Gator Hunting Scouting Trip 8/19/2015

Gator Hunting Scouting Trip 8/19/2015

With Gator Hunting Season here, We went Gator Scouting last night for a few hrs, found some great Gator Spots, took some photos and Video...

I will upload the video after my Gator Hunting Season is over.

Here are some photos from our trip last night

Me and my Friend Karl


Yup it has my name on it LOL


Not a bad size, told him I will pay him a visit soon


Come to papa


My camera got a little foggy, we were taking photos of the Air-boat from on a houseboat camp my friends Jim has on the water...



My friend and member Jim oh his Air Boat
Sorry about the cloudy photo Jim, camera was fogged up...
will get better ones next trip.


Packing up for the evening, we seen enough good places to hunt...



Met some friends on the water as they were in the process of bang sticking a 10 ft plus Gator, so we turned into their video crew... took a video of the whole Gator Kill, plus some photos

 

Besides a Gator Harpoon, Crossbow, I wanted to use Treble hooks to cast and hook the gator, and no local stores had any in stock so I decided to make some until I can order some online...

I tried to weld them and even on the lowest setting, the hooks melted....

So I made a mold out or wood and poured lead over the hooks making a weighted treble Gator Rig...

Melted hooks


Wood mold


Solder pot


Finnished Weighted treble hook

 

That sounds a lot easier, I will need to try that method out...

 

Well I may be having a Gator cookout for a few members you will need to come and try some

 

We will see when we get out next week... We are planing on being selective on which ones we harvest... I will get one the first week, than on the last week...