Weather Talk

[Caper]

I'll take my 4* and no gators around here, thank you.

LOL
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[Admin]

 

[CumminsPusher]

They move really fast for short distances but tire quickly, they aren't too aggressive as long as they have plenty to eat. They love beavers and dogs.

Ok question! Some friends and I have talked about them, you would have no issues getting away from one on land, am I correct?

 

[Caper]

An alligator caught about 1/2 mile from the house. Neighbors son was riding the golf cart through the woods and happened up on it. The neighbor is good friends with the game warden and with it being out of season the warden emphasized not killing it because of all the red tape. They loaded it up in a pickup, which it filled up the bed, and relocated it.

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Wow. He’d eat you. Haha. Like a big Grizzly in the water. It would be awesome to see though.
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[Caper]

Ok question! Some friends and I have talked about them, you would have no issues getting away from one on land, am I correct?

If you ran faster than your friend. Haha
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[CumminsPusher]

If you ran faster than your friend. Haha
Caper

That line was in the movie Without A Paddle for bears. Classic!

 

[Caper]

If you ran faster than your friend. Haha
Caper

That’s like the two guys hiking in the woods when a big Grizzly starts coming after them and one guy sits down and starts putting on his sneakers and his buddy says ‘ Your not going to out run that bear, his buddy putting on the sneakers says ‘ I don’t have to out run the bear I just have to out run you. Haha
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[Caper]

That line was in the movie Without A Paddle for bears. Classic!

Lol
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[Mopower58]

Ok question! Some friends and I have talked about them, you would have no issues getting away from one on land, am I correct?

It really would depend on how close you were,I would never risk it if I were close to the water which is their habitat. You might think you are fast but animals will amaze you at their speed. This one was kind of a medium sized one, he was a little over 12ft long and 650-700 lbs. Their tails can be hazardous too!

 

[Caper]

It really would depend on how close you were,I would never risk it if I were close to the water which is their habitat. You might think you are fast but animals will amaze you at their speed. This one was kind of a medium sized one, he was a little over 12ft long and 650-700 lbs. There tails can be hazardous too!

Wow, that’s crazy, medium size. Yeah , he’s eat every bit of you. Haha
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[Mopower58]

This one was 13 ft @ 727 lbs.

 

[CumminsPusher]

It really would depend on how close you were,I would never risk it if I were close to the water which is their habitat. You might think you are fast but animals will amaze you at their speed. This one was kind of a medium sized one, he was a little over 12ft long and 650-700 lbs. Their tails can be hazardous too!

I definitely understand the water part! Something has always made me be around one. Think it’s just curiosity as we don’t have anything close

 

[Caper]

It really would depend on how close you were,I would never risk it if I were close to the water which is their habitat. You might think you are fast but animals will amaze you at their speed. This one was kind of a medium sized one, he was a little over 12ft long and 650-700 lbs. Their tails can be hazardous too!

I saw a picture of a gator with his nose sticking up through the ice on the news a couple days ago. Somewhere down south. He looked cold. But I guess he lived. Getting back to weather. Haha
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[Caper]

This one was 13 ft @ 727 lbs.

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Wow
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[CumminsPusher]

This one was 13 ft @ 727 lbs.

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Damn that’s a beast!

 

[Mopower58]

Their eyes and nostrils are on top of their head. Nature made them that way so that is all that is exposed when in the water, that way their body is under the water and it makes it easier for them to sneak up on their food.

 

[Mopower58]

Unless you are actually looking or hunting for them you rarely will see them. However in Florida their have been a couple of dogs and a lady or two eaten by them because they were very close to the water.

 

[Mopower58]

Come on Spring!

 

[Mopower58]

741.5 lbs. caught in backwater of the Mississippi River.This is a male, females are smaller.

 

[Caper]

741.5 lbs. caught in backwater of the Mississippi River.This is a male, females are smaller.

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I hunt, and have been in the woods of Cape Breton since I was a kid.and I’m not scared of bears or coyotes, they are big up here, crossed with the red wolf. But I hunt in Alberta and the only thing I worry about is a big Grizzly walking up on me. Same as a gator, you don’t see them usually. Haha. My friend said ‘ oh you can’t shoot a Grizzly they are protected. Haha. I said if I see him before he sees me and he looks at me sideways, yeah that’s it for him. Haha. The last few years it’s been
-20 to -25 so I wasn’t too worried about bears. But it must be hard to go swimming in rivers or lakes with them around. Especially a 12 and 13 footer. That’s just crazy. Like when I was a kid with the Jaws movie. STAY OUT OF THE WATER. Haha
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[ohanacreek]

Come on Spring!

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We’re supposed to get about1.5- 2” of accumulation where we’re at but those damn Yankees in North Alabama like @joeymt33 may see 3”.

Ice is going to be the issue as we will get probably 12” of snowfall before it cools the ground and roads enough to start accumulation.