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Florida gator/Hog hunt

minnesotashooterminnesotashooter Senior MemberPosts: 674 Senior Member
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Just got back from a southwest Florida gator and hog hunt. Tons of fun, didn’t get a hog, only tiny little ones came in and I passed on them. Went out night hunting with thermal imaging, that was very cool, several buddies got pigs that way.

I did get a gator though. Just under 7’, nothing huge but a great time.

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  • JerryBobCoJerryBobCo Senior Member Posts: 6,007 Senior Member
    #2
    Those lizards look pretty darn big to me.

    Congrats on a what looked to be a fun hunt.
    Jerry

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  • bullsi1911bullsi1911 Moderator Posts: 8,979 Senior Member
    #3
    Need details. How exactly does one hunt Gators?
    To make something simple is a thousand times more difficult than to make something complex.
    -Mikhail Kalashnikov
  • pjames777pjames777 Senior Member Posts: 1,027 Senior Member
    #4
    What a croc! :rotflmao:
  • Six-GunSix-Gun Senior Member Posts: 6,716 Senior Member
    #5
    Oh, hell yeah! Nice score!
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  • earlyearly Senior Member Posts: 4,950 Senior Member
    #6
    Never ate any. Maybe someday.
    My thoughts are generally clear. My typing, not so much.
  • minnesotashooterminnesotashooter Senior Member Posts: 674 Senior Member
    #7
    bullsi1911 wrote: »
    Need details. How exactly does one hunt Gators?

    We didn’t really hunt them per say, it was more of fishing for them. We had large fishing poles with huge treble hooks and 3-4 ounce weights attached and we cast and snagged them. When you got a gator you liked, then it was your choice on how to dispatch them. Some people shot them with a pistol, other’s a large fixedblade knife or a spear. I choose a spear.
  • minnesotashooterminnesotashooter Senior Member Posts: 674 Senior Member
    #8
    We ate gator every day when we were there, it was good.
  • bullsi1911bullsi1911 Moderator Posts: 8,979 Senior Member
    #9
    minnesotashooter wrote: »
    We didn’t really hunt them per say, it was more of fishing for them. We had large fishing poles with huge treble hooks and 3-4 ounce weights attached and we cast and snagged them. When you got a gator you liked, then it was your choice on how to dispatch them. Some people shot them with a pistol, other’s a large fixedblade knife or a spear. I choose a spear.

    Pretty sure I would not go after something that can eat me with just a spear. there would be a firearm with a caliber that starts with at least .4 with me.

    Interesting methods, though
    To make something simple is a thousand times more difficult than to make something complex.
    -Mikhail Kalashnikov
  • snake284snake284 Senior Member Posts: 20,710 Senior Member
    #10
    pjames777 wrote: »
    What a croc! :rotflmao:

    No it's not!!! It's a Gator ****!!!:jester:
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  • breamfisherbreamfisher Senior Member Posts: 12,555 Senior Member
    #11
    bullsi1911 wrote: »
    Pretty sure I would not go after something that can eat me with just a spear. there would be a firearm with a caliber that starts with at least .4 with me.

    Interesting methods, though
    I know some gator hunters that, once they have the gator, dispatch them with a chisel to the base of the skull.
    Overkill is underrated.
  • NNNN Senior Member Posts: 22,650 Senior Member
    #12
    Fun I bet.
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  • NCFUBARNCFUBAR Senior Member Posts: 4,179 Senior Member
    #13
    We have it easier up here in NC ...
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  • minnesotashooterminnesotashooter Senior Member Posts: 674 Senior Member
    #14
    breamfisher wrote: »
    I know some gator hunters that, once they have the gator, dispatch them with a chisel to the base of the skull.
    Two of the guys in our group actually killed them with a folding buck knife
  • earlyearly Senior Member Posts: 4,950 Senior Member
    #15
    minnesotashooter wrote: »
    Two of the guys in our group actually killed them with a folding buck knife

    A good gator huntet has two hands, two feet, and all their fingers and toes:uhm::tooth:
    My thoughts are generally clear. My typing, not so much.
  • ZeeZee Senior Member Posts: 18,968 Senior Member
    #16
    I would LOVE a gator skull on my shelf!!

    nicely done.

    You gonna do anything with the skull or hide?
    "To Hell with efficiency, it's performance we want!" - Elmer Keith
  • minnesotashooterminnesotashooter Senior Member Posts: 674 Senior Member
    #17
    Zee wrote: »
    I would LOVE a gator skull on my shelf!!

    nicely done.

    You gonna do anything with the skull or hide?

    Hide is getting tanned then probably going to use the belly for a holster and boots, the back of the gator will go on my wall.
  • bellcatbellcat Senior Member Posts: 1,175 Senior Member
    #18
    New pair of boots!
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