Smokepoles & 'gators

[Homesteader]

I've got no idea where I should post this, so I'll put it here in general and won't be offended if it's moved immediately. :wink:

Where I work I see very large alligators all the time. Big ole impressive beasts. It just got me thinking about the bordermen back in the day. What do y'all think it took to take them down, and is there much evidence that they actually hunted 'gators?

(I used to eat 'gator tail a lot when I lived in N'awlin's*. Gotta believe they did it a lot back then.)

Smoothies, rifles, traps? Very large bore? Very large loads? Just curious about this, so any info would be great. Thanks.

(*New Orleans)

 

[RC]

if'n it was me ahuntin gators....the bore'd be huge and the barrel long! :thumbsup: :haha:

 

[xxgrampa]

and i would be waaaay behind rc hollering,,'shoot him again'' :grin:

would hope the rc put a harpon in his bore with a rope on it so the gator wouldn't sink and be lost at the shot..

no sense killin if you won't be eatin..

..ttfn..grampa..

 

[RC]

sorry gramp..onliest thing connectin me to that gator be line of fire! :thumbsup:

 

[jethro224]

Ya just jump outta the canoe and drop a flyin' elbow smash on 'em. Then ya put 'em in a full nelson 'til they give up. :grin:

 

[smo]

Shucks most them Gators are pussycats. One well placed small projectile and they'll start a spinnin'& a floppin' till they can't spin & flop no more :thumbsup:

 

[RC]

to jethro...."show me!" to Smo, key word here is MOST! i'll jus shoot and say "thar he is boys, go get um!" backstraps? wow!!

 

[Roy]

I'd imagine that I'd shoot them fair and square with a long barreled shooter... thats fairly close and square in the back :grin:

Although it would be entertaining to see Jethro the gator wrestler... :haha:

 

[Rocky Johnson]

Roy take a video of Jethro the wrestler and his gator and send me a copy. :haha:
I seen some guy shoot a big crock of some kind on one of the outdoor shows,shot him in the head with a big riffle. :wink: Rocky

 

[jethro224]

Why do ya think gators don't live in Illinois?
They're scairt! :2

:rotf:

 

[Maynerd62411]

Why do ya think gators don't live in Illinois?
They're scairt! :2

:rotf:

As much rain as we've been getting, I've been watching out for 'em. :surrender:

 

[bigbore442001]

Check your regulations. I want to say that in Florida you have to use a rifle or archery tackle. Maybe I am wrong. I know of a Florida guide who told me they use a 22 -250 and you shoot them in the brain. They have a brain the size of a deck of playing cards.

I'd say any rifle that is accurate enough to hit a deck of cards should do well.

 

[RC]

They have a brain the size of a deck of playing cards.

I'd say any rifle that is accurate enough to hit a deck of cards should do well.

:shocked2: uh oh! :surrender:

 

[Mountainman56]

They have a brain the size of a deck of playing cards.

I'd say any rifle that is accurate enough to hit a deck of cards should do well.

:shocked2: uh oh! :surrender:

I can hit a deck of playing cards...... but I never planned on being that AWFUL CLOSE to a big gator.

 

[RC]

They have a brain the size of a deck of playing cards.

I'd say any rifle that is accurate enough to hit a deck of cards should do well.

:shocked2: uh oh! :surrender:

I can hit a deck of playing cards...... but I never planned on being that AWFUL CLOSE to a big gator.

well the "hangfire" definition may take on a different meaning,bein that close...and playin cards??...if they're on EDGE I'm in trouble! :shocked2: :haha:

 

[Audubon]

You can legally hunt Alligators in SC. But don’t bait them. Call SCDNR for the permit and regulations.

There is little or no dietary (archaeological) evidence of Alligators present in SE North Carolina. Heaven knows there is everything but alligator in the record, historic or otherwise. And I thought people here would eat anything