Refuge today

[duckbone]

Went out and finished up a culvert and saw this guy, hard to believe this late he's got some growing to do but shows good late nesting.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/duckbone/Picture048-1.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/duckbone/Picture049-1.jpg
Tried some crabbing but got harrassed by this guy
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/duckbone/Picture052-2.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/duckbone/Picture051-2.jpg

[duckbone]

He's played this game before and finally got my chicken
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/duckbone/Picture056-2.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/duckbone/Picture055-2.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/duckbone/Picture056-2.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/duckbone/Picture055-2.jpg

[duckbone]

To bad we don't have a gator season out there probably a 10 footer, fat one though thats one of those big redfish nets.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/duckbone/Picture053-2.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/duckbone/Picture053-2.jpg
broke my string after a game of tug of war
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd50/duckbone/Picture057-2.jpg

[Randy Clark]

dammm pat thats pretty good stuff:occasion14

[duckbone]

Yeah carefull with the dogs at the launch to L-pond, or yourself for that matter he is not afraid of people I even pinged him on the head with a couple rocks and that didn't bother him at all. He saw me and swam right over through a culvert to get there. I'm going to complain about him and see if I can get him removed. He has been fed by people and learned to eat the chicken from people crabbing there and he's big enough to take anything down. I can't believe the way he came right up into my net looking for food like that.

[palmbayjay]

as a volunteer at the refuge i feel it is my duty to remove that gator :toothy10:

[Keith Yates]

DB if it is the same gator it's been there for about 3 years that way. Usually hangs just under the mangroves across from the launch. That gator ain't afraid of no one.

[David B]

http://i230.photobucket.com/albums/ee304/jdblood_photos/gatorshuntsandasst016.jpg

This one wasn't afraid either. He should have been.

[Gaddy1]

Yeah carefull with the dogs at the launch to L-pond, or yourself for that matter he is not afraid of people I even pinged him on the head with a couple rocks and that didn't bother him at all. He saw me and swam right over through a culvert to get there. I'm going to complain about him and see if I can get him removed. He has been fed by people and learned to eat the chicken from people crabbing there and he's big enough to take anything down. I can't believe the way he came right up into my net looking for food like that.

Yeah that guy aint afraid, he is probably the same one that has been there for awhile. There are some good ones in that impoundment.

[duckbone]

Yeah Keith he's the same one. I've seen him before there in the other ditch a few years ago. Big ugly sucker and he associates people with food.