DATE AND PLACE OF HUNT

OUTFITTER, GUIDE AND BOOKING AGENT DETAILS

Outfitter (or safari company): Jon Ackerly; Alligator Management. 2161 E County Road 540a; Lakeland; FL; 33813; Tel. 863-640-7783; Email: cjackerly@gmail.com; Personal Guide (if any): Jon Ackerly Booking Agent (if any): Trip Arrangements (if self-guided): License Required:

GAME DESCRIPTION

Major Game Animals Taken: Alligator - Availability: Abundant - Trophy Size: 11'4" Alligator - Availability: Abundant - Trophy Size: 7'2" (for my desk) Game Sought But Not Taken: Game Condition Comments: We saw probably a 100 gators that night. Mostly 8-9 feet, but the big monsters are there, you just have to find them.

SERVICE RATINGS (excellent, good, fair or poor)

Quality of Outfit: Excellent Guide/PH Ability: Excellent Condition of Camp: Excellent Condition of Equipment: Excellent Quality of Food: Excellent Trophy Care: Excellent Name of Airline: Southwest Airline Service: Excellent Airline Comments: No problems. Meat was packed inside coolers and arrived perfectly frozen.

COSTS

Hunting Fees: $300 a foot Amount: $0 Trophy Fees: included Amount: $0 Permits/Licenses: included Amount: $0 Commercial Airfares: Amount: $0 Charter Airfares: Amount: $0 Other Costs: hotel, car rental Amount: $0 Total: $0

SUMMARY REMARKS

Problems of Hunt: None Highlights of Hunt: Jon is a real gentleman and a pleasure to deal with. Equipment Recommendations: hat with an led light, long sleeve t-shirt, pants and sneakers you not afraid to get dirty, no need for rubber boots. Would You Recommend This Hunt to a Friend? yes Why? Plenty of gators, everything is well organized, excellent guides, altogether great experience.

HUNTER INFORMATION

Hunter Name: Igor Kaplansky Contact Information: Tel. 716-390-7120 - PO box | Williamsville | NY | United States | 14221 E-mail: bce.moe@gmail.com Hunting Experience: US, Africa, Europe Physical Condition: excellent

IMPORTANT NOTES (actions taken if hunter unhappy with hunt)

Notified Outfitter? Notified Personal Guide? Notified Booking Agent? Seeking any kind of restitution or other settlement from agent, outfitter or guide? If Seeking Restitution, What is Sought?

ADDITIONAL HUNTER COMMENTS AND/OR OUTFITTER/BOOKING AGENT REBUTTAL

Hunting gators from a boat at night with a harpoon and a bang-stick. 2 hunters taking 7 gators! Largest were 10' and 11'4'.

Subscriber-Written Trip Report On Alligator Management Hunts

Below is one sample of such a Report which is made available to you FREE of Charge.

DATE AND PLACE OF HUNT

Report ID: 7262 Weapon Used: Rifle How Hunt Was Conducted? Guided Date of Hunt: May 3, 2009 to May 6, 2009 Place of Hunt: United States Florida Near Lakeland

OUTFITTER, GUIDE AND BOOKING AGENT DETAILS

Outfitter (or safari company): Jon Ackerly; Alligator Management. 2161 E County Road 540a; Lakeland; FL; 33813; Tel. 863-640-7783; Email: cjackerly@gmail.com; Personal Guide (if any): Jon T. Ackerly plus two helpers each night. Booking Agent (if any): Trip Arrangements (if self-guided): License Required:

GAME DESCRIPTION

Major Game Animals Taken: Alligator - Availability: Abundant - Trophy Size: 13 feet 4 1/2 inches. Weighed 680 pounds. (Once registered it will be number 2 in the SCI Record Book). Game Sought But Not Taken: Game Condition Comments: Game was very abundant. In two nights of hunting I harpooned 21 gators. The biggest was 13 feet and 4 1/2 inches weighing 680 pounds and I will have a lifesize mounnt made of it for display in my Spear Hunting Museum that has over 7,600 square feet of wall space displaying spear taken trophies from all over the world. The museum is dedicated solely to spear huntnig and is located in Summerdale, Alabama. I highly recommend Jon Ackerly the owner of the guide service I used. He and his competent crew really have their "stuff together".

