WESTWOOD SHORES SUBDIVISION ALLIGATOR HUNTING ORIENTATION
Westwood Shores Subdivision will be conducting a controlled alligator hunt. The procedure for being selected for the hunt is to submit your bid for one of the six tags at the POA Office. Constable Cole will review the bids, and the six highest bids will receive one of the six tags. The managed hunt will start on September 10, 2026, to September 30, 2026, with a goal of six (6) alligators harvested from our ever-growing population of alligators. The following are basic rules and procedures:
GOAL: Removal of four (6) alligators.
RULES OF THE CONTROLLED ALLIGATOR HARVEST:
Westwood Shores Subdivision will be conducting a controlled alligator hunt. The procedure for being selected for the hunt is to submit your bid for one of the six tags at the POA Office. Constable Cole will review the bids, and the six highest bids will receive one of the six tags. The managed hunt will start on September 10, 2026, to September 30, 2026, with a goal of six (6) alligators harvested from our ever-growing population of alligators. The following are basic rules and procedures:
GOAL: Removal of four (6) alligators.
RULES OF THE CONTROLLED ALLIGATOR HARVEST:
- Alligator harvest hunters cannot enter onto private property without the consent of the landowner. The consent must be in writing.
- Harvest hunters must use the Green Belt property owned by Westwood Shores Subdivision, unless a property owner gives permission to hunt on their property. The hunters cannot use a boat in the designated lakes to harvest the alligator. The hunters must hunt from the shoreline with appropriate hunting gear. A line with a large treble hook, using some type of bait, must be used to catch the alligator.
- The alligator that is caught on the Hunter's line is not to be released if the alligator is small. The alligator that is caught is the alligator that the Hunter must keep and record with Mark Cole.
- The alligator harvest hunters will be identified by the highest bidder. Hunters must submit their bid on a sheet of paper with their name, telephone number, and bid amount to the Westwood Shores Administrative Office. The bidding will start on August 23, 2026, and continue to September 8, 2026, at 3:00 pm. No bidder's bids will be accepted after September 8, 2026, at 3:00 pm.
- The four (6) alligator harvest hunters will be notified by Mark Cole.
- Once an alligator is caught, the hunter must notify Mark Cole, telephone number 936-581-0303, so that a tag can be placed on the alligator. The alligator must be shot with a .22 caliber round to dispatch the alligator by Mark Cole or a designated person.
- Alligator harvest hunters are required to have an up-to-date hunting license with the State of Texas Parks & Wildlife.
- A HUNTER CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE HARVEST PROGRAM FOREVER IF THE HUNTER VIOLATES THESE RULES AND/OR TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE LAWS, WHILE HUNTING AT WESTWOOD SHORES SUBDIVISION.
- All rules and regulations set forth by Texas Parks & Wildlife will be strictly enforced.
- Hunters are responsible for the removal of the alligator and shall not field dress the alligator, except at a designated location, which is at the Westwood Shores Maintenance Yard. The hunters can dress out their alligator at a different location of their choice, except the alligator cannot be dressed out at a residence in Westwood Shores Subdivision.
- Hunters must not have a verbal confrontation with residents of the Westwood Shores Subdivision during the hunting period.
- Should a hunter have a problem with a resident property owner, the hunter is encouraged to contact Mark Cole or the Texas Parks & Wildlife law enforcement officers.
- Westwood Shores POA has the right to remove any hunter from the managed harvest, which would violate Texas Parks & Wildlife laws; State of Texas Penal Code, and POA Rules or Deed Restrictions.