Alligator

Here is the break down on the gear we used to pull off this successful bowhunt for Florida Alligator.

Like a giant jumping jack, he dove down and then charged back to the surface, biting wildly. Bowhunting wise, it...

Back at the Team Struttn Ruttn Reeln camp headquarters we took a few pictures of the gator in the daylight.

The gator came up from the bottom with crushing force and bashed into our John boat. The fight was on...

A high bank borders our marsh. Colton unhitched the boat and we drove to where we'd seen the gators earlier.

Colton glassed the gator. A big one. I got my bow and David took the battery powered spot light and...

SPLASH !!! And a second big splash let us know that the big gator was out of the water and...

We got in one of David Mull's big Chevy pickups with huge mud tires and a high lift kit and...

We parked behind the pump house on the large irrigation pond and spread out in the reeds. David began a...

Quickly I zoomed in on the big gator in the slide and took its picture. He ready to make the...

We dove to Arcadia and ate a huge breakfast. This was our last day alligator hunting and we might have...

Today Chef Klaus's gator luck was gonna change. That right 5 seconds was on its way. We drove the levees...

Setting up a bow and equipment for alligator hunting takes a little more preparation than setting up a bow for...

Fred Lutger tells us in his own words about the hunt that made him realize why they say alligators are...

Fred connects on a gator and alligator hell breaks loose. And Fred and Mike get to see what a gator's...

Not getting to sleep after 4-am made us all sleep in past daylight. However, at 9:00 we were getting in...

Bowhunting alligators in the dark is a lot different than during the daytime. Finding them in the dark is all...

Back to the world of bowhunting Florida Alligators. This is the short version so we can get to the night...

After our failed attempt to tag No-Tail we moved on. Fred, Chef and I didn't know what David Mills had...

No-Tail lay still in the shade, quite possibly asleep. If Chef got his line back in his real fast enough...