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Alligator hunting question
Posted on 5/19/15 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 5/19/15 at 7:03 pm
When in the marsh, how do you anchor your lines?
On swamp people, you see them jam bamboo or 2x2's down in the ground, but surely those can't hold a thousand pound beast with a quarter sized kill spot.
On swamp people, you see them jam bamboo or 2x2's down in the ground, but surely those can't hold a thousand pound beast with a quarter sized kill spot.
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Posted on 5/19/15 at 9:10 pm to Clyde Tipton
I've seen regular old stakes used, trees/tree limbs, and wooden poles jammed in te ground. I never found the alligators terribly combative with a decent sized hook stuck in their belly.
Posted on 5/19/15 at 9:13 pm to Clyde Tipton
you flex up your award winning bicepts, toss your waist lenght braided tail, and tie it to a tree limb along the edge....
Posted on 5/19/15 at 10:15 pm to Clyde Tipton
We cut trees as poles and tie string around the bottom run up to top and tie clothes pin to hang chicken off of. 
Posted on 5/19/15 at 10:26 pm to Rize
What he said. We cut some thin limbs and drove em down into the mud.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 6:23 am to Clyde Tipton
Having watched Swamp People for several season now, I've learned you can't believe much they say/do on there. 
It's still entertaining, and I've never understood why PETA isn't in an uproar about that show. I guess alligators aren't on thiir list.
It's still entertaining, and I've never understood why PETA isn't in an uproar about that show. I guess alligators aren't on thiir list. 
Posted on 5/20/15 at 6:35 am to Clyde Tipton
A stick about 8-10' tall 2" round the base with a 'bloodweed' hanging out over the water holding the excess line, hook and chicken
ETA: Much taller and stronger bloodweed than shown
ETA: Much taller and stronger bloodweed than shown
This post was edited on 5/20/15 at 6:36 am
Posted on 5/20/15 at 6:36 am to Clyde Tipton
I used either bamboo or willow trees. I used to cut them about 10-12ft long (about 2.5-3in diameter) and tie the line about 3 foot from the bottom. Then shove the pole about 4-5 feet in the mud. The alligators have two things agains them, the harder they pull the harder it hurts them (hook in stomach) and they are pulling down into the mud which doesn't put much pressure on the pole. Alligator's first instinct is to swim toward deeper water. The only time a line is broke is usually when they get hooked in the jaw and can pull harder.
Also used trees, pilings, and roseau canes to tie off lines.
Also used trees, pilings, and roseau canes to tie off lines.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 6:38 am to JasonL79
Damn. We can't do any of that in Mississippi.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 7:05 am to Clyde Tipton
this is how you catch gators:
use a "catfish" hook. burry the hook into your bait. tie the line to a tree. coil about 80 ft of line onto something by the tree. stick your bamboo in the water and have a clothes pin attached to the bamboo suspend the bait out of the water to whatever height that you desire. the higher the bigger gator.
gator will take the bait and will digest it because he has 80 ft to swim. once the bait is in his gut, he won't fricking move. when he does, the hook gets him and it hurts like hell. simply shoot the gator when he rises to surface like a piece of driftwood.
use a "catfish" hook. burry the hook into your bait. tie the line to a tree. coil about 80 ft of line onto something by the tree. stick your bamboo in the water and have a clothes pin attached to the bamboo suspend the bait out of the water to whatever height that you desire. the higher the bigger gator.
gator will take the bait and will digest it because he has 80 ft to swim. once the bait is in his gut, he won't fricking move. when he does, the hook gets him and it hurts like hell. simply shoot the gator when he rises to surface like a piece of driftwood.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 9:17 am to tigerdup07
So since Yall use that long of line do you typically run into issues with the gator wrapping that line around a sub surface log?
We run only 30 ft of line and it seems we have that issue every year with a gator going under a log and we can't pull him up, either he will drown himself or he's hung up.
Either way it's not a game to play to go under the surface to untangle the line and find out if he's still alive or dead.
We run only 30 ft of line and it seems we have that issue every year with a gator going under a log and we can't pull him up, either he will drown himself or he's hung up.
Either way it's not a game to play to go under the surface to untangle the line and find out if he's still alive or dead.
Posted on 5/20/15 at 9:25 am to tigerdup07
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once the bait is in his gut, he won't fricking move. when he does, the hook gets him and it hurts like hell. simply shoot the gator when he rises to surface like a piece of driftwood.
this has been my experience. the gators that had a hook in their stomach were pretty docile. that shite must really hurt
Posted on 5/20/15 at 9:55 am to Clyde Tipton
When I used to hunt them years ago, we'd drive a 8ft 4x4 into the mud until about 2ft was above the mud. Worked great except for once. We found our gator about a mile away swimming in White Lake towing the timber.
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