Any gator trapper who does not get a few 12+ footers annually is not worth his salt.

As for the meat, for me that is more a novelty than worth eating. It takes some work to get all the layers of fat in the tail removed inorder to have a taste that is palatable.

BTW, you can thank Louisiana for the present day gators in Florida. In the early 70′s in an attempt to keep the population down, lots of them were trapped live and shipped to Florida which had few gators at the time. They were attacking kids, pets and livestock in peoples yards before the removal began and until a few years after trapping resumed.

If you want to release something in DC to remove the vermin, forget the gators, instead send some gator trappers. They are pretty good at putting a 22 caliber round through tiny brains.

ROLL TIDE!!!!