I’m currently in south Florida killing iguanas. AMA
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Anonymous
How do you kill them? |
Anonymous
Is it easy to tell gender? |
Anonymous
Are you f@cking serious?? How lazy are you thust you can't read the answers on the very FIRST page?? The OP has only answered this about 100 times in this post, starting with the very first answer they gave. 🙄 You're the exact reason why this thread is so long... it's filled with posters asking the same 3 questions over & over without bothering to read a single response. |
Anonymous
I see the need for culling them; however, they did not ask to be here. They are not wandering around scheming about ways to piss off humans. They are just doing their thing in a place they ended up through no fault of their own. So even recognizing the need to kill some for the good of the ecosystem, I would still feel sad doing it. They are still living creatures. Many of us understand why it is happening, but still find someone who would enjoy this or feel nothing to be very, very disturbing and odd. |
Anonymous
| Thank you for doing this, OP. I fully support your conservation efforts. Keep up the good work! |
Anonymous
OP here!!!! My Wife told me someone resurrected this thread! Oh my gosh! While I don’t know of anyone personally, I do know for a fact there are specialty exterminators in SFL that deal with iguana removal. Some even have YouTube channels, and that might be a good place to start searching. No idea what they charge though. It’s more involved than spraying for bugs though and it might require multiple visits, so it’s probably not cheap. Having said that, what about doing it yourself? You can get an airgun capable of (humanely) killing an iguana for about $230 or so (I’d recommend a Gamo .22 Nitro Piston). Read the manual, assemble everything according to the instructions, and then find a safe area to price shooting it. Sight it in and get the scope adjusted properly, then spend a few hours practicing with it until you can hit a 1” target at 30 yards consistently. The 1” is important because the area of the iguana you need to hit is about that size. When you shoot them, center the reticle of the scope (the crosshairs thing you see when you look through it) on the rear part of the iguana’s head (as viewed from the side). This will be behind and slightly below the eye, almost where the ear would be if they had protruding ears. A hit in this area with a .22 pellet from a decent airgun will usually kill the lizard instantly. If you cannot see this spot on the lizard, don’t shoot it in the body. Body hits do very little to iguanas in the way of incapacitating them. They might die later (but usually don’t) but it’s not going to drop them in their tracks. After you’ve eliminated the problem iguana(s), you should definitely try eating them! Any dish that works with chicken will do well with iguana. But they are very lean and have no body fat, so you’ll need to add some kind of fat to the recipe to replace the missing fat for mouthfeel. Butter works, I personally like to add some bacon fat. Clean the iguana off with a hose. Cut off the rear legs (and the front ones if it’s a big one) and about 7-12 inches of the thickest part of the tail. This is where the meat is. The torso has no real meat, it’s just a bag of guts and ribs. Toss the legs and tail in a lot of boiling water for about 7-9 minutes to blanch it. This will allow you to peel the skin off easily, which would be really difficult otherwise. After skinning, pull the meat off the bones like jerked chicken, and then cook the meat in whatever manner you’d do for chicken. I like to finely chop it and then sauté it like chicken with taco seasoning (don’t forget to add fat or some kind). They make great tacos, enchiladas, quesadillas, etc. In Panama my coworkers used to roast the whole iguana over a fire, after filling the body cavity with peppers and onions and herbs. I haven’t tried that way, but will next time. I’m going back to FL in December to try another python hunt, so we’ll be getting some iguanas too. Good luck resolving your iguana troubles! OP over and out. |
Anonymous
Why are you posting on DC Urban Moms if you're a guy from Florida |
Anonymous
OP indicated in his OP that he's not a a guy from Florida. |
Anonymous
People post from all over, on this forum-a np from Fl also, but not where there are iguanas! |
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For the non-Floridians or the folks who recently moved to Florida. Animals you may not know live with us in Florida -
Bears Monkeys Wild Boar Coyote Florida Panther Python Peacocks Nile Monitor Lizard Animals that you probably know about but should definitely be aware of when you are out in nature - Spiders - Brown Recluse & Black Widow (I've been bitten by both) Sharks - Bull, Hammerhead, Lemon, Tiger, Nurse, Reef Snakes - Python, Cottonmouth (aka Water Moccasin), Diamondback (eastern rattle snake), Copperhead, Coral Alligators (assume they are in every body of freshwater) Crocodiles (mostly in South Florida) I'm sure I left some out. Common sense and education will keep you safe. Thank you to the OP for humanely hunting Iguana! I love all animals, but these are an invasive species . They have a serious detrimental effect on Florida wildlife, they carry disease, and they hurt agriculture. |
Anonymous
Although I have never encountered most of these (yes, they are there)-I actually just had a peacock in the yard! I was like, wut??? I assume it is migrating because of a nearby new development. It only stayed a day. I'm farther north in FL than the iguanas and monkeys. |
Anonymous
Are you a vegetarian? If you are not, you are just paying someone else to do this. Don't try to say it's different. It isn't. Educate yourself. Many of these species cause problems. Go read about it. I wish more people would also hunt house sparrows. |
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Trash state, attracting trash people, who go there to do trashy things like killing animals.
Trash trash trash. |
Anonymous
I live in Florida. Why would you call me “trash”? You’ve never met me. I’ll bet we would be friends if you knew me. |
Anonymous
If you think living in FL is something to be proud of, I doubt we’d be friends. Your state is trash. It attracts trashy people like this man who kills animals and brags about it. |