FAQs

We have the ability to hunt the Florida Alligator year round

We have found that the best time to hunt is from May 1 – Aug 1st

All equipment necessary for your hunt is provided

You will need one license. This license is easily purchased through the FWC website. Check on the Alligator page for the link

We hunt in styles that give us the most success. Some hunts are from a boat and others can be from land. All depends on what the Alligators are doing and also the area they are in.

That answer is relevant to how much money you are wanting to spend. Smaller alligators are more common than larger ones. So if you are looking to harvest a giant, then that is information while booking that we will need.

We currently have a 100% success rate for the last 10 years

If you are wanting any taxidermy done with the animal you harvest with us, all can be handled in-house. Hides can be cleaned for Trophy mounting to put up in your trophy room, or can be skinned for leather goods. You will just need to let us know on how to proceed with your trophy animals and how you want them processed.

Yes, all licenses necessary to hunt Whitetail deer in Florida is required.

All Whitetail deer hunts with West Shore Outfitters is performed on private lands.

Lodging is not included. We utilize local hotels that are about 20 minutes away.

No. We lease multiple pieces of property throughout Central Florida.

We use box stands, ladder stands, and ground blinds.

Yes, it does come with a Thermal weapon and ammunition for your hunt

We mainly do a spot and stalk style of hunt with a guide, but also do a box blind over a feeder.

Bolt-action .308’s

We can handle any size group for this hunt. We have done a group of 9 thermal hunters before and groups of 6 are common for this hunt.

The weapons are set on tripods for ease of use, so as long as you feel confident in your youngster’s ability, then there is no minimum age requirement. We have had a 6 year old do this hunt before and also be successful.

Wild hogs are more active at night and we tend to also harvest bigger sows and trophy’s at night.

We currently have a 100% opportunity rate for our thermal hunts.

The National Wild Turkey Federation (click here) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) recognize, in their respective turkey registry programs, any wild turkey harvested within or south of the counties of Dixie, Gilchrist, Alachua, Union, Bradford, Clay and Duval, to be the Osceola subspecies. Eastern turkeys and hybrids are found north and west of those counties in the Panhandle.

If you harvest a turkey with an 11-inch beard or longer and at least 1¼-inch spurs, you can get your name listed in the FWC’s Wild Turkey Registry (click here) by applying for an “Outstanding Gobbler Certificate.” There’s also a “First Gobbler Certificate” awarded to hunters under age 16 who harvest their first gobbler, regardless of beard or spur measurements.

Currently to date we have a 100% opportunity rate, and a 98% harvest rate. We have had a few clients miss and also not capitalized on the bird when the shot presented itself. But all numbers are real and accurate for the past 7 seasons.

Yes, you will need a valid Florida Hunting License and Also a Turkey permit.

All lands hunted by West Shore Outfitters are private lands.

We do our very best to manage our turkey lands every year. We do not over kill a track of land for the sake of tagging clients out. We take calculated number of birds per track so that we can have success in the future.