Gators and hogs with a bow

[Ray P]

Yep.......that looks about right! Dont worry there is a cold front coming and it is supposed to drop down to 78 this weekend!

 

[Sharp Things]

I have yet to get a Gator with my bow in FL but did I get this but I didn't have a tag for it so it was catch and release.

 

[Sharp Things]

Im back home after a week in sunny Florida. The trip was great. The weather was great (never saw a drop of rain)

The trip was a great success. I was able to get an 11 footer. Lots of great meat. I'll have the hide tanned and do a euro mount of the skull and preserve the claws. We spent a lot of time glassing and doing spot and stalks on several gators. They have better eyes and ears than I thought. This potato, corn, bean and watermelon farm has a lot of free range, wild gators roaming the irrigation canals. We wore out a lot of boot leather and sun screen and bottles of water.

We did a stalk on a large gator sunning himself in the pads, I got to within 10 yards directly above him, drew the 55 pound bow and unleashed a 1700 grain arrow which hit a scute (boney bump in rows down his back) and the arrow bounced off. I got zero penetration on that shot. Hitting a scute with a arrow, results in a pissed off gator and lots of splashing and nothing more.

Link to the Video of the hunt below.

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[Ray P]

Congrats! I bet your adrenalin was pumped up! Thats a great lookin lizard there! I hope you got some sun on your legs while you were here! Lordy Lordy

 

[Sharp Things]

50 spa sunscreen multiple times every day. stay white my friends.

 

[realunlucky]

You shot him on land with an fishing arrow then stood on the bank and pulled him back with the string and finished him?

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[Sharp Things]

Did you watch the video??? I arrowed him, then we snagged him. I arrowed him again and with multiple lines in him I finished him with a bang stick.

 

[realunlucky]

Found the link it hides in there with the pictures. Seems like the parts I was curious about were edited out. Looks like an interesting adventure regardless. Congratulations a 11 footer is a very good one

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