FlyingJ 0 #1 July 17, 2006 Ok, so here's the deal... I live in a travel trailer on a 21,000 acre state park. I have lots of neighbors...wild horses, buffalo, cows, deer, more birds and bugs than you can count, and one of the managers of the park and his wife. So one night after a very long and strenuous day I pull up to my trailer and as I get out of my Jeep the manager's wife flags me down from about a hundred feet away and hollars over "Can I ask you a question?" I say of course and hop on my bike to ride around the fence over to where she is, the whole time wondering what she could possibly want as we've only ever talked once when we met. By the time I got over there I was already imagining her asking me to watch her dogs, or give her car a jump start, or any of a pile of things that went through my head, but as I get closer I could see that she was holding something wrapped up in a towel in her arms. I started feeling really bad and thought maybe it was one of her dogs and it had gotten attacked by a hawk or eagle or something (got some of those as neighbors too) and I started feeling pretty bad. I get up to her and realized that what she had was a baby deer, probably just a few days old if that. She was crying and kind of shaking a bit so it looked like it was moving, until she laid it on the ground and it was pretty obvious that the thing was dead. We went through the motions of trying to find a pulse, etc., all in silence. Finally she said something along the lines of "I really don't know what to say either..." Here is where I'm wondering if I'm evil... Well, I was silent the whole time, but it wasn't because I was choked up, it was because I was using every bit of willpower I had not to blurt out... ...GATOR BAIT! See, another neighbor I have living right out back in the lake is a 7 foot long aligator that I have been dying to see eat something. Now don't think I'm an unemotional jackass, I mean, I'm all for Bambi. Go Bambi, Rah Rah Rah!!! But this thing was dead. If it had been alive I would have been the first person calling the animal hospital up the street, but it wasn't, it was dead! She was still pretty torn up about it. So I said that I really thought it was dead enough times that I figured it had sunk in to her and it would be ok to go ahead and pick it up and get rid of it. She was concerned about where we should put it...in a truck, in the shop, next to the shop. All I could think was ok, don't want vultures in the back of the truck, don't want coyotes breaking into the shop...hmmm...where could I put this... ...GATOR BAIT! No, can't really go there. Unfortunately she can see the lake from the window of their house, I'm afraid it might be a bit traumatic to see the aligator gnawing on Bambi. But dammit, I can see the lake and I want to see the aligator eat something! Now I guess I need to add...I would never just outright feed an aligator or any form of wildlife. In this case I felt like putting the deer back where it had originally fallen near the side of the lake would simply have been removing the human involvement from the situation rather than adding to it, and I mean, the deer is going to have to be left somewhere and something is going to eat it, why not leave it where it fell and watch the gator eat it! That's pretty much the end of the story. I just carried the thing out a back gate onto one of the firelines where some coyotes or vultures or some other random lucky carnivore probably feasted over the next day or two. I did get fussed at the next day by one of the biologists I work for. "You mean you just took it and dropped it back in the woods...what the hell were you thinking. How big was this thing? And she saw it alive just a few hours before she found it? And how big is your grill? What you should have done was call me and tell me to pick up some beer and come on over!" I'm not sure if I would have enough willpower to do the same thing again. Damn I wanna see that gator eat something!Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #2 July 17, 2006 HAHAHA.....Gator Bait! Thats right! you dawgs, seminoles,....and volunteers walking through the G'ville swamp better be careful! Okay...sorry to chime in on your story!! Paynes Prairie is a beautiful place...full of gators, but they are awesome creatures to watch.*** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #3 July 17, 2006 Don't feel bad. Look how much shit I got in this thread, just because I fed a baby bird to my corn snake: clicky Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MF42 0 #4 July 17, 2006 Should've found a way to feed the thing to the gator. Animals eat animals. Nothing wrong with satisfying your curiosity at the same time. Matt Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigairnut 0 #5 July 17, 2006 J, from my point of view, you are not evil. Wildlife dies, its the way of things. There are predators and there are prey. More often than not an animal is BOTH. It hunts some and is hunted by others. It's kinda like that old saying that every day the lion wakes up and knows that it must run faster than the slowest gazelle or it will starve, and the gazelle wakes up knowing that it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be lunch. While that may not be precisely analagous to your situation, the point is that animals eat other animals. That gator is gonna eat something...it might as well eat that dead baby deer. What else are you gonna do with it, dig a grave and put up a headstone? It's not your dog Spot that died. Of course you know all this, you just need affirmation. Consider this my approval to feed the gator! