I just got back from an Iguana Hunt in South East Florida, in the Canals just below Fort Lauderdale. I booked the hunt with the Python Cowboy's Outfit.
Mike and Otto were booked up thru Sept so we got, Sammy and Matt and the new dog, Phoenix. Phoenix is a 13 month old German Wirehaired Pointer like Otto with a similar amount of enthusiasm for the job of Retrieving the spent Lizards. She was one of the highlights of the trip.
I had also booked a Pig Hunt but the day before I was to leave I found out my gun case was oversized and commanded another $240 each way! I had no other gun cases that would have made the New Size Restrictions. (L+W+H = < 62" total.")
So I cancelled the Pig Hunt and left my guns at home. This turned out to be not a bad thing as the guns supplied by the outfitter were "Edguns Leshy .30 cal. Semi Autos !"
I had never heard of these guns and they are not cheap! But they work very well, are deadly accurate and didn't malfunction even once. Not only that but they cost 10X what my Air Venturi Avenger cost.
After a few teething problems with the "Sighting in" of the guns, they got adjusted and we started hitting the lizards. I hit one perfectly in the head adn it literally blew the back side of it's head out DRT! However there were many that required several shots to dispatch because if you don't hit their "Pea Sized Brain" They are NOT Dead and can still evade capture, and especially if they get in the water.
A .177 gun would kill them just fine as long as you could make proper shot placement. Like if you were on land shooting from a braced position. however shooting from a Moving Boat Off Hand a body hit will slow them down enough to make follow up shots. And that's why they like the .30 cal. Guns.
We had a great time and the $1250 got us a Boat, 2 Guides a Dog and really nice guns to shoot. You can have up to 4 p[people on the boat for the same price, which in the world of Guided Hunts is a Screamin' Deal!
Any way here's some pics. We got 16 Iguanas in the 4 hours we were out and saw some pretty cool stuff. Did I mention,, We had a Really good time !!!
Randy
Mike and Otto were booked up thru Sept so we got, Sammy and Matt and the new dog, Phoenix. Phoenix is a 13 month old German Wirehaired Pointer like Otto with a similar amount of enthusiasm for the job of Retrieving the spent Lizards. She was one of the highlights of the trip.
I had also booked a Pig Hunt but the day before I was to leave I found out my gun case was oversized and commanded another $240 each way! I had no other gun cases that would have made the New Size Restrictions. (L+W+H = < 62" total.")
So I cancelled the Pig Hunt and left my guns at home. This turned out to be not a bad thing as the guns supplied by the outfitter were "Edguns Leshy .30 cal. Semi Autos !"
I had never heard of these guns and they are not cheap! But they work very well, are deadly accurate and didn't malfunction even once. Not only that but they cost 10X what my Air Venturi Avenger cost.
After a few teething problems with the "Sighting in" of the guns, they got adjusted and we started hitting the lizards. I hit one perfectly in the head adn it literally blew the back side of it's head out DRT! However there were many that required several shots to dispatch because if you don't hit their "Pea Sized Brain" They are NOT Dead and can still evade capture, and especially if they get in the water.
A .177 gun would kill them just fine as long as you could make proper shot placement. Like if you were on land shooting from a braced position. however shooting from a Moving Boat Off Hand a body hit will slow them down enough to make follow up shots. And that's why they like the .30 cal. Guns.
We had a great time and the $1250 got us a Boat, 2 Guides a Dog and really nice guns to shoot. You can have up to 4 p[people on the boat for the same price, which in the world of Guided Hunts is a Screamin' Deal!
Any way here's some pics. We got 16 Iguanas in the 4 hours we were out and saw some pretty cool stuff. Did I mention,, We had a Really good time !!!
Randy
