tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post2792340093073047503..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: A Florida Lizard ... Wait... SiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-81325639051774270972019-03-31T23:19:46.086-04:002019-03-31T23:19:46.086-04:00I was walking into work one morning before sunrise...I was walking into work one morning before sunrise, and came close to stepping on one. Not a big gator, only four or five feet long, but big enough. The place I worked had a drainage pond, and one of the gators had come up onto the walkway. I thought it was palm frond until I got maybe 15 feet from it. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-7589644770432055532019-03-31T22:53:00.885-04:002019-03-31T22:53:00.885-04:00The idiots who go to Florida to golf are the worst...The idiots who go to Florida to golf are the worst. (Well, after the idiots who go to Spring Training, but in a different way.) <br /><br />One guy a few years back lost a hand or an arm trying to get a golf ball out of a water hazard that was MARKED with a "Beware of Alligator" signs.<br /><br />Most people have seen the video of <a href="https://youtu.be/groNS13Tzg4" rel="nofollow">Chubbs, who is a regular on a Palmetto</a> course. There is also <a href="https://youtu.be/z-ijgsAXJbM" rel="nofollow">Goliath who lives on an Englewood</a> course.Zendo Debhttps://wheelgun.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-73026739437248909382019-03-31T08:03:27.197-04:002019-03-31T08:03:27.197-04:00The only time I was ever late to formation was in ...The only time I was ever late to formation was in Pensacola. I was 20 minutes late to morning PT because a gator was hanging out just outside my door.McChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243337792601085456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-57434208229143971602019-03-30T20:19:35.887-04:002019-03-30T20:19:35.887-04:00A friend of mine is a gator trapper for the state ...A friend of mine is a gator trapper for the state of Florida. He uses a .44 cal bang stick. He puts a chicken on a hook attached to a piano wire, which he ties to a tree, throws in the water, and then leaves overnight. The gator gets hooked and settles to the bottom. When my friend returns, he pulls on the wire until the gator gets to shore, then uses the bang stick to dispatch the alligator.<br /><br />Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-55327276733284029142019-03-30T16:16:30.555-04:002019-03-30T16:16:30.555-04:00The TV show, Swamp People on the History Channel s...The TV show, Swamp People on the History Channel shows alligator hunters killing alligators mostly with .22 cal rifles from almost contact distance range. I've heard some of the hunters say that the kill shot aim point is about the size of .25 cent piece. Missing the small target results in a stunned, undead gator that wakes up and has to be shot again, while the pissed off gator is in the restricted confines of their boat. <br /><br />Gators are known to be notoriously tough beasts, like most large wildlife. Shooting them with most any high power rifle or shotgun anywhere except for that small brain target will most likely result in a pissed off gator ready to strike back at whatever annoyed it and as noted in the article they can run faster than a human for short distances.<br /><br />NemoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-11042343047882283322019-03-30T10:52:18.825-04:002019-03-30T10:52:18.825-04:00I could do a half hour standup on this.
There&#...I could do a half hour standup on this. <br /><br />There's a large gator population on the KSC; it's a wildlife refuge, after all. On a regular basis, some tourist stops the car on the side of the road and gets out to take a picture. This goes back past the "selfie generation". <br /><br />The best shot to get a gator to stop moving is a brain shot, (duh) but they have a small particle of brain lodged in a thick skull. I've heard, but can't verify, guys have shot for the brain case with .308 (yes, out of a rifle) and the bullet ricocheted off the skull. <br /><br />Divers who go after sharks use a bangstick, a 12ga shell on a stick with way of firing the shell on contact. That would work, but you'd have to be within about 4' of the gator, so it had better work. (ooooh .... <a href="https://www.guns.com/news/2013/07/12/the-bangstick-keeping-sharks-and-gators-on-the-menu" rel="nofollow">these guys</a> have a 50BMG bangstick. It had <b>better</b> work.)SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-17920162884918729862019-03-30T10:10:16.313-04:002019-03-30T10:10:16.313-04:00This makes me think about upgrading my EDC to your...This makes me think about upgrading my EDC to your basic howdah pistol.<br /><br />I was getting some training in the Brunswick Georgia area, and I noticed that some people didn't take the gator warnings seriously. <br />Darwin always has the last word. John in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-20645568546224814692019-03-29T23:07:27.547-04:002019-03-29T23:07:27.547-04:00Can't argue with that.
I recall a little ki...Can't argue with that. <br /><br />I recall a little kid getting grabbed by a gator in a Disney resort within the last couple of years. IIRC, playing on the beach, not too far from the parents. What an awful thing to go through. <br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-59965297029293989442019-03-29T22:00:06.335-04:002019-03-29T22:00:06.335-04:00I agree, except number 3. I would change it to: Ke...I agree, except number 3. I would change it to: Keep your small children and pets away from the water...<br /><br />Small children look just like small pets, and are more vulnerable because they cannot run as fast.Divemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-46700252401029578692019-03-29T21:58:36.347-04:002019-03-29T21:58:36.347-04:00The moment you enter any body of water in Florida,...The moment you enter any body of water in Florida, you are no longer a top of the food chain.<br /><br />And that include pools and bathrooms. Miguel GFZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835217288213611066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-52733142577108900292019-03-29T21:34:13.948-04:002019-03-29T21:34:13.948-04:00I’ll take my chances with mountain lions. Gators a...I’ll take my chances with mountain lions. Gators aren’t my favorite lizards.LLhttp://symbolic-mirage.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com