Glimpse of Invasive Iguanas

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JungleShooter said:
How in the world do I convince my wife to let me make a trip to South Florida.....?? 🤔


Why are iguanas such a huge plague in Florida — but down here in Peru with a huge part of the Amazon jungle — we have NO iguana problem..... 🤔


Who's got unused airline miles available to fly me up from Peru?! 😆

Matthias
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No natural predators
The meat of female iguanas is tasty
 
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TimeRabbit said:
Can iguanas legally be trapped in Florida?
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Yes they can.

But you need a trapping license, and it is illegal to move them around alive because of them being listed as a class 3 invasive species. So you need a special permit to move them live, otherwise they need to be euthanized on the spot.
Ezana4CE said:
Sidewinder and Hatsan Blitz time.
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You would think, I personally love using the GK1 and Huben k1 for situations that are this bad. They are more than accurate and powerful enough to taken them down effectively and quietly with the semi auto function.
 
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JaceSpace1369 said:
Hey guys, this is not my video. But I wanted to showcase to y'all just how bad the iguana problen can be when concentrated. This is how it gets in golf courses that are manned and unmanned. We have a little of 1200 golf courses down here and although our problen is mostly localized in South Florida they have made their way up to central Florida.

I personally consider myself lucky that our states allows us to hunt these guys with air rifles. If we couldn't we would be inundated with them. I've personally taken over 9k in the last 4 years. I just started doing removal of them full time last year.

They may not be going anywhere but we do try to make a dent in their population. Usually whatever number of iguanas you see, you need to multiply at by 10 to get an idea of how many there are in the area.

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going to need some kind of belt fed pellet 1000 round mag guns
 
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beerthief said:
Maybe the gulf courses need to organize a timed ,(say 90 minute before sunset ) hunting , kind of like a pay lake fishing thing ? probably insurance woud prohibit that ?
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They wouldn't do it due to liabilities. Too many people/variables for things to go wrong.

Plus sunset here is about 8pm, iguanas are usually hiding by 6:30 and their active hours can vary. But we also do night hunts removing iguanas at night.
 
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JaceSpace1369 said:
I didn't fild it, it's from one of the guys I've done work and videos with Raj Iguana Man.

That could be a reason for seeing them like this right now. But the thing is that they're like this year round, specially if unbothered. I've done work in miami golf courses where you would see groups of 10-15 in clusters.

In 3 hours time I would easily remove 80-100 iguanas and that's because of having to do back and forth trip between picking up them, dropping them off by my car and going out for more. We literally have hundreds of thousands, and the weather here in Florida is perfect for them.

The weather here is most definitely perfect for them. In fact it is so good for them that theyyre mating season has extended. Normally they wouod finish mating by early December, lay eggs in February-March and the iguanas hatch by may-june.

Now we have iguanas that are still laying eggs in April-May with eggs hatching in late August. I still manage to find 4" iguanas and they should not be any smaller than 6-7".

Even a deep freeze would mean high 30's for a couple days straight all throughout south florida. It used to be high 40's was enough. They're acclimating and learning when to go hide in the burrows if it gets cold, some are even withstanding it little by little each year.

I appreciate that words! This is honestly a group effort between all of us doing this And for the most part, we know that they aren't going anywhere anytime soon but we definitely want to slow down the number that we can.
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About their extended breeding season..no wonder their population has exploded! Again, keep up the excellent job of culling them!
 
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Peashooter said:
well i have seen videos with Rats that looked way more target rich.
But if i ever got to go to Florida, in the words of Roman Moronie " Fargin Icehole " iguanas will get it
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You will be more than welcome, and you'd finally get to try something other than .177
Ranchibi said:
About their extended breeding season..no wonder their population has exploded! Again, keep up the excellent job of culling them!
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Thank you!
CharlieF said:
In Belize they are called bamboo chicken. Had a plate full when down there on a cruise They need to start serving them at Micky Ds. Iguana strips. Yum!!
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In Puerto Rico and many other South and Central American countries they are known as Gallina de Palo, or Chicken of the Trees
 
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beerthief said:
going to need some kind of belt fed pellet 1000 round mag guns
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And people wonder what the point is of a full auto air rifle...
Two questions:
Was anyone else hearing the Jurassic Park theme in the background or just me?
Are they stupid enough that if one of them gets zapped the others won't scatter?
Bonus question, is there a time of year that they are popular to shoot that I will not hate being there from heat and humidity?
 
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AlwaysLastPlace said:
And people wonder what the point is of a full auto air rifle...
Two questions:
Was anyone else hearing the Jurassic Park theme in the background or just me?
Are they stupid enough that if one of them gets zapped the others won't scatter?
Bonus question, is there a time of year that they are popular to shoot that I will not hate being there from heat and humidity?
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Sorry I didn't get to see your message, but of they don't know what going on they freeze to move as little as possible even when they get it. If they know that they are being hunted then they scatter or if they recognize you. Yes, they do end up recognizing you as a tgreat and it don't take more than 3 visits for the word to spread.

I've shot as as far as 144yds with the 10gr. And the 16gr at 36fpe I have shot as far as 189yds still putting down enough energy to take down an iguana with a head shot.
 
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