Hunting INVASIVE IGUANAS on a TROPICAL ISLAND!! | BBQ Iguana Catch, Clean, Cook

In this episode, we are in the Florida Keys doing something a little bit different hunting iguanas. These lizards are invasive and everywhere and we have a blast hunting them with high-powered air rifles. Recipe includes grilled Jamaican jerk iguana. 
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[@TsunauticusIV]

You’re living the life I always dreamed I would end up living… then reality hit. Ended up having to give 24/7 care to my disabled dad. He was 100% service connected disabled but the VA wouldn’t help because we “lived too far away” from their locations. The only option they would ever extend is for him to move into a care facility and sign over his life. His mind was intact and I didn’t have the heart to put him in a care facility to die a miserable way. So yeah it’s my fault that I pushing 40 and no family and nothing to my name. But… I get to live vicariously through your vids. I sincerely thank you for sharing. Stay awesome!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks

[@moonlitpearl700]

You have riches in heaven because your Heavenly Father deeply appreciates you hard work & sacrifice

[@jbj27406]

There are more of us out here living vicariously than you might imagine. You're still young. Your gift of care for your father will not go unrewarded. Good work!

[@jeffdickerson3]

It's so nice to see you 2 reach out and do other things, again you never fail to put out great content, Go Tug! Krystal is such an asset to the video's she supports you all the way

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Yes she does thanks

[@markohioicefishing3761]

Hunted with Brandon three weeks ago. He was a great guy and had a lot of fun. Would recommend this to anyone that is down there.

[@raymondbradley6788]

Ian, I had no idea you could eat those things well let me retract that statement. I guess you can eat anything if you’re hungry enough.😂😂😂

[@theathjr]

The chicken of the trees. Man that made me laugh

[@realoldgeekster]

Great video, I sure was not expecting you guys to do this! I enjoyed your video! I am so glad I found you guys. Such great content for me a city boy. Also, your video clarity was ultra HD for my TV.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks so much!!

[@FloatingVillageLife]

Your adventurous spirit in hunting invasive iguanas on a tropical island showcases your resourcefulness and respect for local ecosystems, turning a conservation effort into a flavorful BBQ experience. And im am floating village life.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks man

[@PSSKDerby]

Great video Ian & Krystal! This was awesome. Iguanas make awesome videos for sure. Thanks for sharing!!!

[@adamyoung480]

Aloha. And now for something completely different! I’ll try almost anything once. Looked like a blast.

[@grimfang5023]

I love frog legs. Never had gator but I would definitely try this!

[@scottmichael3745]

Gator is pretty good. Kinda like greasy chicken.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

I enjoy frog legs

[@adamyoung480]

@@scottmichael3745Aloha, not if it’s done properly.

[@mastergunnerysgt1258]

I hope that one day we can meet so I can tell you of my brothers and I went into S America in early 1978. So I can tell you about the small towns and villages of what we ate in our travels. No pun about it you over cooled your Iguana. You know of who I am, but thanks for another great vid, for I love it.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

I hope so to!

[@mstuckey311]

I like the hot and spicy Walkerswood and i add a little white vinegar and their scotch bonnet hot sauce to the marinade. I might try lime juice instead. Ive only done chicken, but i think marinating it overnight is the key. Should work for iguanas as well.

[@keithselzer9816]

Awesome video as always. Keep them coming you are definitely living a great life.

[@johnderoy916]

Lieutenant Dan - I am soooo happy I wasn't drinking anything at that moment - I would have either choked or spit it out

[@richiekaylor5004]

Can’t wait for the video again tho I didn’t get notifications 😅 God bless your family

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Wish I knew why sorry

[@charlesdriggers4320]

Amazing video keep them coming .

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks, will do!

[@burkeewardall]

Great safety, and shooting tips. Very informative. Thanks!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks

[@michaeledwards8215]

This looked like a blast!

[@JaxonDaniel0413]

You guys are awesome!! Finally a channel that I can relate too!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

🙌🏽

[@jb2257]

Super fun video B is cool for giving it a shot and not being cringed out love that

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Me too

[@jbj27406]

I was beginning to think that the ice chest was a gag like a clown car. They just kept on coming. Wow.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

🤣

[@Lma1974]

She kiiled it with the chicken of the trees, she definitely needs credit for that!

