Mark and I went down to Victoria to try to kill a couple of Alligators. It was my first time to try it. It turned out to be a blast. I started off by shooting a 8 footer and we have a blast getting him in. Mark and I shot him half a dozen times before he weekend enough for us to get him on shore. We had den even gotten are gear sorted out when a monster of a gator appeared. We scrambled around and Mark took my 83# widow while I worked on his. By the time I turned around he had made a great shot and we were hooked up to another. He shot the big boy at 1:30. An hour later we finally got another arrow in him only to break the string. I was tyeing on another arrow when the outfitter hollered look at that. The Gator swam up on the bank. Chunky went to work on him and hit him with 4 broad heads in less than a minute.
He made it back into the water and I was able to get another arrow in his tail that was hooked to 600 pound line. We finally had him twisted up enough to get a rope on his tail and haul him to the bank. It took us 3 1/2 hours and every arrow we had between us to get him in. I was as tired as I can get but mighty proud of my buddy's Gator, it was huge. Mark has all the fight footage on his camera but I had his first shot on mine so you can at least have a preview.
He made it back into the water and I was able to get another arrow in his tail that was hooked to 600 pound line. We finally had him twisted up enough to get a rope on his tail and haul him to the bank. It took us 3 1/2 hours and every arrow we had between us to get him in. I was as tired as I can get but mighty proud of my buddy's Gator, it was huge. Mark has all the fight footage on his camera but I had his first shot on mine so you can at least have a preview.
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