03-06-2023, 08:10 PM
Once you get the hang of it, skinning them is easy. Pulling the skin down over the legs is just like pulling off a glove. There are a bunch of videos on YouTube that demo the process.
It's easy to create a lot of drama and danger about snakes and gators. But the truth is that in most cases they try to get away from you....even in a float tube. There were only a very few that seemed to want to get up close and personal. For these, I was armed with a ski pole tethered to the side of my tube...for splashing to scare or for whacking to otherwise deter. Plus...for that and other safety reasons...I always carried a revolver with both hollow point and snake loads. Thankfully never had to use firearms.
It's easy to create a lot of drama and danger about snakes and gators. But the truth is that in most cases they try to get away from you....even in a float tube. There were only a very few that seemed to want to get up close and personal. For these, I was armed with a ski pole tethered to the side of my tube...for splashing to scare or for whacking to otherwise deter. Plus...for that and other safety reasons...I always carried a revolver with both hollow point and snake loads. Thankfully never had to use firearms.