[@Wishard_Wire_Co]

Loving squirrel hunting, I could get into this!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

🐿️ 🦎

[@phillipcarroll6625]

As someone who cooks iguana often, next time, cook it in a pot with liquid. The same way you would make stewed chicken or chicken for gumbo. Grilled iguana can be tough and dry. Great video!!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Great idea!

[@dnaoutdoors121]

Awesome!!! Definitely on my to do list.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Let’s go get a gator!

[@robertj.mallonjr.9790]

That jerk seasoning is the best...been using it for twenty + years....

[@Lonewolf_1776]

Yes indeed I love the hot & spicy one

[@RyanWatkinson-we5km]

You guys are awesome! Love your videos!

[@adampotts9696]

Looks really fun...but I've heard they taste nasty! Like you said, I'm sure cooking them second time, you would do something different. The bacon and potato soup sounded pretty good. But it's hard to do that when it's a 100° degrees out!! Great video guys!

[@Stan_L]

Great video! Thanks for sharing.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@shawnharriman1916]

Get those guys cook book !!

[@kalieelkins9155]

Walkerswood jerk seasoning is the best!! If you like hot sauce try there Scotch Bonnet hot sauce...its my favorite!!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks for the tip!

[@ammohead73]

I've never had alligator but soon as you mentioned frog legs, I was like yea I'd sooo love to ty them. I grew up gigging frogs, yumm! We don't have those in southern Ky, how about a little blue tailed lizard lol.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

🤣

[@joaquinreyes4298]

Another great video keep up the good content 🤙🤙🤙

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks! Will do!

[@robertmoore2309]

Great video as always 👍🏼👍🏼

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks 👍

[@ellenmorgan6923]

Thanks for the videos

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Glad you like them!

[@sandcrabronco]

We are starting to see iguana here in central Florida, now I have another use for my single pump air rifle. Another cool video, keep 'em coming!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Get em!

[@iguanacatcher]

Excellent job!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thank you very much!

[@karinbrantner3081]

Ian, you and Krystal are the perfect team and you two rock U Tube with your adventures, no better way to spend a rainy Sunday Afternoon for me, I am watching a DeerMom video next...I am so glad I vacated South Florida before the lizards took over....

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks 👍

[@peteculver6063]

Dip it all in Chickfilet sauce! Game changer

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Fo sho

[@bigcountry5045]

see what happens when you get out of you little comfort box !!!!!!!

[@scottmichael3745]

Good stuff buddy!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks!

[@reelivin8112]

Ian, man I have been eating them for over 20years, we were working on a job in boca/laud. These guys were catching them constantly by the canals and would grille them up almost every day for lunch. From that point on I made it a point to hunt those things at least once a month and have a bbq

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Awesome!

[@karinbrantner3081]

I do NOT want Krystal mad at me especially if she is holding a gun after that shot! Wow...

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

🤣

[@Ten7Fishing]

I wanted to try that last time I was in south Florida but it ended up being like a monsoon all weekend!!

[@adamhackman2089]

Tug needs to audition for the new Popeye movie! Those forearms are ridiculous. Love ya’alls videos.

[@robmetcalfe8902]

Awesome video

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks!

[@Wishard_Wire_Co]

Crab bait!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Yep

[@JohnnyNix33]

A hunting video from the Keys is not what i was expecting today, but an awesome video! Thanks for taking the hit for the Tug Trash Family and trying some iguana for us. I'm not sure I'll be ordering it the next time I see it on a menu... and "Chicken of the Trees" had me rolling haha. Thanks as always!

[@user-vo8de2my1e]

Need to boil first. It will soft the meat. It then you can cook it any way you want it. Broil,friedetc.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

🤣

[@bubbletrail6404]

Great video guys, looks like it would make a good curry stew over rice. Keep up the good work.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Definitely what I should have done but I had limited time

[@Lockdown22]

i bet it would be good making it korean bbq sauce style. marinate it first. i usually make mine from scratch. onion garlic ginger soysauce, pear/apple, black pepper, chilis, toasted rice vinegar ,brown sugar, korean chili paste blend it all together in processor then cook it down in pan to a simmer to caramelize it and get it sticky, cook meat, finish it off with toasted seseme oil after cooking.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Yum!

