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A gator scared the hell out of me yesterday
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:20 am
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:20 am
So there I was fishing and minding my own business. Everything was nice and quiet with the occasional sound of my trolling motor mixed in. Then out of the depths of hell came the deepest, most guttural growl that I've ever heard. It was so loud that it reverberated in my chest. The hairs on my neck stood and I could tell the beast was close. Initially, I thought my time was up and Satan was coming out the swamp to collect me. It took a few growls for me to realize what it was. There was a huge arse gator right around the bend in the canal doing his mating call. I tried to troll around the bend to video him but once I got in sight he took off.
Youtube of what I'm talking about - LINK
The first growl hit me like a shockwave and I must admit a little poo may have come out.
Hearing this growl in person was terrifying and amazing.
Youtube of what I'm talking about - LINK
The first growl hit me like a shockwave and I must admit a little poo may have come out.
Hearing this growl in person was terrifying and amazing.
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Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:23 am to NewIberiaHaircut
A few years back I fished Lake Martin in my kayak an encountered numerous gators doing this, it will make your hair stand up for sure 
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:26 am to NewIberiaHaircut
VERY common at Spring Bayou in April.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:50 am to NewIberiaHaircut
You should trying hearing this while knee deep in the Everglades. The botanist I was with was looking for a tree to climb...
This is about what it looked like where we were at the time...
This is about what it looked like where we were at the time...
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 10:53 am
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:01 am to Lonnie Utah
Glad I was in a boat and not in a kayak or knee-deep in the swamp.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:12 am to NewIberiaHaircut
They are out in force. The amount dead on airline hwy around the B.C. spillway is amazing. I also seen from the spillway bridge what looks to be a 12-14 footer on a sandbar between the bridge and first set of tracks
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:34 am to NewIberiaHaircut
Dont worry baw, those gatas are more worried about the tang than eating you 
Posted on 7/25/19 at 2:08 pm to Mark Makers
I take it you got the heck out of their on that small kayak. Ain't no way I'm anywhere gators in a kayak, especially during breeding season! Ain't happening!
Posted on 7/25/19 at 3:05 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
Concur with your assessment.
Baw was showing out for a nearby lady to get her in the mood and to ward off other potential suitors.
Heard one do it in the back of an oxbow off of Lake Eufaula years back. I imagine thats the closest modern man can get to hearing what a dinosaur actually sounded like.
When you get close enough to hear the water splashing from their mating "shimmy" is when it REALLY gets fun.
Baw was showing out for a nearby lady to get her in the mood and to ward off other potential suitors.
Heard one do it in the back of an oxbow off of Lake Eufaula years back. I imagine thats the closest modern man can get to hearing what a dinosaur actually sounded like.
When you get close enough to hear the water splashing from their mating "shimmy" is when it REALLY gets fun.
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 3:07 pm
Posted on 7/25/19 at 3:31 pm to AUTimbo
I was close enough to hear the shimmy. He was around the bend so he couldn't see me through the woods. I was probably within 10 feet of it.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 4:26 pm to Smell the crawfish
quote:
Ain't no way I'm anywhere gators in a kayak, especially during breeding season! Ain't happening!
I do it all the time. Got a 2 person 10 ft kayak and see gators.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 4:31 pm to windshieldman
Anything under 6ft is fun to play with.
Over 6ft... No thank you
Over 6ft... No thank you
Posted on 7/25/19 at 4:54 pm to NewIberiaHaircut
Sounds like me after Taco Bell and beer
Posted on 7/25/19 at 4:58 pm to 225Tyga
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Dont worry baw, those gatas are more worried about the tang than eating you
Posted on 7/25/19 at 7:30 pm to alphaandomega
The first time I heard them was back in Silver lakes right before dark . We were going frogging. I was seriously rethinking the whole frogging thing . Between the owls , nutria and then the Bull gators chimed in . Other worldly sounds
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