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I have yet to get a Gator with my bow in FL but did I get this but I didn't have a tag for it so it was catch and release.
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Im back home after a week in sunny Florida. The trip was great. The weather was great (never saw a drop of rain)
The trip was a great success. I was able to get an 11 footer. Lots of great meat. I'll have the hide tanned and do a euro mount of the skull and preserve the claws. We spent a lot of time glassing and doing spot and stalks on several gators. They have better eyes and ears than I thought. This potato, corn, bean and watermelon farm has a lot of free range, wild gators roaming the irrigation canals. We wore out a lot of boot leather and sun screen and bottles of water. We did a stalk on a large gator sunning himself in the pads, I got to within 10 yards directly above him, drew the 55 pound bow and unleashed a 1700 grain arrow which hit a scute (boney bump in rows down his back) and the arrow bounced off. I got zero penetration on that shot. Hitting a scute with a arrow, results in a pissed off gator and lots of splashing and nothing more. Link to the Video of the hunt below. https://youtu.be/f86OgE45_VA      |
Now that's cool!!
How did you do on hogs, and I wanna see that gator skull when you're done with it -Jake |
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Very very interesting and cool to see
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Originally Posted by DIY_guy
(Post 4348058)
After looking at many gator outfitters I went with Ross Hammock Ranch for my "high Fence" gator hunt with a bow. I say "High fence" because to some, any time you hire and outfitter in a diff state for game animals you dont have access to in your home state, some want to pretend you are hunting in a "pen".
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Originally Posted by havip
(Post 4357624)
Good luck I'm excited to see the results of the hunt
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Originally Posted by DIY_guy
(Post 4352376)
Im back home after a week in sunny Florida. The trip was great. The weather was great (never saw a drop of rain)
The trip was a great success. I was able to get an 11 footer. Lots of great meat. I'll have the hide tanned and do a euro mount of the skull and preserve the claws. We spent a lot of time glassing and doing spot and stalks on several gators. They have better eyes and ears than I thought. This potato, corn, bean and watermelon farm has a lot of free range, wild gators roaming the irrigation canals. We wore out a lot of boot leather and sun screen and bottles of water. We did a stalk on a large gator sunning himself in the pads, I got to within 10 yards directly above him, drew the 55 pound bow and unleashed a 1700 grain arrow which hit a scute (boney bump in rows down his back) and the arrow bounced off. I got zero penetration on that shot. Hitting a scute with a arrow, results in a pissed off gator and lots of splashing and nothing more. Link to the Video of the hunt below. https://youtu.be/f86OgE45_VA jice hit |
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