[@moonlitpearl700]

Great video, Deadeye & Annie Oakley killing Iguanas. What an adventure!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

🤙🏽

[@moonlitpearl700]

14 dead count. Wow. Cannot wait to see what you make with those. Jamaican jerk iguana!😊

[@Broomesadventures]

Tell ‘em like it is tug trash Preciate that buddy

[@Broomesadventures]

Chasing pumpkin seed gills this evening wish you was joining us

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

That would be a blast!

[@michaelmello9510]

Nice work

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks

[@allenferry9632]

Thanks for taking one for the team. Do you have to knock on peoples door before you hunt or is it a public area?

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

They get permission on properties to have them removed

[@Will7981]

Iguana to me is something you’d only cook up over a camp fire and gnaw on if you were marooned on some desert island and you had nothing else.😂

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Yeah

[@FL_Native_68]

On a stick!

[@floridaripper817]

9:40 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 she definitely merked that thing lol

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

☠️

[@johnklinck6346]

I saw you on BlueGabe. I don’t think I have watched a Blue Gabe video since. He should probably be careful about who he features on his videos LOL

[@Lma1974]

@12:20 Ian should've said shoot off my shoulder.

[@mannyrivera6990]

Thermal Imagining camera will help you pick up their body heat so quick !!!

[@chrystinaricks779]

Lol, iguana tree rats!!!! Ian you are too funny. Love this episode. Chrystina from Lakeland Florida 💕💕💕

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@Odomoutdoors]

Cool video. Watched it with the family. We usually catch the iguanas with snares when we are in the keys for mini season. Now my son is begging me to hunt them with pellet guns though. 😂

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Oh man I hope y’all do! It’s a blast and the keys are over run with them! More than I’ve ever seen this trip.

[@carolmiland9665]

You have more to cook so do your magic and maybe they will be better. Love to you all❤

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

We will!

[@DENNISCAVE]

Cook it Ian, one more time 🎶

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

🤙🏽

[@tomgensel4134]

I knew you would make it good to eat. I think you need to try it different ways. 👍👍👍

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

I think so too!

[@user-qc5qq5oz4d]

Thanks this was a awesome video. I enjoyed watching you prepare and cook the iguana meat. I would’ve boil the meat and I think that jerk seasoning burn the meat but that my opinion. I really enjoy all of your videos your videos are amazing. ❤️✌️👍

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks for watching!

[@danny88dh]

30:41 Big B is a brave girl 😊 but all in all id try it without hesitation if the boss man himself says its decent its gadda be alright lol

[@floridaripper817]

30:49 at least she tried it.

[@danlowery5552]

Ok now this does look cool to go try, shooting them. It looks like you guys was shooting some of them at great distance. Now you are saying kill shot is thru the eyes !! 14.. so the tail, and legs are parts to eat. I think what you mention Ian. I would try them in slow cooker, after watching crystal, and you eating them. I think cutting them up into 1 inch pieces. I just your opinion. Grilling looks like meat cooks fast. But !! Ian, crystal great shooting, great video. Thanks for taking us on cool hunt.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Yes sir

[@RagingNana-KindredSpirit50]

Cool adventure. I was 2nd guessing trying iguana right with you. 😊 If you ever do try something new that you don't like just say it like Krystal did about the big iguana leg. I mean, I will try new food at least once (some things I won't ever try, like mountain oysters & similar parts😅). If it doesn't taste good I won't eat it again. I love Bianca's honesty! ❤❤ Kuddos B! Stay Blessed!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks Nana

[@royrostjr1352]

😮enjoy

[@FlipCouvillion]

I hope to see at least one recipe from the book when it drops.🤙

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

I hope so too!

