Alligator Attacks Our Tractor

[scott_vt]

Geez, one time a couple of years ago, me and my waterfowling buddy had just finished dumping out about five dozen duck decoys into a thick marsh from the airboat.

I gunned the motor up to lauch us into the center of a floating "tussock" with my buddy standing down in front of me.

As the airboat nose grill breached the small bushes growing on top the tussock island and was catapulted up onto the tussock proper, suddenly over a dozen LARGE gators stood up and high tailed it for the water, snarling running and jumping in all directions all at once. Fortunatley, none of them landed in the airboat, but we were extremely shook up and got out of there ASAP and have NEVER tried to beach the boat into a tussock again!!!

Now Skypup,
I dont know if your pullin leg or what But I have seen plenty of snakes end up in the bottom of those glade boats No Thanks !

 

[JimR]

Life is so much easier up here in the N.E. No gators, crocks or poisonous snakes to deal with. I can't remember ever being attacked by anything wild around here. We do get a few coyote attacks, but those are far and few between. You folks ought to eat a few more of those gators to knock the population down a bit. Having 25 little ones in a hatching means they must be multiplying like crazy.

 

[RonR]

I have a queston.

Do cattle in gator country try to protect their calves? Or are they just live and let live type of critters?????????????

I'd always assumed around here that they tried to fend off coyotes to protect the young, but maybe I dunno.............

Ron

 

[SkyPup]

It is pretty diffucult to protect your calf when it is whisked underwater and gone in a flash......


Here are a couple of gators that I caught right in my backyard, one was actually inside my barn!!!

 

[3RRL]

OK, so that first picture doesn't scare me...

 

[SkyPup]

Here is another big one I caught in our garden...

 

[RonR]

Ok, I get the picture. Don't think I'd ever live there, but instead of or in addition to my pliers pouch, I would have a shoulder holster with something near a Smith/Wesson 50 Cal pistol as an equalizer!

My guess is those things are pretty stealthy, unless you see them in the open, you might not notice they were eyeing you for DINNER!

And your incidental movement toward them might be construed as a frontal attack to them, with some not so nice consequences.............

Ron

 

[HGM]

Here is another big one I caught in our garden...

Man.... Thom, are you trying to reduce the tourisim industry or what??

 

[sandman2234]

Between the hurricanes, Skypups gators, rising fuel costs, it is a wonder we have any tourists at all.
There is a resturant over near Milton, Florida, appropriately called GATORS, that is only open a couple nights a week. Great food, and over looks a river full of Gators that they almost have to feed something to. You can look out over the porch and see at least a half dozen at any time.
David from jax

If you want to try Gatortail, that is your place.
David

 

[JimR]

Is Gator like eating chicken or what? I'd run that little sucker over with my tractor if he was that close to me. He'd be in the frying pan for supper.