$6 bounty

[JABIII]

[DJP]

That Kid don't Play

[First Coat]

I see what you did there

[FishSticker]

That Kid don't Play

Outstanding.

[Biggie1976]

a high school kid could make some cash doing that

[Palmetto Bug]

We shot a few last time I was down in LA duck hunting. I brought my 10/22 along just for that purpose. I could make a hobby out of it. I wouldn't be scared to eat them either.

[Ring King]

I use to participate in the bounty program when I lived down in Louisiana. We ran a mud boat in the evenings and generally averaged around 60 in an afternoon shooting from 4pm till dark. We turned in 2800 tails the first year we did it. Makes for some sweet pocket change. Six gallons of gas and a pint carton of .22lr rounds was really our only expense for the trips.

[SCswampCAT]

I use to participate in the bounty program when I lived down in Louisiana. We ran a mud boat in the evenings and generally averaged around 60 in an afternoon shooting from 4pm till dark. We turned in 2800 tails the first year we did it. Makes for some sweet pocket change. Six gallons of gas and a pint carton of .22lr rounds was really our only expense for the trips.

Did they draw taxes out of the check or 1099 you at the end of the year?

[UpstateAngler]

"Little six dolla bills jus runnin' around out heeya…" HAHAHA

[Ring King]

Did they draw taxes out of the check or 1099 you at the end of the year?

That I'm not sure of. I worked with a local guy down there that I was friends with. We shot nutria and cut the tails off. Kept the tails in a champagne basket in a walk in freezer each week until the collection truck came around. Then Robbie would take the tails and turn them in for the bounty and give me my cut. Not sure how the regulations work now but back then you couldn't just ride out and shoot whenever as joe public. The shooting had to be done on a lease where you were given hunting/trapping rights by written permission. There was a minimum number of acreage required to enroll into the bounty program. Between Robbie and I we had about 5,000 acres that we were able to show rights to which allowed us to participate.

I thought the bounty had gone up since back then. I was down there from 2002-2006 and it was $6 a tail back then. They wanted to kill 100,000 a year for 6 years initially to get the population in check. I know that after Katrina that number went up b/c there weren't very many folks left with boats to chase the nutria and their population was exploding again since they breed like rabbits.

[Silentweapon338]

2,400,000 The state will pay out if they reach their goal of 400k

[Palmetto Bug]

Ring King,

Have you tasted them? Did y'all just feed them to the alligators?