Shooting invasive Iguanas with a pellet gun? Florida!

[AGPank]

Eating iguanas seems not far enough from Chinese eating the shit in wuhan...not that it can't be good, but many made a fuss about their "exotic" foods, and here we are talking about eating vermin.

Americans have commonly hunted/eaten things like: frog legs, alligators, rattlesnakes, rabbits, squirrels, opossum, raccoon, crawfish.

The iguanas eat plants. As long as proper handling and thorough cooking I wouldn’t be concerned.

I’d be more concerned about proper handling/cooking of chicken/poultry. Pork has risk of trichinosis. The FDA even lowered the standards on what’s allowed in ground pork products.


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[bsfl]

How about gigging them?

I’m sure you could, the noose works better (50 lb mono) because they can have some weight to them. But the gigs I have are flimsy frog gigs.

 

[Felix40]

I’m sure you could, the noose works better (50 lb mono) because they can have some weight to them. But the gigs I have are flimsy frog gigs.

When I was in TX I built a gig for carp and gar that had some mass to it. Sounds like a blast if there was anywhere you could legally find decent numbers

 

[bsfl]

could legally find decent numbers

Therein lies the hard part!

 

[Eastcoasthunter94]

From what I’ve heard is that they are a real nuisance down there. Would be fun to shoot a few with my .17cal

 

[Sevens]

Sure would be fun if you had a large piece of property that you could shoot some on (especially during shelter in place). I would think Florida has a lot more invasive species than just iguanas that could be "hunted" (lionfish, teague/monitor lizards, large pythons, parakeets, etc.). I remember seeing a documentary saying how the area surrounding Miami Airport was practically a zoo as people would try to smuggle in animals in crates marked as something else. Customs opens the crate and a monkey/lizard/bird would hightail it out and head for the trees.

 

[SaltyCaptain]

Iguanas are a pain for us in SW Florida. Boca Grande was actually paying people to hunt them at one point. No one cares down here if you kill them.


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[AGPank]

Bufontaine toads are no joke here either. 25 cal PCP.

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[Loper]

I live in Central Florida and we don’t have iguanas. However I visit my in-laws in South Florida and see them all the time.

Last time I was down there, my wife was driving us back from a restaurant and as I was looking out the window I counted 33 in a 10 minute drive. They were all siting near the ditches on the side of the road. I’m sure there were even more that I didn’t see.

 

[AGPank]

Lots of rain last several days from Eta. The canal across the street was out of its banks. I haven’t seen iguanas like I did today. Took 6 out with my 25 cal pcp.

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[Fatcamp]

Time for a "Kill, cook, eat" video!

 

[K-22]

Dang!
the lockdown has me cruising YouTube. In Florida people are sniping the lizards with air guns.
looks like a blast. I just checked and my airgun fits in my airline rifle case.

is this really a thing? sanctioned by fish/game?

im tempted to buy a second rifle so my brother will go with me.

after the virus madness of course. Airline tickets are gonna be inexpensive I bet.

Now, that sounds like fun!