A little taste of Florida wildlife!!

Helinut1970 · 04-19-2006, 01:37 PM

Let me set the scene up for ya. I was out picking weeds and I see this tail in my bushes where I was about to pick some weeds....well I knew what that was so I go get the shovel and poke at it. Sure enough its alive to. Yup a gator in my bushes. A little more and I could have lost a finger to that guy. He may be small but he is fast and can take a finger off. I guessed around 26 inches.

**Titan1080** · 04-19-2006, 02:02 PM

EEEEK! Nothing out here except the occassional rattle snake....bet that made for an interesting afternoon though. Did animal control have to come collect it or did it just scurry off?

FLfinfan · 04-19-2006, 02:04 PM

Gotta check for them everyday down here. Have had to poke a few with a broom stick over the years to get them out from under the car.

Helinut1970 · 04-19-2006, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Titan1080

EEEEK! Nothing out here except the occassional rattle snake....bet that made for an interesting afternoon though. Did animal control have to come collect it or did it just scurry off?

Naa they wont come out unless its over 4 feet.

**P's Titan** · 04-19-2006, 02:16 PM

I was hoping to see one when I was out that way last month.. my bro said he sees one at a golf course he goes to. O'well maybe next time.

Heli, could add a pet to the family

Helinut1970 · 04-19-2006, 02:18 PM

If you golf here you wil deffinatly see one on the course. They are everywhere here.

Chad716 · 04-19-2006, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Helinut1970

Naa they wont come out unless its over 4 feet.

So how do you get them away? I live in Louisiana and we have gators here too but they are mostly in the marsh and the swamp. Thats way down in south Louisiana though. There is a pond down at our hunting camp that does have a few gators in it though. I was fishing one day and we saw one and called wildlife and fisheries. They set traps with chicken and shark hooks and the next day caught 2 of them. One was 11 foot! They said they got in from the river flooding.

Helinut1970 · 04-19-2006, 03:04 PM

You dont!! They will move away and find some lake or stream. I just leave them alone. Its really not worth getting close to them. They can be too dangrous especialy when they reach 4 feet. They can take your arm off real quick if they get a bit on ya.

Blindside1234 · 04-19-2006, 03:17 PM

we get here in orlando alot on the golf courses, its great to see the tourists who have never seen one before, talk about turning a man into a boy

Chad716 · 04-19-2006, 03:20 PM

Thats crazy, I'm glad I don't get gators in my yard. Plenty of snakes though. You can just walk right up on snakes...gives me the chills.

Helinut1970 · 04-19-2006, 03:37 PM

Gators are not that bad. Its easy to stay away from them for the most part. I would be more scared of moose and bears in other states more than gators here!

helomech · 04-19-2006, 03:49 PM

Yall need to come frogging, we see hundreds of them at night. We don't have any in our yard anymore, I ate them all.

Helinut1970 · 04-19-2006, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by helomech

Yall need to come frogging, we see hundreds of them at night. We don't have any in our yard anymore, I ate them all.

Like I said before, I know what all those lights are really for on your boat!!

helomech · 04-19-2006, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Helinut1970

Like I said before, I know what all those lights are really for on your boat!!

Hey that would be illegal. Ha ha ha That is a sore subject for me. It is only legal to hunt alligators if you own hundreds of acres of marsh land. How about that for being fair.

Helinut1970 · 04-19-2006, 04:03 PM

I love gator meat!!!!

Here is what not to do when around a gator. Beware graphic video!!

http://www.wimp.com/badalligator/