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #6 July 17, 2006 Quoteyou dawgs...better be careful! Careful there chica! My family is full of Dawgs, so you better...ahhh...what am I talking about. I'm a Bearcat. What the hell is a Bearcat anyway? I'm pretty sure it would be scared of a gator too. Oh well...proceed...Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #7 July 17, 2006 hmmm...where could I put this... ...GATOR BAIT! *** You're OBVIOUSLY not from TEXAS! First thought I had was BARBQUE! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #8 July 17, 2006 do y'all barbeque deer??? Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #9 July 17, 2006 QuoteJ, from my point of view, you are not evil. Yeah...I'm not actually worried about being evil. Evil would be wanting to toss a limping baby deer over near the lake. Damn...it would still be cool to see that gator eat something!Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #10 July 17, 2006 Quotedo y'all barbeque deer??? I think they'll barbecue anything in Texas. However, from the fussing out I got when I told my friend about it, it sounds like grilling it up might not have been a bad option.Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #11 July 17, 2006 Quotedo y'all barbeque deer??? *** You ARE joking right?! A couple weeks ago I had BBQ DUCK!Here in Texas...crawls walks flies slithers or swims..."Q" it! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyshrek 0 #12 July 17, 2006 This year jean the gators are seminolebait. I had the gators last year against brie and i was right. Sorry, the gators will be toast against FSU. So if your planning on coming to the fsu/gator game come and see it in tally. I have an all u can jump at the farm week-end bet on this. You feel lucky well do you?http://www.skydivethefarm.com do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigairnut 0 #13 July 17, 2006 Right on airtwardo, fire it up! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FlyingJ 0 #14 July 17, 2006 Sorry skinny...seminole bait just doesn't have the same ring to it. Gonna have to go with Gator Bait just 'cause it sounds better!Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites bigairnut 0 #15 July 17, 2006 airtwardo, one point of clarification to your post. crawls walks flies slithers or swims...kill it with a big ass gun, then "Q" it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites FlyingJ 0 #16 July 17, 2006 and ps...good to see you and your better half last weekend. give me a call if you are ever down around Gainesville and I'll let you buy me a beer.Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites airtwardo 7 #17 July 17, 2006 Kill it, Clean it, Cook it, Call the neighbors! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites missg8tordivr 0 #18 July 17, 2006 Sooty please.....I just may have to come up there and watch the Gators kick the everlivin snot out of you guys! Brie still owes me Jack from last years game!!*** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. Paste as plain text instead Only 75 emoji are allowed. × Your link has been automatically embedded. Display as a link instead × Your previous content has been restored. Clear editor × You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL. Insert image from URL × Desktop Tablet Phone Submit Reply 0
FlyingJ 0 #14 July 17, 2006 Sorry skinny...seminole bait just doesn't have the same ring to it. Gonna have to go with Gator Bait just 'cause it sounds better!Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bigairnut 0 #15 July 17, 2006 airtwardo, one point of clarification to your post. crawls walks flies slithers or swims...kill it with a big ass gun, then "Q" it! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FlyingJ 0 #16 July 17, 2006 and ps...good to see you and your better half last weekend. give me a call if you are ever down around Gainesville and I'll let you buy me a beer.Killing threads since 2004. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
airtwardo 7 #17 July 17, 2006 Kill it, Clean it, Cook it, Call the neighbors! ~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
missg8tordivr 0 #18 July 17, 2006 Sooty please.....I just may have to come up there and watch the Gators kick the everlivin snot out of you guys! Brie still owes me Jack from last years game!!*** F LORIDA! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
