jmcquown wrote:
>
> On 8/21/2012 5:14 PM, Gary wrote:
> > I think I can honestly say that I've never touched anything with a ten foot
> > pole.
> >
> I guess you've never had to wrangle an alligator. Neither have I
> When I had one in my back yard, security sent a young woman down with a
> 10 foot pole with a wire loop on the end. She's in that rare group of
> people who *can* say she's touched something with a ten foot pole!
>
> OB Food: Alligator chili

Have you ever tried alligator meat? Not me but I'm always open to try
something new once at least. I saw on a survival show once where they killed
one and described the meat as tasting a bit "swampy." hmmmmm That doesn't
sound so appealing.

Gary

Actually now that I think about it, I'll probably never try (and support)
alligator meat after seeing those shows on the History Channel. I tried
hunting when i was a kid and it was fun until I actually killed some animal.
I have no problem with hunters now but I just don't want to do it myself.
Normal hunters are OK in my book.....you stalk an animal, shoot it, and it's
dead.

I've always had a problem with trapping though. That's the cruelest thing I
can imagine. Take the gator hunting for example.... You bate this giant
hook with chicken or whatever. The next day you check your traps hoping to
find one. Meanwhile that animal thinks he's getting a great meal only to
bite down on a hook that stuck in his mouth or throat. He trapped there,
and in pain, and panicking in terror for up to 24 hours until the trappers
come back the next day.

Once they get there, they shoot them in the head. If I was that gator, I
think I'd welcome a bullet in the head. Not just gators, but trapping of any
animal....it's so evil. I could never do that, thinking of all the horrors
that animal went through for up to 24 hours until someone finally came back
and killed it.