[@thumpergman]

I'd Mabey try in a slow cooker

[@stevemcfarland875]

An iguana cookbook with more than three recipes,? Shut up and just take my money 💲💲 lol.. been wondering and waiting for about a year and a half when you was going to do an iguana catch clean and cook.. 🎣🎣. Great times..🦎🦎

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks!!

[@mattgreen4773]

B was fixin to lose her camera privileges 😂

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

🤣

[@nobracobra]

i would soak in buttermilk, and do chicken wing and buffalo dip... sounds delish...

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Yep

[@jakeguli5538]

I think from what I've seen brother, it's gotta be more a low and slow type thing or like you said, crock pot, pressure cooker, then put your sauce on and reverse sear it quick. Id eat it how it was. I live in NY so definitely no iguanas here, but kinda reminded me of squirrel. Which also has to be done low and slow to get the tenderness. Grilled, it gets chewy like the iguana was. I'm no expert at all though. I would have definitely eaten it grilled. I'll eat just about anything. #fat guy haha

[@floridaripper817]

Awsome

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

🙌🏽

[@rogercleveland5779]

I followed you from the beginning born and raised in Florida I'm 57 out of all the people I follow I've never seen anyone make Coquina soup when I was young my family would go the beach and get coquinas and make the best soup mad like clam chowder but with coquinas have you ever heard of this.

[@adamyoung480]

Aloha. Were you on the gulf coast?

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

I know about the small Clams you’re talking about in the surf but I’ve never heard anyone making soup with them. I’d love to try it though.

[@karinbrantner3081]

Don't be afraid of an honest opinion, to see Robert Arrington's (Deer Meat) video on catch, clean and cook mud fish....he was gagging!

[@barrenandbeyond]

😂😂😂 yes!!! Awesome!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Yes sir

[@ncoutdooradventures6148]

I wondered if you would do an iguana hunt while you were there! Curious if you would share how much they get for each iguana? I know how much some get in the Miami area....

[@7spadefish7]

I wonder if a FLIR thermal handheld would work for spotting them.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Maybe

[@BoWeihl-fb8yh]

That iguana guide gal looks like she could be kin to Krystal.

[@danny88dh]

Them were some sweet lookin pellet guns what caliber where they like .25 or something? Ive always wanted to go iguana hunting that looks like alot of fun

[@michaelandersson2856]

👍

[@theonlyjoanmarie]

Where is the SUPER THANK$ button?

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks 😁

[@theonlyjoanmarie]

YEEEEEhaaaaaa!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Yee yee

[@royrostjr1352]

Hello there Ian just wondering what kind of air rifle are you using

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Not sure exactly

[@kimdavis2508]

Thank ya Tug; I would not eat this or frog. 😂 But I really enjoyed the video. ❤❤

[@adamyoung480]

Aloha. Can’t vouch for iguanas, frog and gator are good.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Glad you enjoyed

[@Rayraywheelz]

Frog legs I had tasted exactly like fried chicken

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Nice

[@samnorman5594]

Ian, I love you buddy, but I'm with your mom, I don't want any part of that. I loved watching the hunting though. You guys are the best. God Bless

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Thanks Sam!

[@robertnester2727]

Hey long time !!! Try dales on that just saying ... Hot n auggie !!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Bob! Dales is good on everything. I do like the low sodium best

[@CoastalLandWildlifeServices]

I was thinking it would taste like a chewy piece of gator. Freeze me a piece til next time!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

I thought it was more mild than gator. Taste like frog legs with the consistency of gator legs

[@team_dadbods]

Best way I can describe iguana meat is a mixture of alligator/snake. I wasn’t all too impressed with it myself. Kinda meh lol and I love alligator.

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

I’m not a huge gator fan

[@337--LEE]

You never know until you try ... PEACE !!

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Nope!

[@jameswilliams-fr2tp]

Check with deer meat for dinner he does a lot them

[@Alwayzgruvin]

can you link that pellet gun info/ amazing

[@Lma1974]

Why not hit it with a thermometer? Didnt yinz spend 4 hours with the experts?

[@donaldbrown1744]

What guns were y’all using?

[@TugTrashOutdoors]

Air rifles not sure the make