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Doesn't a brain shot to certain animals risk the contmination of the meat with disease or parasites?
Apparently not with alligators.
Apparently not with alligators.
Swamp People question
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CAJUNLAWYER
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Your friend is correct. When we catch gars the weapon of choice is a 24oz ball peen hammer-pull them up on the bank and get to whackin'
snowman
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According to Jerry Reed, Amos Moses just "knock 'em in the head with a stump".
Andy
ol' geeser
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The trappers sell the gators by the foot or inch....the shot is a spine shot as opposed to a brain shot...the skull is quite porus like a bird's skull, their brain is about the size of the ball used to play "jacks" and deep in the skull...the spine is close to the skin in that area, that's why you occasionally hear 'em complaining about ricochets and getting hit with bone fragments
Thanks, that's good info. Just like shooten a cow, never shoot between the eyes, no brains there. Always offset to one side or the other, slightly higher then the eye level. Seen a few cows go running off then during butchering we would open up the skull and sure enough......brain undamaged. could see where the bullet traveled through.
Sawfish
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They are absolutely pristine compared to the guns used by Eskimo seal hunters. I looked at a rifle in a Mountain View (near Anchorage) pawn shop which had to be the worst I have seen. It was red with rust and the stock was bleached white from the salt water, with numerous knife cuts signifying the number of seals killed by the hunter. The poor thing had been used as a pry pole, club, boat paddle, and walking stick. Worst of all, it was a pre-64 Model 70!
shouldazagged
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Oh, Sawfish, say it isn't so!
THE PILGRIM
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Standard para cord is rated at 550,
Cargo chute paracord is rated at 1,000.
That's probably what he was using.
I'm another who loves that show. I watch it all the time.
My wife woke up one evening when I was watching the show late. She used to be married to a gen-U-wine Cajoun, and lived in Plaquemine (the town not the parrish she always adds). She staggered in and fussed at me. She said she heard all those Cajun accents and thought she was back in Louisiana for just a few seconds.
Someone asked about skinning them. I remember on one show and I think it was "Swamp People", but it might have been "Dirty Jobs" them showing how they use compressed air to loosen the hide for skinning. They cut a small slit in the skin, stuck in an air hose, and inflated the skin like a balloon. It was "funny" and strange at the same time. I have no idea how the kept the air from just leaking back out the slit, but they must have had a way.
Now I have no idea if that's common or even real, or not. After all, it was TV.
My wife woke up one evening when I was watching the show late. She used to be married to a gen-U-wine Cajoun, and lived in Plaquemine (the town not the parrish she always adds). She staggered in and fussed at me. She said she heard all those Cajun accents and thought she was back in Louisiana for just a few seconds.
Someone asked about skinning them. I remember on one show and I think it was "Swamp People", but it might have been "Dirty Jobs" them showing how they use compressed air to loosen the hide for skinning. They cut a small slit in the skin, stuck in an air hose, and inflated the skin like a balloon. It was "funny" and strange at the same time. I have no idea how the kept the air from just leaking back out the slit, but they must have had a way.
Now I have no idea if that's common or even real, or not. After all, it was TV.
i think very little is wasted on a gator i know the feet make great back scrachers
Gator is VERY good eating though I wouldn't want to try to bag one with a .22
The father and son, with the air boat, the kid will shoot one that is swimming, he said the rifle he uses is a .17.
Some of the rifles are getting better looking since Savage has an ad campaign with some of them.
ky wonder
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The father and son, with the air boat, the kid will shoot one that is swimming, he said the rifle he uses is a .17.
just like anything else shot placement is king, there have been more african elephants killed with a 7mm mauser than some big bore dangerous critter gun
Brian41
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The father and son, with the air boat, the kid will shoot one that is swimming, he said the rifle he uses is a .17.
Salty, I've heard him say the same thing on the show before.
I may very well be wrong but aren't they using 22 magnums mainly on the show? I thought I'd heard that too and seems to me the cartridges are also a bit long for 22lr when I've seen them loading their guns.
