Jennifer Shoots a Big Alligator

Bowspirit · August 19, 2009, 11:33:00 AM

Now that's just cool...

Izzy · August 19, 2009, 11:40:00 AM

Terry, that is awesome.Glad you all had a good time.How bout autographed pics of the biguns you and Jennifer killed? Youll all have a show of your own before long.

ishiwannabe · August 19, 2009, 12:15:00 PM

Congrats guys!!AND GIRL!!! Somehow Im not surprised....and no, Im not diving on a gator Terry. :D

razorsharptokill · August 19, 2009, 12:36:00 PM

Wow! Dino hunting with a bow! That's cool!

Jason Jelinek · August 19, 2009, 01:08:00 PM

The photos are great! That is very cool! Great job.

Slasher · August 19, 2009, 02:43:00 PM

ummmm... gator nuggets.. fried gator... baked gater... Congrats on a good hunt!!! I hope y'all find a way that you enjoy all that gator tailll It's good, but I have only had it 3 different ways...

I'm sure there's more... just back when i grew up back there, they were protected, but there were a couple of commercial farms around...

David Lewis · August 19, 2009, 10:32:00 PM

WOW Good job

gregg dudley · August 19, 2009, 10:48:00 PM

to all three of you!

IndianaBowman · August 20, 2009, 07:43:00 AM

Thanks everyone! We had a ton of fun!

The meat is excellent and we make it many ways as noted above. Stir fry in chinese is good too.

Jen and Jeff did an amazing job and made the shots when they needed to!

IndianaBowman · August 20, 2009, 07:47:00 AM

Tell the boys out there that pretty little cheerleaders can hunt too!

TommyBoy · August 20, 2009, 01:25:00 PM

That is AWESOME! It's good to see a young lady that has some grit nowadays and not a Paris Hilton wannabe.

Big_Al · August 20, 2009, 01:41:00 PM

Those are some toads all right! Wicked!

ThomastaylorIII · September 13, 2009, 10:56:00 PM

Im looking at doing this same hunt in bama next year, gotta get drawn first...

I have never done any gator hunting but have seen several during my life. Do you consider this a difficult hunt?

How do you go about hunting gators? Lights at night to glass and then try to ease into bow range?

Thomas

Gaff · September 14, 2009, 08:34:00 AM

good stuff there terry!!! always like reading your posts.. look forwad to seeing you in feb..
good luck this fall hey!!!

gaff

BUFF · September 14, 2009, 08:55:00 AM

sweet...congrats

IndianaBowman · September 14, 2009, 01:00:00 PM

ThomasTaylorIII, tough question on whether it is a difficult hunt or not. Lots of variables. Of course like most things Location, Location, Location. We had a tough hunt last year due to weather and inexperience. We were fortunate and took a nice 10' gator for my son. Probably more luck than skill. This year I think we planned a bit better based on what we learned last year and frankly just got lucky and pulled probably the best tag in Florida. I also had some great friends in the area that could help scout and teach us even more about gator hunting. It does take some technique and experience to consistently get a big gator. I would think the small gators are like shooting a 1.5 year old whitetail. Not that big a deal. I do have a play-by-play recount on another site if you want to PM me I'll let you know where it is at.

zipper bowss · May 24, 2011, 06:51:00 PM

Just had to bring this one back up.It wont be long until gator time.
Bill

Don Batten · May 24, 2011, 06:57:00 PM

congrats Terry and family.

Bill, You and Tracy thinking about gator hunt?

IndianaBowman · May 24, 2011, 07:03:00 PM

I'll be back after them this year. I'm taking two kids first and then a couple good traditional guys. Should be a lot of fun and we'll be hunting the same area where Jen took her great gator.

Trumpkin the Dwarf · May 24, 2011, 07:04:00 PM

That is an awesome story right there! Thanks for reviving this one.