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Hi Friends,
We appreciate
this opportunity to provide you with some information about our "Gator
Hunts”.
This will be
an excellent opportunity to have a fun filled family adventure. You will
see Florida's wildlife at its best. You will travel through marshlands, in
the middle of the night, gliding in just a few inches of water on an
airboat. It’s like a never-ending carnival ride.
Before
selecting your guide for this exciting and dangerous hunting adventure, we
hope you will consider some of the following:
We are
located 45 minutes southeast of Orlando, and just 30 minutes south of Kennedy
Space Center. Beautiful public beaches are only five miles away. There are
numerous family activities to do in the area.
Safety is
important to us. Each guide has a
cell phones and a well-stocked first aid kit. They carry a surplus of
equipment, and we always have a “what if” plan. We have enough experienced
guides to conduct trips for more than a dozen hunters at a time. Our guides
will do everything within their abilities to insure that you have a safe and
memorable adventure. Our guides will provide you with as many opportunities
as possible to harvest one of Florida's ageless dinosaurs.
In the past 20 years we have
conducted more guided gator hunts than any other guide service in the State
of Florida. Each year we see more return clients, due to their successful
hunt, and our attention to the small details. We are endorsed by more
Professional Hunters than any other alligator guides. Most of them have
hunted with us on several occasions. We have been featured on more than 25
shows on “T.N.N. OUTDOORS”, as well as “E.S.P.N.2”, and the OUTDOOR CHANNEL.
We have also been featured in a few dozen magazine articles, and books.
For three consecutive years, we
were the sole driving force working with the Record Book Committee of Safari
Club International. We meet with them, at our expense, at their national
convention each year. This was done to provide the information that they
needed about the American Alligator. In January 1998, S.C.I. made the
decision to place alligators over nine feet in length into the record books.
We have
maintained an outstanding working relationship with S.C.I. for the past
sixteen years. We have donated hunts to the National convention and local
chapters for the past several years. Our donations have exceeded $80,000
and counting. With your support, we hope to be able to continue our
donations.
In 2005, we were honored to have
been chosen from the vast number of gator guides in Florida, to assist the
Florida Game Commission, in a promotional alligator hunt. This hunt was to
target hunters via television and magazine articles. We have worked closely
with Florida’s Game Commission for years dealing with the Alligator
Programs. We have worked hard to educate hunters on the National, and
International levels about the American Alligator. We are pleased to be the
only people that provide a safety class for Law Enforcement Divers dealing
with Alligators. We have also provided training to Officers on the laws and
regulation governing the Alligator hunting programs. We are pleased to have
an outstanding reputation with the Florida Game Commission.
In 2008
and again in 2010, we
worked with the “Foundation for Hope”. The foundation provides
funding for physically challenged hunters to participate in hunts around the
country. We were able to take two young hunters on an exciting hunting
adventure. We have been doing these types of donated hunts since 2001 when
we became involved with the “HUNTS OF A LIFE TIME” program. This hunt was
for a terminally ill child. We are the only alligator guides these great
organizations send these young hunters to. Please help them to continue
their great work in any way you can. Ask your local hunting club chapter to
send a small donation each year from their annual fundraises. If you know
of any young hunters that may be eligible to take part in one of the
foundations variety of hunts, please call them today 517-372-8300.
In January of
2009, we were featured in the “Safari Club International” magazine. The
article was authored by the world famous hunter “Jim
Shockey”. It outlined our hunt for a giant gator, over 12 feet long.
Ranked as #1, taken with a muzzle loader in S.C.I.’s record book.
Our packages include pick up and
return to the Melbourne airport, lodging, all licenses and state fees. The
alligator is yours, the head, hide, meat and all of that attitude that goes
with it. We will make your reservations for two nights at a local hotel.
We supply the
boats, all equipment, and an experienced guide. There are no additional
fees for the time and expense of delivering and retrieving your gator from
the processor. We will also deliver your items to the local shippers or our
local taxidermist.
