After 40+ Hours of Hunting...

...we finally got our two! Hurray! A 7' and a 10'. We dropped them off at the processor on Sunday morning October 9th! We can't wait to get our order back!

That wraps up a great first year of hunting. See you next year!

The Second Hunt

09/24 6:30pm-12:00am & 9/25/11 6:00am-10:00am + 5:00pm-12:00am. We checked into a cabin that I had reserved just in case we needed it that night. There was a large storm headed our way and we didn't want to get caught out in the lightning. We grabbed a bite to eat at the Cherry Pocket Steak & Seafood Shak http://www.cherrypocket.com/home. It was a good thing we did because the rain was coming down in buckets and there was lightening everywhere. It wasn't until 6:30pm when we started out. Dark & stormy clouds were still looming all around the lake & lightning was still striking off in the distance; lighting up the sky like distant fireworks. To the right of the boat ramp we spotted a tree just about every bird in town was using as a roost to sleep in that night.

We slowly approached the tree, as you'll see in these first two videos, looking for alligators underneath that the birds were using as protection.

We didn't see any of harvestable size...just a bunch of babies..

Mike & I were still having fun regardless!

Starting to get a l-i-t-t-l-e sleepy...

Continuing our search for the elusive Lake Pierce alligator.

The sun was setting. It was a gorgeous night with the best sunset I have ever seen!

 

 

 

We love being out-of-doors! <3



We took a break from hunting around midnight. Hot showers & a power nap were just what the doctor ordered! When we got back on the boat & out on the lake, the sun was j-u-s-t coming up. My favorite part of the day - MORNING!

I decided to take matters into my own hands!

We spotted a BIG bull gator that was swimming along the far side of the lake.

Mike kept an eye on him too.

Before we could get close a speed boat scared him off & he never came back up! Darn! We motored around the lake until 10am trying every trick in the book to get our two gators.

Sunday night we started out around 5pm and stayed out until about midnight.

Still no great opportunities at a sizeable catch presented themselves. If they were anywhere in that lake they didn't want to get caught!

Unfortunately, we didn't strike it lucky on this trip. Next time though...we'll be ready.