HNT - Florida Style

Little bit of action in the old neighborhood yesterday afternoon, of the gator variety. There's a pond behind the house across the street and well, it's had some unwelcome tenants. We thought there was just one, yesterday the trappers pulled out two and think they missed the biggest one.

I was away when they pulled the first one out, he was already in the back of the truck when I got there. 6 footer, maybe 6'-6". Later, the trappers came back. They had set a hook with some nasty meat on it hanging at the water line, hadn't been 30 minutes since they left and this bad boy came after the bait and took the hook.

It took them about 10 minutes or so to get him to the shoreline and hit him with another hook and then wrestle him out of the water. He wasn't very happy about the whole ordeal but did take the time to smile for the camera.









We watched as they drug him up the bank and taped his mouth shut and covered his eyes. They left him tied to the back of a pickup truck for a bit and I decided to take advantage of it. So, what do y'all think of a new pair of alligator shoes? I think I'll just stick to my sneakers.









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