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My sweet sweet wonderful Rubicon, anytime, any year, you more than welcome to a hunt on me!!!!:D
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This is the bad boy I told you about, got so mad he came right for me...just got these pics a few minutes ago....I think he is gorgeous...
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Val, Keep those pics a coming!!!!!!! They are COOL!!!!!! And that boat, I been thinking about a mud motor, but that is K--- Ass! One question: Do you slip a rope around those bad boys mouths to hold them shut while you are giving them the ole duct tape? OK, Two questions: How many people did it take to get your gator in the boat? Hate to show my ignorance but Im fascinated,
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Hey guy, wish the rope could be that easy...thats an old Croc hunter tool....no ...after I get him as close to the boat as possible, we bank stick him, usually that doesnt kill them off immediately at least not my big boys...but it dazes them enough for me to take one hand under his mouth, one over and close his mouth and hang on...then another person has to take the tape and wrap his mouth...now we can go about the business of pulling him in...this was the one where we got his head up then the wench broke, so out came the ropes and we use the gaff and one end of the rope to wrap around him...then it was just brute strength after that...now that was with just me and my guy, which is tough, but I get my biggest gators when its just the two of us, dont know why just do...when you got a couple of full grown men in the boat plus the driver, its easier, but my 12'4" took me my guy and another 2 guys from another airboat to get in, then you got to get him balanced across the front, if you want a smooth ride back in and driving the boat on the trailer...
On that one pic where he is tied on the side..thats how we had to limp back to the launch that night, there was no moving him to the front... |
Rubicon, About the boat....its probably one of the best boats you can have for duck-hunting, getting to areas where the majority of boats cant go...we frog out of it, get to places where deer and wild hog are...party on Sunday afternoons with other airboats...anyway there are airboat clubs all over the country, "good on frozen lakes" you can check them out on sites like
www.southernairboat.com or just google airboats...if you decide to go that way, there probably isnt a guy around who knows more about them than my guy...so we would be very happy to answer any and all questions about them....I accidently found out we are soon to have three:rolleyes: tell me the roof didnt come off the house....anyway...ask questions, alot of your decision will be based on what you hunt and more important where????The topography of your area has alot to do with purchasing one...the amount of people and gear you will carry and the design of the seat placement is huge, we customize every airboat for maximine fuel efficiency and what we are hunting... |
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Hi Valigator,
Great information regarding gator hunting. What kind of Airboat do you guys use? Is it custom made or is it a certain model number and brand? Sounds like yours could be used for multiple purposes and that to me is more practical than one set up to only hunt gators, etc. |
One we have is a customized Thurmond airboat, the other he bought and took to the son of Gary Thurmond and had it re-rigged, then I accidently heard he bought a third the other night on the phone and its at Thurmond's as we speak, needless to say the roof came off the house, but what the heck right...he nees one for frogs, ducks and gators...like you said one size doesnt fit all...
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