Suburban 1/Alligator 0

[thatguy]

Nice skull imprint in the asphalt.


Dats a big gator.

 

[NOLAShootist]

How does that work down here? First thing I was told down here was do not screw with alligators unless its season, you have a tag, and signed permission from Jesus & Troy Landry. If you hit one, do you have to call a game warden? Can you keep it?

Just curious.

 

[SteelHorseCowboy]

That's been my understanding. No touchy, even if you hit it with your car.

Call me a criminal, but if I hit one with my car, it's going in the trunk and my mouth is going shut about it. I don't like gator, but I know folks who do, and I want the hide.

And I'm sorry... but I do follow conservation laws. I would never hunt out of season (unless I had to choose between that and starving), and I'd never kill an animal for sport. Nor would I hit one on purpose, because most of the front of my car is plastic... but roadkill? I see no moral wrongdoing. And I have my own morals, I don't need them legislated to me.

Come if you must, but only if you must. For the day you find yourself upon my step shall be the night you find peace along Jordan's edge.

 

[NOLAShootist]

I cant say I blame you. Seems a shame to waste it.

Besides, we all need a pimp ass vest and hatband.

 

[SteelHorseCowboy]

Damn straight.

Come if you must, but only if you must. For the day you find yourself upon my step shall be the night you find peace along Jordan's edge.

 

[NOLAShootist]

OP -
How big was he?

It just occurred to me - I bet that just might be cause to go get your vehicle's alignment fixed. Damn.

 

[LACamper]

what happened to the suburban?

 

[Pas Tout La]

That's been my understanding. No touchy, even if you hit it with your car.

Call me a criminal, but if I hit one with my car, it's going in the trunk and my mouth is going shut about it. I don't like gator, but I know folks who do, and I want the hide.

And I'm sorry... but I do follow conservation laws. I would never hunt out of season (unless I had to choose between that and starving), and I'd never kill an animal for sport. Nor would I hit one on purpose, because most of the front of my car is plastic... but roadkill? I see no moral wrongdoing. And I have my own morals, I don't need them legislated to me.

Come if you must, but only if you must. For the day you find yourself upon my step shall be the night you find peace along Jordan's edge.

I've come real close to taking out a couple in the marsh with my mud boat. It's hard to dodge them in those narrow tranausses. If I ever accidentally kill one, you can bet he's coming home with me. The outdoorsman in me cannot in good conscious let that animal go to waste.

 

[SteelHorseCowboy]

I've come real close to taking out a couple in the marsh with my mud boat. It's hard to dodge them in those narrow tranausses. If I ever accidentally kill one, you can bet he's coming home with me. The outdoorsman in me cannot in good conscious let that animal go to waste.

There ya go. That's just good conservation as far as I'm concerned. I know I wouldn't advocate or suggest hitting one on purpose, but a good sportsman can't let something like that just go to waste.

Come if you must, but only if you must. For the day you find yourself upon my step shall be the night you find peace along Jordan's edge.

 

[thatguy]

10'. Suburban lost its lower hoses and a belt. Local gator guy with tags came and got it.

 

[Gator 45/70]

I hit one early one morning on Hwy 90 close to Avondale and yes Dakotas can fly.

 

[NOLAShootist]

I hit one early one morning on Hwy 90 close to Avondale and yes Dakotas can fly.

Is this a regular occurrence down here?

I swear, every day since I moved down here, I learn some weird new **** about Louisiana (and her inhabitants). I shoulda moved here years ago.

 

[SteelHorseCowboy]

Is this a regular occurrence down here?

I swear, every day since I moved down here, I learn some weird new **** about Louisiana (and her inhabitants). I shoulda moved here years ago.

I've been here in the Calhoun, Ruston, Monroe/Wes Monroe area for a little over two years; since March 2012. I love it here, but Mississippi will always be home to me, even if I end up where I really want to be, in the upper Rockies.

Come if you must, but only if you must. For the day you find yourself upon my step shall be the night you find peace along Jordan's edge.

 

[Gator 45/70]

Is this a regular occurrence down here?

I swear, every day since I moved down here, I learn some weird new **** about Louisiana (and her inhabitants). I shoulda moved here years ago.

Yep, I've hit them close to Raceland, Desalmands, Bayou Dularge,Creole. They have a nasty habit of crawling up on the warm asphalt at night.

 

[Barry J]

A licensed nuisance alligator hunter is usually called by law enforcement to pick up a road kill. They can legally sell the hide without a tag. They need a copy of the crash report or complaint from the sheriffs office to prove where it came from.