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Old 09-15-2005, 09:36 PM
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My nephews gator

He got this one last nite in Lake Miccaccuki (spelling) he is 10'8"

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Old 09-15-2005, 11:12 PM
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Nice! Wish I could go Gator hunting around here. The only "Gator Hunting" I can do, is in the bars
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Old 09-16-2005, 12:09 AM
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Where would you Gator Getters be if it wasn't for Duct Tape?

Man....that's one big frikkin' Lizard, Val! I get all anxious when I encounter an 8" long Alligator Lizard in my garden and you Kooks are wrapping 10 footers in duct tape!

Do you shoot 'em first or what? Just what IS the procedure for capturing, hunting, trapping,....whatever it is you do to an alligator? Do you chum with small pets or children?
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Old 09-16-2005, 06:17 AM
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Yea thats what I told him about the tape...."you a little worried that big boy was gonna open his mouth?" or what?

Treedoc, harpoon or bow, bangstick and I had an electric wench put on last year....I get my biggest gators when its just the two of us...but we found that bringin in one of those bad boys took hours and almost killed us last year, ( the weight and all) so thats why the wench....

I could start using unhappy wives husbands for bait, there surely is a business for it...


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Old 09-16-2005, 07:32 AM
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I may have missed it in the past and forgive me if I did,but if that big monster is no longer among the breathing.....why tape his mouth?Sorry if this is a recurring question.But I am impressed,I would love to bow hunt one.
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Old 09-16-2005, 07:39 AM
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Niteowl -- you gotta tape them mouths shut otherwise after he went to the maker he'd be spittin' out all those unhappy wives husbands out . . .


Nice lookin' gator -- would love to tangle with them someday, just ain't livin' in the right part of the globe at the moment, Waidmannsheil, Dom.
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Old 09-16-2005, 08:08 AM
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Niteowl, most of the gators I get are still alive goin into the freezer....harpoon them, get them to boat, take both hands close their mouths, tape them...then kill them if you can.....
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Old 09-16-2005, 08:23 AM
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Hers a good example of getting him up to the boat, then taping him..

http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL11/8...2/35185203.jpg

heres another...

http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL11/8...0/36473019.jpg
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Nice gator, Val.

Oh by the way, it's winch.

An electric WENCH is a whole 'nuther kinda sport!
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Old 09-16-2005, 08:29 AM
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You know I looked at that when I wrote it...and said to myself it didnt look right, thanks....

here's why you tape them...

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Great gator Val, and although he used enough duct tape to repair four Fords, I'd probably have used that much too. Congrats to the nephew.
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Old 09-16-2005, 12:58 PM
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It would appear from that last pic that Gator didn't fit it that little trash bag he's wearing. So much for Hefty's "Alligator Tough" advertising cliche.

As for Electric Wenches....I wasn't gonna say anything 'bout that... I think Rocky would ban me if I did!
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Old 09-16-2005, 06:31 PM
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An electric WENCH is a whole 'nuther kinda sport!
ROFL!!! Thanks Rocky, that has been the one high point of my day .
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Old 09-16-2005, 07:08 PM
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Once again Val, nice lizzard you all brought back, and I'll say again, you got more balls than I do

NOt that i wouldnt midn tryign them sometime, but i look at it this way...

middleaged redneck clutz (emphasis on clutz)
airboat
large bodies of water
10 foot lizzards tryin to bite my butt

would probably make one hell of a blooper movie, If i survived the filming
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Old 09-16-2005, 09:05 PM
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Thanks for clearing that up Val,my hat is off to you,anything that has the potential of eating me after I have stuck it with a sharp pointy object I think I will leave alone,lol
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