2025 Alligator Season Survey

2.Did you hunt during the 2025 Georgia Alligator Hunting Season?

Yes

3.How would you rate your overall 2025 alligator hunting experience?

Excellent

Good

Satisfactory

Poor

4.Did you use a commercial guide service?

Yes

5.If you hunted alligators, but did not harvest one, what is the main reason you did not harvest an alligator?

I did not see or catch an alligator large enough that I wanted to harvest.

I could not get close enough to attach a line to an alligator.

My line became unattached or broken while attempting to secure the alligator.

I tried, but missed connecting my line to an alligator.

Other (please specify)

6.Select the option that best describes where you hunted during the 2025 alligator hunting season.

Reservoir, lake, wetland, river, creek, etc. open to the public for fishing, hunting or other activities.

Lake, pond, and/or wetland surrounded completely by private land owned by a single landowner.

Lake, pond, and/or wetland where the surrounding dry land access is owned or controlled by more than one private landowner.

Unsure

Other (please specify)

7.Do you or an immediate family member own the property on which you hunted alligator? If yes, skip to Question #10.

Yes

8.If you answered "no" to Question #7, how did you find out about this private land opportunity?

Word of Mouth

With assistance of DNR

Landowner advertised the opportunity

Commercial guide service provided access

Other (please specify)

9.If you answered "no" to Question #7, did you pay the landowner a fee to hunt during the 2025 alligator season?

Yes

10.If hunting on private land, was the alligator you harvested one that the landowner specifically wanted removed from the property?

Yes

11.Did you plan to hunt this location when you applied for an alligator tag?

Yes

12.Would you or have you ever hunted alligators in Georgia on public waters during a past season?

Yes

13.If you would not or have not hunted alligators on public waters, why not?