03-07-2023, 04:26 PM
Pat, I guess if I was there and that was my regular option, I 'd figure out how to deal with them... but being here and just thinking about it, it's probably more worrisome that it would be in actuality... I know those massive rattle snakes in Florida were pretty spooky when you seen one ran over on the road, but we never did run onto one in the wild... Probably the same thing with attacking cottonmouths... Odds are you won't run into trouble if you're prepared to deal with it, should it happen...
Shane
I love those guns, but they'd be a little big to pack with you, unless it was duck season... Wonder about those Circuit Judge pistols in .410? Not sure if they would be big enough for a gator, but they'd take care of the snakes pretty well.. Maybe a slug or buck shot would deter a gator...at close range... Be my luck to drop it in the drink if I took one with me... Guess I'll be glad I live where I don't have such things to worry about... I know being in Alaska in Grizz country and not having a firearm, was a little unnerving at night when you'd hear things outside your tent. but we didn't want to deal with regulations taking guns on flights, so we went without protection... However, our friend we went with from Alaska had his .44 mag pistol and a lever gun, I think in .45-70... One night on the river we heard several shots up river from us, and our friend told us they were ringing the dinner bell for the bears.. He said a shot calls the bears in cause it usually means a gut pile for the bears to eat... Later Jeff
Shane
I love those guns, but they'd be a little big to pack with you, unless it was duck season... Wonder about those Circuit Judge pistols in .410? Not sure if they would be big enough for a gator, but they'd take care of the snakes pretty well.. Maybe a slug or buck shot would deter a gator...at close range... Be my luck to drop it in the drink if I took one with me... Guess I'll be glad I live where I don't have such things to worry about... I know being in Alaska in Grizz country and not having a firearm, was a little unnerving at night when you'd hear things outside your tent. but we didn't want to deal with regulations taking guns on flights, so we went without protection... However, our friend we went with from Alaska had his .44 mag pistol and a lever gun, I think in .45-70... One night on the river we heard several shots up river from us, and our friend told us they were ringing the dinner bell for the bears.. He said a shot calls the bears in cause it usually means a gut pile for the bears to eat... Later Jeff
When things get stressful think I'll go fish'en and worry about it tomorrow!