I've noticed too the guns and also the boats have gotten better as the show has been on awhile and maybe they're making some decent money from it too.
Sometimes too they'll bring out a centerfire rifle for some longer shots.
I'm sure they do pretty good from the show, a few years ago that show about crab fishing in Alaska, the two brother's with the black boat, wanted out of their contract until they were told they would have to pay back 3 million.
A few years ago on Swamp People there was a show where a Italian gentleman came over for a hunt with one of the teams. The man worked for the leather company that bought a lot of the 'gator skins to be made into women's purses. It was excellent, he explained how different parts of the skins were used for the parts of the purse, mainly the belly skins.
As far as the rope that is used, I believe it is Setline or SecureLine made by Lehigh - Secureline | Home
That website don't show the Setline products, sorry.
I have some #60 X 300' that has a tensile strength of 330 lbs.
I have bought heavier setline that was rated over 900 lbs. I believe it is sold in 100' lengths.
As far as the rope that is used, I believe it is Setline or SecureLine made by Lehigh - Secureline | Home
That website don't show the Setline products, sorry.
I have some #60 X 300' that has a tensile strength of 330 lbs.
I have bought heavier setline that was rated over 900 lbs. I believe it is sold in 100' lengths.
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BigBill
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As far as the looks of there rifles its one of there tools while there not purdy under those conditions there still doing the job they were meant to do. Some of us admire our guns like they were gods. Guns are built to bring home the bacon. We have become civilized along with our guns.
Even like some Italian dishes like tripe(cows stomach) in tomato sauce you have to grow eating it and have a taste for it just like gator and squirrels.
If you ever had to live off the land could you make it?
During the depression my great uncle would shoot the birds that we're lined up on the peak of the chicken coop roof. My great aunt would clean them and cook them in tomato sauce. Survival?
My uncle's(moms brothers) were hunters and fisherman. I had fried saltwater eels but the best thing they ever cooked was rabbit catchatorie.
Ever go to a game dinner? All the wild game is great eaten when it's cooked right.
Even like some Italian dishes like tripe(cows stomach) in tomato sauce you have to grow eating it and have a taste for it just like gator and squirrels.
If you ever had to live off the land could you make it?
During the depression my great uncle would shoot the birds that we're lined up on the peak of the chicken coop roof. My great aunt would clean them and cook them in tomato sauce. Survival?
My uncle's(moms brothers) were hunters and fisherman. I had fried saltwater eels but the best thing they ever cooked was rabbit catchatorie.
Ever go to a game dinner? All the wild game is great eaten when it's cooked right.
BigBill
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I'm sure they do pretty good from the show, a few years ago that show about crab fishing in Alaska, the two brother's with the black boat, wanted out of their contract until they were told they would have to pay back 3 million.
The Hilstrands with the Time Bandit boat. Now there's a wild bunch. These brothers are awesome.
I miss Phil Harris on the Cornellia Marie.
THE PILGRIM
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How do you folks feel about possum? I know how I feel about it, but don't want to unduly influence the poll.
Back in the depression, my Grandpa had a bunch of kids, little work and little money.
He sees a covey of quail running down a frozen field. They are running in the furrow, single file.
He is carrying a 12 gauge double, probably full/modified chokes. So be waits until they are aways down the row, kneels down and shoots level.
He gets 8 quail.
Gator is great but like about everything I ever ate in New Orleans its always better with a sauce. I ate a fish that most would consider a trash fish, they called it "drum"...it was filleted in half and baked in an amazing buttery sauce and was one of the most delicous fish I ever ate. I've eaten gator cut into bite sized pieces and deep fried and it can be a little on the chewey side but still very tasty, with a nice sauce to dip and its all the better. In a stew or chowder its excellent but then I never ran across anything down there that wasn't outstanding eating. The hide is quite valuable, probably worth more than the meat, its used for everything from boots to hat bands.
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