Another needless tubing tradgedy

University of Florida? Hey now, I never insulted you.

Todd....good story....ever get a 2nd date with that girl?!

john

gun-driver wrote: Morfoot wrote: What's up with the "Cat..... on a Stick?" I guess that's a Floridian attempt at a corn dog

Orlando sure can stuff a kitty.

What's up with the "Cat..... on a Stick?"

Gator gets killed at the hunting camp about 15 years ago. Guess two guys were always fighting. Somehow a pic innocently appears on the internet, guessing email bc pre social media days I think. The one guy must've ratted the other out to FWC so as apart of the investigation they decided to interrogate all 12 members on the lease list, all at the same time so nobody could collaborate their story together, without notifying any one. Let's just say I was with a new girlfriend at my house for the first time about 8pm on a Friday night, it was an In-opportune moment for me to say the least while 2 men in black suits banging on my door escort me out as if they were the Secret Service. I had absolutely nothing to do with the simple crime and the simple crime certainly did not warrant the resources wasted on the situation. Too bad those resources didn't get used for catching criminals. I learned then alligators are big $ for FL, and FL cares about the $ not the gators. Our gator laws are kind of backwards too. Good news as a result I spent 4 years as a legal, licensed trapper which was an awesome time.

I am pretty sure I have him tame now. I call him "Smiles". That pic was from a few years ago. He has gotten much bigger, and the experiment has not been without its "challenges". Here is a recent pic of Smiles and you can see a small part of me in the picture.

Not everyone can say they have an alligator skin platform...The Bar has just been raised.

I think the best way to deal with the gators is to get them to only attack boats other than Correct Craft. Here is a program I started to get the gators used to Ski Centurions:

How do we deal with snakes a gators?

I've seen a few water moccasins in the canals we drive through. I almost stepped on one when trying to board our boat that was against the shore at my buddies house. I could barely see it in the grass. It was a baby and we just moved it along with the help of an oar.


Way more worried about moccasins than I am gators.

boardersdad wrote: Here's one caught on video... Alligator Attacks Water Skier http://youtu.be/ljc8WzRDMn8 And talk about a big critter... http://youtu.be/6iSV7vYqv-M

I've heard that might happen to you at some ski schools if you ask about gators.

Here's one caught on video...
Alligator Attacks Water Skier
http://youtu.be/ljc8WzRDMn8

And talk about a big critter...
http://youtu.be/6iSV7vYqv-M

By the way. Central Florida is home to probably 95% of the worlds best skiing schools. Doesn't matter what skiing regimen you want. It's not known as the waterski capital of the world because of gators and snakes. Like HW pointed out, I've never heard of a waterskier getting bitten,eaten, killed or chewed on by any animal or reptile.
Yes, people have been attacked, but more often than not its because they've been stupid and there are a lot of them down here.
Remember Forrest Gump. Stupid is as stupid does.

Yikes, I am pretty cautions when approaching skiers. If I don't need to be back quickly I just idle back. If it's busy and there is the threat of someone running over my down skier I am back and in protect skier mode quickly.

I still think it's stupid that because you have a drivers license for a car that means you can get into and drive a boat if you have never set foot in one before.

Gators and cottonmouths, you guys are insane. Maybe the winters aren't so bad up here...