03-27-2012, 08:41 PM
Outstanding, clark! Any estimation how much that beast weighed? It sure does look big. Awesome animal, and awesome shot.
I didn't take the gator, but while on a hunt a few years ago some fellow hunters brought a 6 or so footer back to camp. I did get the "honor" of cleaning the tail as I had the best knife. That was the weirdest task. Even a couple hours into the cleaning operation, when I'd put my knife to the meat to cut it, the muscle would contract in my hands. Freaky. They certainly do eat well, and that tail easily fed about 15 hungry guys fried gator for one meal and gator gumbo for another.
I didn't take the gator, but while on a hunt a few years ago some fellow hunters brought a 6 or so footer back to camp. I did get the "honor" of cleaning the tail as I had the best knife. That was the weirdest task. Even a couple hours into the cleaning operation, when I'd put my knife to the meat to cut it, the muscle would contract in my hands. Freaky. They certainly do eat well, and that tail easily fed about 15 hungry guys fried gator for one meal and gator gumbo for another.