Really Big Gator
Dec 24, 2011 07:29:40 #
Florida Shooter
Loc: Lake Worth, FL
I was in the preserve in Boynton Beach, FL and this guy was taking a sunbath.
He is one of the biggest gators I have seen in my 10 years in Florida. He was about 25 feet from the place where I was standing.
They say the magic number is 15 feet. Any closer and you become a threat which means it might be lunchtime for the big guys.
He is one of the biggest gators I have seen in my 10 years in Florida. He was about 25 feet from the place where I was standing.
They say the magic number is 15 feet. Any closer and you become a threat which means it might be lunchtime for the big guys.
Dec 24, 2011 07:38:54 #
Florida Shooter wrote:
I was in the preserve in Boynton Beach, FL and this guy was taking a sunbath.
He is one of the biggest gators I have seen in my 10 years in Florida. He was about 25 feet from the place where I was standing.
They say the magic number is 15 feet. Any closer and you become a threat which means it might be lunchtime for the big guys.
He is one of the biggest gators I have seen in my 10 years in Florida. He was about 25 feet from the place where I was standing.
They say the magic number is 15 feet. Any closer and you become a threat which means it might be lunchtime for the big guys.
i would carry a 5lb ham just in case you need to distract him from YOU
Dec 24, 2011 09:18:26 #
Florida Shooter
Loc: Lake Worth, FL
Great idea but it is illegal in Florida to feed disturb or entice gators in any way.
In other words, they can eat me but I can't eat them.
In other words, they can eat me but I can't eat them.
Dec 24, 2011 09:21:49 #
Dec 24, 2011 10:30:54 #
Dec 24, 2011 10:38:26 #
in case of a gator charging, you do not run fast as you can, you run fast as you have to, lol,,lord knows this old fat guy would be like a bolt of lightening and a streak of heat if that was after me!!!, LOL,,great shot,,I have been close to gators many times over the years,,but have always been in a boat,,made the hair on the back of my neck stand up ,,,keep shooting and sharing
Dec 24, 2011 10:40:12 #
Big Nickel
Loc: New Hampshire
forbescat wrote:
I wonder how fast a guy like that can move...probably faster than I can.
a Game Warden told me that a gator can run 35 mph for short bursts
Dec 24, 2011 10:54:01 #
Dec 24, 2011 11:56:56 #
Dec 24, 2011 12:03:37 #
forbescat wrote:
I wonder how fast a guy like that can move...probably faster than I can.
You don't have to be able to run faster then the alligator, you only need to run faster then the person that is standing next to you. ;-) :-)
I have seen them run, and I mean RUN. They can be faster then you might think, and they are quicker then they look.
But mostly in a straight line. I don't think they can zig zag too well.
Dec 24, 2011 13:16:37 #
I understand that all creatures on earth have a purpose. Can someone explain to me how alligators contribute to the plant, except for maybe swallowing a neighbor's dog who might anoy you with its barking. They often make the news after they have attacked or eaten someone or something. I just don't understand why they are protected. It can't be their good looks, IMHO.
Dec 24, 2011 13:17:22 #
Dec 24, 2011 15:17:51 #
Florida Shooter
Loc: Lake Worth, FL
Alligators get a bum rap because they are really timid and afraid of people. Once they are fed by humans they become aggressive and have to be put down.
One day I was in the preserve and I heard a noise close by. It was an alligator coming up the bank to cross the road and go to the swamp on the other side. He was just a few feet away. When he saw me he turned around and went back in the swamp. He moved like lightning.
There are over a million alligators in Florida and there are very few attacks.
As they say down here, they were here first.
One day I was in the preserve and I heard a noise close by. It was an alligator coming up the bank to cross the road and go to the swamp on the other side. He was just a few feet away. When he saw me he turned around and went back in the swamp. He moved like lightning.
There are over a million alligators in Florida and there are very few attacks.
As they say down here, they were here first.
Dec 24, 2011 16:47:39 #
Florida Shooter wrote:
Alligators get a bum rap because they are really t... (show quote)
I agree. I lived down in south Florida in the early seventies and loved to fish and hike in the "glades". I never had a problem with alligators. The mosquitos,
now that's another story 8-)
Dec 24, 2011 17:10:07 #
Why do we have gators ? I guess the checks and balances of nature dictate that gators clean up the messes and other water creatures that might over-populate.
I love bats cuz they love mosquitoes etc etc
Sarge
I love bats cuz they love mosquitoes etc etc
Sarge
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