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I used to go catch them out of folks' yards when I was a game warden. A big gator isn't that hard to handle when he is not in the water. We would put a lariat rope on a big one and just wear him out. I would get up in the back of the truck and let him fight the rope while I held on. We used to relocate them several miles away but they often came back home to cause more trouble or cause trouble at their new home. Louisiana has nuisance alligator hunters licensed to take gators all year so I got to where I would tie one off to a tree and call the hunter to come send him to the boot factory or where ever they send them. A gator visiting humans is not a good thing and it often gets started with fish cleaning. When they hear the electric fillet knives start up here they come. Then they end up killing dogs or sunning on your patio.

I think a few whacks will do to make him unwelcome.

The folks across from me on the Lake had a real dandy laying up on their boat lift sunning himself.

Loose dogs aren’t allowed and folks that have them walk them on a leash.

It doesn't sound like you're wanting to kill this guy when most of the advice is steering you to do it before he hurts someone. If its you he bites you only have yourself to blame. If its someone else you'll be kicking yourself in the ass, maybe for the rest of your life. So just do the deed or get someone else who like alligator meat to do it for you.

I think it’s under control. One not much longer than a yardstick ain’t exactly a major threat .

Old Toot,

This has gone from an interesting encounter you've had to a cat lady convention with all of this estrogen showing up. Heaven forbid if you catch a snapping turtle or Gar.
Maybe they need to get out to the pet shop more.

Thanks for sharing and please don't take pictures. That will cause undo stress to the city kids.
Enjoy your new friend before he gets hold of a pack of Rottweilers and eats them. 😄

Folks mean well, HC.

I think he's following you so you can lead him to Synagogue.

Are you folks allowed to eat gator? Aren't they like belly crawlers/lizards and such and off limits? Nearly as off limits as shellfish?

Toots, all kidding aside. I guess have fun with him while you can. But I think of it like "my" badger. Got pics of him in the woodpile and I was happy to have him around knowing he was diggin' up gophers and ground squirrels on the place. He looked kinda cute in there.



then one night the dog started to barking and I found "my" badger had decided he might like to dig under the wire of the chicken Gulag. That didn't turn out so well for him.



Good luck with "your" gator.

I believe you're right.
You're doing well to talk about it. You haven't turned in your man card.
I spent many years exposing a generation or two to wildlife. Anything that scared someone was " the only good (fill in the blank) is a dead _______!😰
Some rural neighborhoods smell of urine, will have dozens of feral cats and a mouse problem. No harmless snakes around to eat them since people are scared of snakes. It's usually the big guys that are the most frightened. Just one example of a hundred.

You have a good night, Old Toot.