If you want to hunt alligator make sure to apply for the license this weekend

If you’ve ever thought about hunting an alligator, now is the time to apply for the highly coveted permits.

The state will issue more than 5000 alligator hunting permits this year.

The application process is conducted in three phases and begins by submitting a no-cost application at any tax collector’s office, license agent or through the Internet at License.MyFWC.com.

Applications for phase one are due by the end of the day on Monday, May the 5th.

During the first phase of the process the permits will be distributed through a random drawing.

If selected, applicants have until May the 19th to pay the cost of the permit.

The permits that are unsold will be placed back into the system to be sold in Phase II which is another random drawing.

If you are chosen you’ll have to shell out 272 dollars for a resident alligator trapping license and alligator harvest tags.

If you don’t live in Florida the cost is $1,022.

Each permit allows you to take two alligators from whichever county or body of water you were awarded during a specific harvest period. 

You must be at least 18 years old by opening day, August 15th, to purchase one.

The 11-week alligator season runs August 15th through November 1^st.

http://live.oysterradio.com/