Quote Originally Posted by Frank1 View Post
Me either, just another part of the natural world to me, why all the hate?
I don't hate them. It's kinda cool to see one doing gator things. If you opened the season year round and let people kill all they wanted, you would not get rid of them all. They are big, nasty lizards, so I just don't see the reason the DNR would want or need to put much thought or effort worrying about "managing" their population. To me, they are quite a few rungs lower on the give-a-shit ladder than a SC blue cat. About the only management they need is maybe some season dates...beyond that, let it be. If I had a duck dog and still lived and hunted in SC, then I'd hate them.