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What local agency will handle dune lake gators in south walton?
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LarsAtTheBeach
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Saw this one recently 
steel1man
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But an they survive in brackish water?
Everytime
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Yes, they're all over Mobile Bay and the brackish estuaries off of it.
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Is that next to a water tank? If there's a reservoir or retention pond nearby, that's where the gator's hanging out!
LarsAtTheBeach
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Goldsby Road
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Yep; looking at the aerial map, I see that the water tank is between the 2 industrial buildings with settlement ponds, and Mack Bayou isn't far away; that looks like a young gator due to the stripes, so it may have relatives in the neighborhood!
We saw alligators all through the year but. mostly during mating season.
Unless they are being a nusence, no agency will do anything. Once the county receives enough complaints, the county will contract with an "alligator trapper" who will put out heavy lines with large hooks baited with a whole chicken tied to tree trunks.
Because I lived there full time and had a boat, I was asked several times to periodically check the lines and call if there was an activity on a line.
When asked what they did with the animals once caught, it was made clear that they got to keep them as compensation.
Attached is the result of one of those traps in Western Lake.
LarsAtTheBeach
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They are awesome creatures. But I wouldn't want to tangle with one.
