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An important safety tip...ALWAYS carry a roll of duct tape. |
(And a can of WD-40)
Posted on 05/18/2006 10:04:27 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
Practically the entire state is under either abnormally dry or drought conditions, that might encourage them the venture out more. And we're at the beginning of their mating season too - which always gives them 'wander lust.'
The lake a few miles from my house is going to have nearly 400 permits issued for the next hunt season.
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An important safety tip...ALWAYS carry a roll of duct tape. |
(And a can of WD-40)
Man! I have to wonder would there be anything left of you to match up if a monster like that grabbed you.
You say you were feeding the alligators?
Coincidently I read the regs yesterday. I know some experienced folks and I was thinking about talking to them about it. My bow would need some updating - hasn't been used in a long time (would need new sights, to be restrung, and I think it would need to hold a spool to send out a 'restraining line.')
I was also curious about the specific bangstick that the reqs mentioned. Didn't seem like very complicated hardware.
Check your freepmail - bangsticks are necessary (.45cal I recommend). Easy to use, just keep the dangerous end down!
The 400 lb. gator that was captured last week (and killed, I believe) had one of the missing women's arms in his stomach. :(
Totally unrelated but interesting story...yeas ago, back in the 50's my aunt and uncle would spend a two months in Florida each winter..they'd drive. In 53, when I was 6...I got to go with them because my brother had just been born..my uncle had just gotten a big new Olds Rocket 98.. We'd visited some relatives in Tampa, and were heading to Miami across Alligator Alley, which back then was just a two-lane blacktop..flat and straight as an arrow..they never enforced the speed limits, so the car, with that BIG Olds engine, was running flat out, probably about 80-90..I was in the back seat...when all of a sudden, a huge BLAM....We hit a buzzard..flat on the windsield..it must have been flying across the road a few feet off the ground. BIG BIRD...it cracked the windshield...came through it..ended up in my aunt's lap..blood and guts EVERYWHERE...what a mess..it was real neat..
Might be coming to a time of many new gator stories...
LOL - great story - thanks for sharing.
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