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Texas Boy, 5, Shoots Down 800-Pound Alligator

by MossyMO , Posted to Fishing Buddy on 10/02/2009 4:12 PM | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
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Joined: 11/12/2003
Location: ND


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,559103,00.html?test=latestnews At this link there is also video of the story and it is reported that this is the 2nd biggest alligator in Texas's history.
 
Texas-born Simon Hughes, 5, doesn’t look intimidating. But put a gun in his hands and pit him against an 800-pound alligator and it’s a different story.

Simon's been training to handle a gun since he was just 4, his dad told MyFOXHouston — and it's a good thing, too, or else he could've gotten hurt by the mega-gator that wound up on the Hughes family ranch.

The huge alligator bit into a baited hook in a marsh on the property, coming face-to-face with Simon. The boy reacted with lightning speed, grabbing his gun and shooting the reptile in the head.

"It come out, the biggest alligator I've ever seen," Simon told MyFOXHouston. "He did his death roll."

The reptile was nearly 20 times the 3-foot, 44-pound boy’s size. It didn't survive the shooting.

His dad Scott Hughes said there's a reason he started training his son, who is in kindergarten, to shoot guns at such an early age.

"Everything on the ranch will either bite you or stick you," he told MyFOXHouston.

The little boy has now earned the nickname "Gator Bait."

"Simon was a champ, couldn't ask for any better. He was just fearless," said Chuck Cotton, a family friend who witnessed the shooting.

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Re: Texas Boy, 5, Shoots Down 800-Pound Alligator
by Geothermal on 10/02/2009 5:46 PM | Reply #1 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
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Did you  watch the Video in the  link ?       
Re: Texas Boy, 5, Shoots Down 800-Pound Alligator
by Pro V1 on 10/02/2009 10:21 PM | Reply #2 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
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They have gators in texas?

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Re: Texas Boy, 5, Shoots Down 800-Pound Alligator
by Geothermal on 10/02/2009 11:31 PM | Reply #3 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
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 I think gator trapping would have been way more exciting that trapping muskrats back when times were tough and I was a kid.
Re: Texas Boy, 5, Shoots Down 800-Pound Alligator
by AdrenalineAddict on 10/03/2009 6:35 PM | Reply #4 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |
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Great story, needs to be distributed to every gun hating liberal in the country.
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Posted On: 10/02/2009 4:12 PM
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Tags: alligator, texas, 800-pound, simon, shoots, story, biggest, 0, 1, 2nd
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