SERVICE RATINGS (excellent, good, fair or poor)

Quality of Outfit: Excellent Guide/PH Ability: Excellent Condition of Camp: Excellent Condition of Equipment: Excellent Quality of Food: Trophy Care: Excellent Name of Airline: Airline Service: Airline Comments:

COSTS

Hunting Fees: For one night hunt when no trophy was taken. Amount: $1200 Trophy Fees: $300 a foot for the trophy. Amount: $4013 Permits/Licenses: Amount: $50 Commercial Airfares: Amount: $0 Charter Airfares: Amount: $0 Other Costs: Tips to the four helpers $200, motel $270, driving costs, food and taxidermy $4,000. Amount: $4470 Total: $0

SUMMARY REMARKS

Problems of Hunt: Highlights of Hunt: Getting the 13 foot 4 1/2 inch - 680 pound monster that I had sought for years. Equipment Recommendations: Would You Recommend This Hunt to a Friend? Yes Why?

HUNTER INFORMATION

Hunter Name: Eugene C. Morris Contact Information: Tel. 251-987-1111 - 7150 Wolf Field Rd., Elberta, AL 36530 Hunting Experience: 67 years of hunting experience - have taken 538 big game animals with spears - before spear only hunting, my big game bow tally stopped on 494. Physical Condition:

IMPORTANT NOTES (actions taken if hunter unhappy with hunt)

Notified Outfitter? Notified Personal Guide? Notified Booking Agent? Seeking any kind of restitution or other settlement from agent, outfitter or guide? If Seeking Restitution, What is Sought?

ADDITIONAL HUNTER COMMENTS AND/OR OUTFITTER/BOOKING AGENT REBUTTAL

Subscriber-Written Trip Report On Alligator Management Hunts

Below is one sample of such a Report which is made available to you FREE of Charge.

DATE AND PLACE OF HUNT

Report ID: 5808 Weapon Used: Primitive How Hunt Was Conducted? Guided Date of Hunt: October 15, 2006 to October 18, 2006 Place of Hunt: United States Florida Lakeland

OUTFITTER, GUIDE AND BOOKING AGENT DETAILS

Outfitter (or safari company): Jon Ackerly; Alligator Management. 2161 E County Road 540a; Lakeland; FL; 33813; Tel. 863-640-7783; Email: cjackerly@gmail.com; Personal Guide (if any): Jon Ackerly Booking Agent (if any): Trip Arrangements (if self-guided): License Required:

GAME DESCRIPTION

Major Game Animals Taken: Alligator - Availability: Abundant - Trophy Size: Abundant. Game Sought But Not Taken: Game Condition Comments: Jon Ackerly leases a vast amount of land - approximately 200,000 acres. Alligators - big ones too - are very abundant. Every nights hunt is a success.

SERVICE RATINGS (excellent, good, fair or poor)

Quality of Outfit: Excellent Guide/PH Ability: Excellent Condition of Camp: Excellent Condition of Equipment: Excellent Quality of Food: Excellent Trophy Care: Excellent Name of Airline: Airline Service: Airline Comments: Thank god I didn't have to fly on an airline to get there - I drove.

COSTS

Hunting Fees: $750 per night - if a trophy of your length and determination is taken than a trophy fee. Amount: $1500 Trophy Fees: $250 per foot but the $750 is waived. Amount: $0 Permits/Licenses: Amount: $52 Commercial Airfares: Amount: $0 Charter Airfares: Amount: $0 Other Costs: Two nights hunts $1,500 plus $200 tips to four helpers. Amount: $200 Total: $0

SUMMARY REMARKS

Problems of Hunt: Highlights of Hunt: Equipment Recommendations: Would You Recommend This Hunt to a Friend? Yes Why? Harpooning gators is at the top of all my hunts for sheer excitement. To slowly slip uo on those huge prehistoric monsters and then slam a harpoon into him - then the long evening fight.

HUNTER INFORMATION

Hunter Name: Gene Morris Contact Information: Tel. 251-987-1111 - 7150 Wolf Field Rd., Elberta, AL 36530 Hunting Experience: Forever. 494 big game animals, 331 big game animals on my spear tally. I am the greatest living spear hunter in the world. Physical Condition: Good.

IMPORTANT NOTES (actions taken if hunter unhappy with hunt)

Notified Outfitter? Notified Personal Guide? Notified Booking Agent? Seeking any kind of restitution or other settlement from agent, outfitter or guide? If Seeking Restitution, What is Sought?

