what have you, if you have time to run in and get your gun, you have time to get the phone as well. Yes, a lot of people get off the hook in cases like that, BUT that doesn’t make i
