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Louisiana Gator Hunts
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One commercial tag included, basic meat cleaning included, and a boat that holds your group and nobody else's. September and October, in Louisiana.
$1,400Per hunter, one tag included
6Hunters per boat, private
Sept to OctOur hunting window
28Google reviews
6Hunters per boat, private group
2014Guiding Louisiana since
From the boat
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Pricing
We do not package lodging, meals, or transport. You book your own room and we tell you where to meet.
Timing
Our season runs September and October. We are usually full about three weeks before it opens, so the real booking window is the spring and summer before the hunt.
Heat and peak feeding are what make September and October work.
Gators feed hard in the heat, and that is when the bait lines produce. By mid-November the water cools, feeding drops off, and the hunting stops being worth what you paid for it. That is why we do not run gator trips outside that window, even when the state season is still open.
The first three weeks of September are the best dates we run. Those go first.
Spring and summerBook. This is when dates are actually available.
Mid AugustUsually full. Ask anyway, cancellations happen.
September to OctoberHunting. Lines are out and the boat is running.
November onwardNext season's list. Water cools and feeding drops.
On the water
Lines are set the day before Baited hook and line, the way Louisiana runs a commercial harvest.
We run the lines at daylight Legal harvest here happens in daylight hours, not at night. Plan on an early start.
Your group and nobody else's Up to six people on the boat. Spectators ride for $250 per day, and space is limited by boat capacity.
We handle the animal Basic meat cleaning is included. Taxidermy prep, taxidermist drop-off and tannery shipping are priced above.
Baited lines have to be checked by law once they are set, so weather does not cancel a trip. Dress for the day you get.
Tags and licenses
Every hunt includes one commercial alligator tag. That is not the same thing as a hunting license, and the two get confused constantly. We supply the tag. You buy your own Louisiana alligator license before the trip.
We supply the tag One commercial alligator tag per hunter, included in the $1,400. Extra gators need extra tags, and those depend on availability.
You buy the license Louisiana alligator license, $25 resident and $150 nonresident, paid to the state. Nonresidents hunt gators here every season. You need the nonresident license, not residency.
Case studies
Same water, same tags, four groups who wanted completely different days out of it. Pick the one that sounds like yours.
A group that came for the hunting, not the scenery. Bait lines checked at daylight, multiple animals on the boat, and everybody carrying their own gator back to the truck at the end of it.
If you already hunt and you want a working morning rather than a guided tour, this is what that looks like.
A father, his kids, and a boat with room for all of them. Young hunters took their own animals with a guide beside them the whole way.
Spectators ride for $250 a day, so a parent who wants to watch rather than hunt has a seat. Tell us how many are coming when you book, because capacity is capacity.
A local group who booked the boat for themselves and ran it at first light. Sunrise through the cypress, one animal each, and nobody else on the water with them.
First-time gator hunters get coached on shot placement before anything happens. That is not an upsell, it is how the trip runs.
Two hunters, two tags, and the part most outfitters do not photograph: the animal on the cleaning table afterward.
Basic meat cleaning is included in the price. Taxidermy prep, dropping a hide or skull to our taxidermist, and shipping a hide to a tannery are all priced above, so you can decide before the boat leaves.
Gator hunters, in their words
I booked with Mareno's Outfitters alligator guide service for the 2025 season. I was not disappointed at all from the moment I arrived to departure it was top notch service and quality from the equipment to the hospitality. I will be booking in the future again for sure.
A trip to remember is one way to describe our day out on the water with our awesome guide Ryan. Alligator hunting is something that we won't soon forget and an experience that my son still talks excitedly about. We will definitely be back.
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Service area
Louisiana marsh, and that is as specific as we get in public. Where we put in depends on the water and on where the animals are moving that week, so the spot is not something we publish.
Book the hunt and you get the meeting point and the time. Call before you book a room and we will tell you which town to stay in.
Working marsh Bait lines on water we run every season, not a preserve and not a pond.
Meeting point on booking You get the launch and the time once your deposit is in. Not before, and not on this page.
Out-of-state hunters
We do not book lodging and we do not package it. Call before you book a room and we will tell you which town to stay in.
Then book your room, and you get the meeting point and the time.
Buy your Louisiana alligator license online before you leave home. It is $25 resident, $150 nonresident.
Weather-appropriate clothing, your license, and whatever personal gear keeps you comfortable for the day.
Water is on the boat. Bring your own snacks and drinks if you want them.
Before you book
We run our hunts in September and October, and the first three weeks of September are the best dates we have. That is our window, not the state's.
Louisiana's commercial alligator season is longer than that. It opens in late August in the East Zone and early September in the West Zone, and both run through December 31. We stop in October because the water cools by mid-November and the feeding drops off.
Yes. Nonresidents hunt gators here every season. You buy a nonresident Louisiana alligator license, which is $150, and we supply the tag.
The tag is included. The license is not, and they are two different things.
Every hunt comes with one commercial alligator tag from us. You buy your own Louisiana alligator license before the trip: $25 if you are a resident, $150 if you are not.
Yes. A $300 non-refundable deposit per hunter holds your date. It goes toward securing tags, which is why it does not come back.
If additional tags are available, yes. Extra gators are $600 each on the same hunt. Ask when you book rather than on the water, because tags are finite.
Yes, on alligator and nutria hunts. Spectators are $250 per day and space is limited by boat capacity, so tell us how many are riding when you book.
Private groups of up to six, one commercial tag per hunter, in Louisiana.
