Copyright 1999 - 2020 Louisiana Sportsman, Inc. All rights reserved. P.O. The big gator rolled again, forcing Rivers to let go of the arrow. The gator whacked King with its tail and dragged him under, even as the other men in the party fired their rifles desperately and to no avail at the gator. "Toledo Bend has the biggest gators I've ever seen, and I've hunted from the top to the bottom of Louisiana," says the Zwolle resident. With two arrows in him, the big gator launched into a continuous roll that wound all of the lead wire and part of the main line around his midsection and two front legs. Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 10/03/2018 - 5:00am. “He had about 6 feet of that lead line hanging out his mouth where he busted it off, and that’s what I grabbed hold of and worked him back up to the bank. But, increasingly, people who have no real knowledge of alligators or their behavior are coming in contact with the reptiles. The countryside around Brazos Bend, like as in every direction around Houston, is exploding in housing developments. It's located 45 miles northwest of Fort Polk at the largest man-made reservoir in the South — 5th largest in the country! Spend more time on the upper half of the lake in November. Enter your email below to send a password reset email. Trio catches 12’ alligator on Toledo Bend. The current was very swift at the mouth of the bayou.
[…], The key word to putting Toledo Bend bass in the boat this month is transition.
At the end of the final show of the day, Sherrer was preparing to tape an alligator’s mouth when he accidentally stepped on the 9-foot long, 300-pound animal. They can bite you, but that’s the least of your worries: woebetide those caught by a mama gator with a baby gator in hand. If you fill out the first name, last name, or agree to terms fields, you will NOT be added to the newsletter list. Copyright 2015 KSLA. That was nine years ago, and we’ve thankfully stayed fatality-free since then, though Sunday’s incident was as close a call as I can remember. Denham Springs man accused of running illegal gator-hunting guide service, Two Colfax men cited for illegal gator hunting violations, Speckled trout fishing looks to be in good shape entering Louisiana’s fall season. “They’ll move and you might see them around in the daytime when the sun is out, but at night it locks them up and they won’t feed,” he said. The gator apparently emerged from nowhere and chomped down on the boy’s arm. “He was putting up a good fight and I got him in position, and she came up to take the shot and shot a little higher up and hit the top of that skull and the bullet ricocheted,” Rivers said. “Some people don’t think they exist. “Kaleb told his mother something had a hold of him,” said Mark Ford, the boy’s grandfather.
P.O. Many, LA 71449 I pulled up to the bank and got out, and there was a lot of slack in the line,” he said. Pilkington tells the Index that they caught it with a 14 aught hook with chicken on the end. Box 25 There, if you are unwise, you can literally walk up to and touch the alligators, and some do. “So you have to let this bait get stinky and rot and marinate out in the sun without getting insects in it to break it down.”. Will Southwest Airlines Lose That Lovin’ Feelin’? (In a somewhat rare occurrence, a nine-footer was spotted a few weeks ago in a swampy area near Lewisville Lake in the Dallas area. By contrast, Florida has suffered 22 fatal attacks between 1948 and 2013, when the state saw celebrated a record five-year-run with no gator-related deaths. “A teenager opened the door and four men forced themselves inside,” he wrote on Facebook. What Does Texas’s Record Voter Turnout Mean for the Election Results? the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recommends 30 feet. Sorry, we’re unable to find an account with that username and password. But I very much respect them. If the ants get in there, it’s over,” he said. Florida has seen 20 fatalities in the past half-century or so, and more than 300 attacks.
There isn’t a better time to be a speckled trout angler. Ugly encounters are inevitable.
And the stench it creates when the seal is finally opened — well, one can only imagine. “I put the boat even with his nose — and I know my measurements because I’m a carpenter — we had about 3 feet of boat left. Below, we see one apparently using a red-eared turtle for a chin-rest and another basking close to a trail…. This was close to the mouth of Six Mile Creek. Get our weekly newsletter, filled with good reads, news analysis—and updates on special events. Keep your dogs on a leash. Barnett brotherhood crossbow, sweet little bow. But even with all those gators, Louisiana also has no documented alligator fatalities. God willing, I’ll keep getting tags and we’ll see him eventually. “In other words, the more he pulls, the more he’ll wear himself out just by the resistance the limb is offering.”. Feeding the gators is tempting, but dumb (it causes them to see humans as food sources) and, unlike Louisiana, also illegal here—it’s a Class C misdemeanor punishable by a $500 fine. Fortunately for Rivers — and unfortunately for the gators — Christina, 21, got selected for two of only 16 tags distributed on the lake this year, and the duo made the most of their opportunity: They tagged out on Sunday with two almost identical 14-foot-1-inch-long gators taken where the Sabine River opens into the lake. Are Florida gators just meaner? So on the afternoon before opening day, which was Sept. 2, Rivers and his crew set out in his 17-foot Grizzly flat-bottomed boat to place four hooks on the Louisiana side of the Sabine River. Toledo Bend has cabins and yurts available for rent. […], The LDWF Enforcement Division is seeking leads for the illegal killing of an alligator in Ascension Parish. Harris described hearing about a man name King whose party was a few days ahead of hers. He's pulled 12 and 13-footers out of the lake in the past. Fort Bend County, a rural county just a decade or two ago, has transformed into suburbs. It was caught on the south end of the lake close to Kites' Landing. Pilkington tells the Index that they caught it with a 14 aught hook with chicken on the end. 875 San Antonio Jeff Procell, Ryan Procell, and Steven Pilkington recently claimed this alligator while out on Toledo Bend. Of course not.
“Then she put the medicine where the pain was, and the second shot put the hurt on him pretty good — enough to where he didn’t go back down.”.