redkneck Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 OK, last day of the season. Was supposed to go with my dad this morning. He called last night to tell me he saw a pretty nice one walk out of the woods yesterday while he was driving out (could have stepped out of the truck and shot him, but my dad is a true sportsman). Anyway..... we agree to tag team him this morning and meet at 5:40. Problem was I was on the end of a hose with a house fire at 4 this morning, and just waved at pop as he passed going hunting (didnt see me). OK, to the point now... I get back home about 7 and decide to give him a call to see how his luck panned out. He answered, i could hear frustration in his voice. He did manage to call the bird in, pretty long shot across a slough, but got him. BUT the bird was flopping around and managed to get in the water just a bit. He tried to go around, but way to thick, so he goes back to his truck to try getting a reel and throw a spinner bait and snag the bird. But as he noticed a V coming across the water, he could only scream and thow sticks as a big gator left with his tropy. Man he was mad. My dad ALWAYS gets a bird each year and often gets his limit. This year has been frustrating a bit since there has been a lot of hunting pressure on weekdays on his honeyhole, but he managed to seal the deal on the last day, or so he thought. Sorry for the longwinded story, but I just thought i'd share that this morning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camoman1 Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 wow, thats crazy!! Sounds like gator soup is next on the menu:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 That is a pretty crazy story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccwhitey Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Sounds like a good thing he didn't go after it himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted May 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Sounds like a good thing he didn't go after it himself. Yeah, going in the water was never an option. We found the gator in that slough last year and he's easily over ten feet long. Personally I wouldnt have been so nice to the gator, and I'll leave it at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 I guess it's not often that a Gator gets a Turkey dinner..eh:D That is a real bummer for your Dad though, especially being the last day of the season. One he won't forget, for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OJR Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 That is one hunting story with a new twist! Sorry to hear your dad didn't get his bird! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 Man! I feel for you and your dad, bud! I've been hunting hard during the past month trying to fill a tag that has taken me four years to draw and the last day of the shotgun season my suburban breaks down on the interstate! So I kinda know what you feel. Something always seems to ruin the last day! Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunt or be Hunted Posted May 2, 2009 Report Share Posted May 2, 2009 i would shoot the gator but that's just me. Jeremy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted May 3, 2009 Report Share Posted May 3, 2009 i was waiting for the part where he set the hook, and 3 hours later netted a 9 foot gator.... lol. as an optimist, i have to point out that of all the birds your dad has shot, this will be his best story. and all it cost him was a dinner. great fun here, to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike13candace Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Good story... not sure if I would have watched him or her swim away with my bird... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Greatest hunting story ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clrj3514 Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Sounds like a good thing he didn't go after it himself. thats what i was thinkin. that definietely sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TennesseeTurkey Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Ok you're right.... I dont believe it ...... MAN!!!....That.....is.......CRAZY!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Now that is a wild story. As the song goes..."if it weren't for bad luck I'd have no luck at all...gloom dispair and agony on me". Believable story down in our neck of the woods though. A few years back I came around the side of a ridge trying to get on a turkey and saw these 2 gators on a sand bar on the edge of the creek below me. Luckily I had my camera with me. The big one's about 12' & the other is about 8'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted May 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Well, they are extremely common these days down here, far from an endangered species anymore in these parts. And a few beavers can really put some size on them, like in Allan's pics there. Just so unlikely that after shooting a bird, he gets airborne for 30 yards and ends up in water. but the shot didnt phase the gator, he just sensed the motion in the water, and got a surprise snack. Pop just had to stand there yelling with an ultralight and beetle spin in hand (gun was in the truck). Hard to get a 10+ foot gator in on 6lb line i bet! But no doubt will go down as one of his most memorable hunts ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohiobucks Posted May 4, 2009 Report Share Posted May 4, 2009 Man, that stinks! Turkey snatching gators are something you don't really have to look out for here in Ohio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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