ADDITIONAL HUNTER COMMENTS AND/OR OUTFITTER/BOOKING AGENT REBUTTAL

This is in addition to the limited space and comments I made on your "Hunting Report" form. I have been going down to harpoon gators now for exactly three years with Jon Ackerly. My agreement with him is that I pay him $750 per night for an unlimited number of gators - then if I get a trophy I want to keep then only the trophy fee applies. With him I have a 11 foot 8 inch life-size mount, a 12 foot 8 inch rug plus others. This time I was after one that was 13 foot or longer and they are there but I didn't get one. I did get 23 gators in the two nights hunting. All were over seven foot and my biggest was 11 foot 3 inches with plenty over 10 feet. Also Jon was generous enough to let my female camera person harpoon three gators. She has a license. Her biggest was 8 foot 6 inches and she claims to be "The Greatest Female Spear Hunter In The World" with 26 big game spear kills, I think the title is warranted. She is going to be the full time curator of a museum I will soon open that is dedicated solely to spear hunting. Jon with his two very able assistants in the boat really have it all together. It takes a real team effort to claim even one of those prehistoric monsters and Jon not only knows his stuff but he has his stuff all together. Like I said in your Hunting Report from harpooning gators is beyond exciting and a real adrenaline pumper. Also it is not all that expensive either considering how expensive most of the hunts in the world now are (I just returned from Africa in September). Because of all this I strongly recommend that your publication "push" gator hunting. Of a gator almost nothing is wasted - hide, meat, etc. Jon allows a hunter to bring back ample amounts of the choice meat.

Subscriber-Written Trip Report On Alligator Management Hunts

Below is one sample of such a Report which is made available to you FREE of Charge.

DATE AND PLACE OF HUNT

Report ID: 4678 Weapon Used: Rifle How Hunt Was Conducted? Guided Date of Hunt: March 20, 2005 to March 24, 2005 Place of Hunt: United States Florida near Lakeland

OUTFITTER, GUIDE AND BOOKING AGENT DETAILS

Outfitter (or safari company): Jon Ackerly; Alligator Management. 2161 E County Road 540a; Lakeland; FL; 33813; Tel. 863-640-7783; Email: cjackerly@gmail.com; Personal Guide (if any): Booking Agent (if any): Trip Arrangements (if self-guided): License Required:

GAME DESCRIPTION

Major Game Animals Taken: Alligator - Availability: Abundant - Trophy Size: Game Sought But Not Taken: Game Condition Comments: I hunted with harpoon with Mr. Jon Ackerly and crew for two nights. Got 10 alligators each of the two nights. All were over 7 foot or one with the biggest being 11 foot 8 inches, weighing exactly 480 pounds.

SERVICE RATINGS (excellent, good, fair or poor)

Quality of Outfit: Excellent Guide/PH Ability: Excellent Condition of Camp: Excellent Condition of Equipment: Excellent Quality of Food: Trophy Care: Excellent Name of Airline: All airlines suck. Airline Service: Airline Comments: Airlines are one of my main enemies in life. Fortunately I could drive the 500 miles from my home on this trip.

COSTS

Hunting Fees: For first night. Amount: $750 Trophy Fees: $250 per foot or $2,937 for the 11 foot 8 inch trophy. Amount: $2937 Permits/Licenses: $52 but guide paid this. Amount: $0 Commercial Airfares: None involved - thank god. Amount: $0 Charter Airfares: Amount: $0 Other Costs: Motel, food, driving costs. Amount: $903 Total: $0

SUMMARY REMARKS

Problems of Hunt: None. Highlights of Hunt: Harpooning, fighting and getting a 480 pound monster in the swamps of Florida. Five days before my arrival a 300 pound gator had killed and partially eaten a 54 year old human male near where we were to hunt. Equipment Recommendations: He provides the harpoons. Would You Recommend This Hunt to a Friend? Yes Why? This was the third time I have harpoon hunted gators with Jon Ackerly. Once I got a 12 foot 8 inch one. He has his stuff together - period.

HUNTER INFORMATION

Hunter Name: Eugene C. Morris Contact Information: Tel. 251-987-1111 - 7150 Wolf Field Rd., Elberta, AL 36530 Hunting Experience: 494 1/2 big game bow kills - 211 big game spear kills. Physical Condition: Good - I am the greatest living spear hunter in the world, considering I am 71 years old.

IMPORTANT NOTES (actions taken if hunter unhappy with hunt)

Notified Outfitter? Notified Personal Guide? Notified Booking Agent? Seeking any kind of restitution or other settlement from agent, outfitter or guide? If Seeking Restitution, What is Sought?

ADDITIONAL HUNTER COMMENTS AND/OR OUTFITTER/BOOKING AGENT REBUTTAL

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