Pond's first visitor
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Bob_Skurka
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Re: Pond\'s first visitor
Don, what does one do with a gator? Luggage? Wallets? Deep fried tails? Or do they just relocate them to a new spot away from people?
Don, what does one do with a gator? Luggage? Wallets? Deep fried tails? Or do they just relocate them to a new spot away from people?
Re: Pond\'s first visitor
If you look closely on the left side of his tail, you can see the hook.
For now, we released him, and he went back to the pond. If he was larger, we'd call the wildlife officer, who would call one of the certified hunters, who would remove the gator and most likely slaughter it for the tail, skin, etc. My s-i-l has had to do that a couple of times over the last 8 years in his pond, next door.
We wanted to relocate him, but we just weren't thinking. Our initial thought was to put him in a box or a bucket (we could pick him up carefully with the fishing line), but we weren't prepared. It was only after having used the pliers on my leatherman tool to release the hook and let him go, when I suddenly realized I was sitting behind a mobile bucket. We'll catch him again, later, put him in the FEL bucket, and transport him to the drainage swale across the sctreet, where he can continue his journey back to the slough from whence he likely came. If he finds his way back, I'll have to call the wildlife officer. I don't want him to think of my pond as "home" after he grows enough to eat the grandkids and dogs.
If you look closely on the left side of his tail, you can see the hook.
For now, we released him, and he went back to the pond. If he was larger, we'd call the wildlife officer, who would call one of the certified hunters, who would remove the gator and most likely slaughter it for the tail, skin, etc. My s-i-l has had to do that a couple of times over the last 8 years in his pond, next door.
We wanted to relocate him, but we just weren't thinking. Our initial thought was to put him in a box or a bucket (we could pick him up carefully with the fishing line), but we weren't prepared. It was only after having used the pliers on my leatherman tool to release the hook and let him go, when I suddenly realized I was sitting behind a mobile bucket. We'll catch him again, later, put him in the FEL bucket, and transport him to the drainage swale across the sctreet, where he can continue his journey back to the slough from whence he likely came. If he finds his way back, I'll have to call the wildlife officer. I don't want him to think of my pond as "home" after he grows enough to eat the grandkids and dogs.