“SPORT HUNTS”
These hunts are done on private
property all year. The gators are approximately 7 - 7 1/2 in length. These
are either day hunts with rifles, or night hunts from
airboats with bows or
harpoons. These are one day hunts, but can require a second day due to
weather. If the hunt requires a second night due to weather there is no
additional charge. I have the tags for these hunts; this is not a
draw type hunt.
The fee
for a sport hunt is $1,850.
“TROPHY
HUNTS”
Trophy hunts are done all year.
These are three days or two nights. Alligators can be taken with rifles
(day hunts) bows or harpoons (night hunts). We supply all needed equipment.
Some hunts are done from the shoreline and some are done out of airboats.
(All night hunts are done from airboats). There is no drawing for
these tags. I have tags in hand.
We do extensive scouting prior to
each hunt from airboats, trucks, four wheelers and even swamp buggies. If
for any reason we are unable to bag the first gator, we always have others
scouted out. When scouting we look for the largest gator possible, not the
minimum nine footers.
These hunts are done on private lakes and canals. Make no mistake, these
are not gators that have been trapped or farmed and released just before the
hunt. These are 100 percent free ranging, tail slapping, and mouth
snapping, boat biting, wild gators with an all around bad attitude. (They
have a worse attitude than your mother-in-law did the night she showed up at
your bachelor party).
The fee
for a Trophy Hunt is: $4500.
Trophy fees:
$500 for 9-10 feet
$1,000 up to 11 feet
$1,500 up to12 feet
$2,000 up to 13 feet
$2,500 over 13 feet
Additional sport size gators may be taken on any
private land hunt. Only by the same hunter and method at the same time
for $450 each.
"PUBLIC
HUNTS"
August 15, through October 31.
Several thousand permits will be issued. Either by first come first or a
lottery. These tags normally sell out in 3 or 4 hours.
Nonresident trapper’s fees are $1,000. Your
agent’s fee is included in your package price. These are by far the best
package deals.
These hunts
can only be done at night from airboats, with either harpoons or bows. This
is by far the most exciting and challenging method of harvesting
alligators. These are all night hunts, for one night. It may require a
second night if we have bad weather. On one of the State’s premium Trophy lakes,
we averaged well over 11 feet. Our hunters also took several shots at
different gators over 12 feet long.
In 2010, on the last night of the season, a local hunter
harvested a monstrous NEW STATE RECORD AT 14 FEET
AND 3 AND A HALF INCHES GIANT on these lakes.
One hunter, one average size gator $1,850
One hunter, two average size gators $2,500
One hunter, two gators, one Trophy $3,500+
Premium hunting area for Trophy Gators one hunter, one
Trophy gator, $3500+
Two hunters split
any hunt add $1,000
+Trophy
fees:
$500 from 9ft. to 10 feet
$1,000 up to11 feet
$1,500 up to 12 feet
$2,000 up to 13 feet
$2,500 over 13 feet
If you have your own tags please call for prices.
The only additional expense is
for the processing of your alligator. These fees are for processing your
hide and meat, $25.00 per foot, plus
$100.00 if it is trophy skinned for a
taxidermist. If you would like the meat I will ship it to you or trade out
an equal amount for what I have on hand.
Your future guide,
Donald Hampton
P.S. There are only so many
"Trophy Gators", so call us to reserve yours.
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H&H Guides is a
Florida hunting guide
offering
alligator hunting in Florida a
once in a life time experience. H&H Guides prides its self in being able to
provide a
Florida Alligator Hunting
experience next to none. Our Florida Alligator have been featured on TNN, The Outdoor Channel, Bass Pro Hunters and Gator
Safari by Muzzy arrows
Florida only has so many Trophy Gators so call us to reserve yours with H&H
Guides.
Let us show you
where they are and how to bag one!
3635 Aurora Rd. Melbourne
Fl. 32934
(321) 242-1012
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