With two arrows in him, the big gator launched into a continuous roll that wound all of the lead wire and part of the main line around his midsection and two front legs. But even with all those gators, Louisiana also has no documented alligator fatalities. “Christina came up there and put some finishing shots in him, and thank God the battle was over.”. But before they could make it out of the water, the gator bit down on the leg of Kaleb’s dad, James Hurley. “A teenager opened the door and four men forced themselves inside,” he wrote on Facebook. Jeff Procell, Ryan Procell, and Steven Pilkington recently claimed this alligator while out on Toledo Bend. Sorry, we’re unable to find an account with that username and password. What gives? Even more of a sign of the inevitablilty of someone getting seriously injured by an alligator is the human invasion of alligators’ homes. “In other words, the more he pulls, the more he’ll wear himself out just by the resistance the limb is offering.”. “I have a special cover for my bait. But for Roger Rivers and his daughter, Christina, winning the lottery means being lucky enough to get drawn for two alligator tags and having the opportunity to concoct an odiferous bait cocktail of chicken, wild hog and nutria guts — all in an attempt to get down and dirty with a couple of monster gators on the northern end of Toledo Bend. All of them made it to the shoreline and family members called 911. Trio catches 12’ alligator on Toledo Bend. “I tell you what — that’s making the most of our two tags.”. I don’t argue with people — they can believe what they want to believe. Subscribe or link your existing subscription. “I’ve got the whole place smelling.”. "I knew where to go on the north end. But I know they’re there. P.O. Father and son were Life Flighted to a Houston hospital, where they were listed as in serious condition but expected to recover. Otherwise, try again or reset your password. […], The LDWF Enforcement Division is seeking leads for the illegal killing of an alligator in Ascension Parish. It was caught … […], The key word to putting Toledo Bend bass in the boat this month is transition. Do they spend 99.9 percent of their lives as still as and indistinguishable from swamp deadwood? Keep your dogs on a leash. “Then she put the medicine where the pain was, and the second shot put the hurt on him pretty good — enough to where he didn’t go back down.”. Speckled trout outlook is great along Louisiana coast, North end of Toledo Bend could be November hotspot, LDWF agents seeking leads for illegally killed alligator. Submitted by Edgar on Wed, 10/03/2018 - 5:00am. Florida has seen 20 fatalities in the past half-century or so, and more than 300 attacks. Sherrer suffered 20 inch-deep bites on his left arm from his bicep to his wrist. Texas has never had a documented human fatality from an alligator attack and barely a dozen attacks. Can Big, Bland John Cornyn Coast to a Fourth Term in the Senate? Near present-day Wallisville, King shepherded his family across a murky bayou and then swam back to collect their horses. The Hurley men did nothing to invite that disaster other than encroach on alligator turf, but other people do court catastrophe by not following a few common-sense rules. Pilkington tells the Index that they caught it with a 14 aught hook with chicken on the end. “She got the first arrow in, and a second arrow in, but this one here was a helluva lot fresher than the other gator was,” he said. If you've come to Texas to see some alligators, you won't be disappointed. […]. If they hiss at you that means they are pissed. We report on vital issues from politics to education and are the indispensable authority on the Texas scene, covering everything from music to cultural events with insightful recommendations. This was obvious watching many of the other visitors to Brazos Bend. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Two paramedics from Anahuac were the first to respond. “On instinct, I just bailed right on top of him. Florida has seen 20 fatalities in the past half-century or so, and more than 300 attacks. Even more of a sign of the inevitablilty of someone getting seriously injured by an alligator is the human invasion of alligators’ homes. But I very much respect them. KSLA News 12 has you covered from the opening of the voting booths until the last vote is counted, September 12, 2015 at 2:18 AM CDT - Updated July 25 at 5:45 AM, Daily Report: Arkansas Dept. Also, people, for the love of God, don’t pick up baby alligators. 120, 1,200-pound-test-wire lead to a No. “When we figured out what was going on, the alligator jerked Kaleb away from him. And when he goes out to set the lines (which are also soaked in the bait marinade to increase the scent factor), he uses the head and hide from a wild hog to chum the waters and get the gators’ noses going into overdrive. “He had about 6 feet of that lead line hanging out his mouth where he busted it off, and that’s what I grabbed hold of and worked him back up to the bank. “It was not in their power to save Mr. King,” Harris related. Unlike the popular “Swamp People” show on History, they were on the bank close to the waters edge instead of a boat. (At that time, the last gator victim was a suspected car burglar who met that grisly end after jumping into a canal just ahead of pursuing Miami cops. Video shows that David Johnson, five, jumping after five people to protect his mother and sister, some of them carrying guns. His dad and I got a hold of Kaleb and got him away from the alligator.”. Many, LA 71449 Sure enough, when they checked the lines on the afternoon of opening day, a big ol’ gator had pulled the bait down on the last hook of the day and was sitting on the bank underneath a tree. P.O. ZWOLLE, LA (KSLA) - 14 feet, 1 inch. Ugly encounters are inevitable. “He was putting up a good fight and I got him in position, and she came up to take the shot and shot a little higher up and hit the top of that skull and the bullet ricocheted,” Rivers said. “Kaleb told his mother something had a hold of him,” said Mark Ford, the boy’s grandfather. The incident was caught on camera by several people and audience members can be heard screaming in horror. The county seat of Anahuac bills itself as the Alligator Capital of Texas and is home to the annual Texas Gatorfest.). With one tag left, they set the hooks out again on Saturday, Sept. 12, when an early cool front passed through the state on the opening day of teal season — which was great for duck hunting, but not an ideal scenario for chasing big gators. Ph: (318) 256-3495, Copyright © 2020, The Sabine Index. 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