Hillbillies Hunting Gators
Hillbillies and gators are just two images I don’t see going together. Apparently, though, the hillbillies are firing up the truck and loading the guns because they may be going gator hunting. That’s right, it seems Arkansas is considering having their first alligator season in history.
Now, I hope none of my readers in Arkansas take offense as I’m just joking around about the hillbilly part. It was too good to resist. If it makes anyone feel any better, I openly call myself a Redneck all the time.
Seriously, though, I can see a gator season in at least the southern portion of Arkansas, considering it’s right above Louisiana. It only makes sense that there would be gators in that area, but it is surprising to me that there would be enough to actually open a season for them. I guess forty tags issued for a season held over two weekends doesn’t necessarily imply a lot of gators though.
I’ve hunted in Arkansas quite a bit, from coon hunting to deer hunting and even bear hunting, but was never far enough south to have to worry about gators. The possibility of a gator season sets up an interesting diversity of game animals to hunt in the state, though. Off the top of my head, I can’t think of where you can hunt gators and black bear in a state that is so close to the heartland of the United States.
It’ll be interesting to see if it actually comes to be.
hunting, humor, news, Arkansas, hillbillies, alligators, aliigator season
April 21st, 2007 at 9:02 am
Cliff,
North Louisiana is full of ‘Gators. I’ll send you one of my stories about an Alligator encounter north of Alexandria.
Jon Bryan