09/16/2025
First Gator Hunt - Major Success 🐊 ✅
Huge thanks to my buddy for getting me to apply last minute and help me land first Gator!
This experience was very different from spearfishing, but I still got to use my Blue Reaper Polespear and Magnetic Slip Tip from to secure this beast. I was aiming for the cheek but ended up driving the slip tip into the lower jaw. The Skull Mount should look really cool with an embedded tip in the lower jaw.
I was really lucky to have pulled tags from an incredible location, and I knew I was going to have a shot at some big gators. This swamp lizard was thick and healthy, coming in at just over 11ft 💪🏼
I still had one tag left when we saw an even bigger Gator on the way out. With an 11 foot, 400 pound alligator to process, we decided to save the last tag for another day.