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Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose.
Posted By: FlowerOf Life
Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/04/17 02:49 PM
I'm bitten by an alligator gar...on purpose.
Learning more about my favorite freshwater fish species any way i can, i have been interested in the bite pressure, and the attitude of alligator gar toward non prey species for years.
I went ahead and put my gloved hand into this 3 1/2 foot gars mouth to get an idea of how hard they can bite and with what kind of attitude they would do it with.
She did bite hard, she was not mean though and it took 5 minutes for me to even get my hand into her mouth while she tried to get away.
Even this small gar has enough bite pressure to cause damage, once they get to be over 7 foot they have massive muscles designed to crush their prey species, i would very much like to test the bite pressure of a 7 foot alligator gar some day, but not with my hand.
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Posted By: TX_LT230FH
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/04/17 02:55 PM
I can hardly wait for the comments on this.....
Posted By: aggiehunter03
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/04/17 04:43 PM
To get a real idea of what it's like being prey crushed by a 7' alligator gar I recommend you stick your head in one's mouth and then jamb your finger up his..... Well you get the idea. Please post a video.
Posted By: Grizz
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/04/17 04:54 PM
Posted By: SapperTitan
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/04/17 05:45 PM
Next thing you know you will be experimenting with a 7 ft gar's reproductive capabilities
Posted By: Stub
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/04/17 06:10 PM
Posted By: Ramsey
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/04/17 09:40 PM
Next thing you know you will be experimenting with a 7 ft gar's reproductive capabilities
Posted By: Bee'z
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/04/17 11:04 PM
Next thing you know you will be experimenting with a 7 ft gar's reproductive capabilities
Posted By: spg
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/04/17 11:16 PM
But why?
Posted By: FlowerOf Life
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/04/17 11:23 PM
i explained why in the video.
Posted By: SapperTitan
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/04/17 11:58 PM
Posted By: Ranch Dawg
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 02:52 AM
Posted By: Bee'z
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 02:57 AM
They are harmless. Should be a protected species because flower child gets his rocks off catching them. To hell with the rest of us degenerates that shoot them understanding they are a a trash fish that has been around for ages and are not going anywhere in either of our lifetimes but his opinion is higher than the rest of us. What did I miss?
Posted By: huntwest
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 03:09 AM
Head would make a better test.
Probably should do a hook test also and force a 6/0 hook down to your gut and see if it has any negative effect.
Or you could just give the gar thing a rest.
Posted By: Paluxy
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 03:15 AM
Hahaha, reminds me of an old Jacke Sherril Aggie joke with an alligator.
Posted By: Bee'z
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 03:47 AM
Or you could just give the gar thing a rest.
He won't. Not going to amount to more that a hill of beans but he is going to give it hell anyway. Thankfully this is not my monkey nor my football
Posted By: Deerhunter61
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 11:22 AM
Posted By: kdkane1971
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 01:08 PM
...I just came for the comments...
Posted By: 8pointdrop
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 03:03 PM
...I just came for the comments...
Posted By: TEXASLEFTY
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 05:52 PM
...I just came for the comments...
Yep. This is almost as good as the bunker...
Posted By: skinnerback
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 05:56 PM
If done without a glove, I woulda been impressed....
Posted By: redchevy
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 07:20 PM
Had one that we caught in a cast net about 6 inches long we kept as a pet. When he was about a foot and a half or so he was too big and we turned him loose. I reached into the tank and caught him and pulled his mouth open to show his teeth and he bit my thumb. At that size their teeth are more needle like I was bleeding pretty good, but he just bit and let go. It was hard to convince myself to turn him loose and not smash him in the driveway with a claw hammer though!
Was one of the coolest pet fish ive had.
Posted By: Pitchfork Predator
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 08:09 PM
Stupid is as stupid does.
This is starting to smell like "how many looks can I get on YouTube".
Posted By: SapperTitan
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 08:14 PM
Stupid is as stupid does.
This is starting to smell like "how many looks can I get on YouTube".
yep just a snowflake looking for attention
Posted By: FlowerOf Life
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 09:19 PM
you know what i do when i see something i dont like on social media?
I ignore it
try it.
Posted By: aggiehunter03
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 09:21 PM
you know what i do when i see something i dont like on social media?
I ignore it
try it.
Now where is the fun in that?
Posted By: SapperTitan
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 10:07 PM
you know what i do when i see something i dont like on social media?
I ignore it
try it.
no I like what is seen I just wish it had bit harder
Posted By: spg
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/05/17 10:38 PM
Something that prehistoric and that large, I would go ahead and say its bite is competent and more than able to subdue its prey. To let it bite you on purpose shouldn't enter your mind.
Posted By: TEXASLEFTY
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/06/17 12:07 AM
I've been laughing at this thread all day..... thanks!!
Posted By: Grizz
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/06/17 12:47 AM
you know what i do when i see something i dont like on social media?
I ignore it
try it.
To be fair, you made a fish with sharp teeth bite you for absolutely no reason and posted the video. Did you think this thread was going to be a big bro fest with everyone patting you on the back? Surely you knew where this would go when you posted it.
Posted By: SapperTitan
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/06/17 02:29 AM
you know what i do when i see something i dont like on social media?
I ignore it
try it.
To be fair, you made a fish with sharp teeth bite you for absolutely no reason and posted the video. Did you think this thread was going to be a big bro fest with everyone patting you on the back? Surely you knew where this would go when you posted it.
he knew exactly what he was doing he gets off on it just like he does playing Waugh gars
Posted By: skinnerback
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/06/17 03:33 AM
Flower loves Alligator Gar, that's cool. I'm a fisherman too. It's the preaching that gets old to some, just sayin'. I personally like to eat alligator gar and find them fun to shoot with a bow. I have a buddy from S Louisiana that makes a good little chunk of money every year filling boats with them/cleaning them & selling to restaurants/fish markets. There is no shortage of them. I agree, they are really cool. I've had some close encounters with some pretty big gar fish that I will always remember. No, they are not aggressive for the most part and are definitely prehistoric. I won't just kill them.
Forcing a bite reminds me of when I was a deck hand on the offshore boats. Had a first mate that was showing off in front of a pretty girl and forced a full grown Atlantic Sharpnose Shark (3 1/2 ft or so) to bite him through his thick blue rubber (rubber) glove. Got a hold of him and tore his hand up pretty good. He danced around like a little girl once those teeth sunk in and it shook a few times. He bled & squealed and then left me to take care of 40 customers by myself LOL. Cut & tie leaders/bait hooks/gaff fish/untangle/sell concession/clean blood and vomit..the whole time he was pampering himself LOL.
I'm guilty though. Two days ago I let a Garner Snake bite me. I am always on my little ones about what to do if you see a snake etc on the property...My baby girl though wants to handle/be friends with all living things so....I grabbed the snake far enough back that it could bite me. It latched on to my hand and I put on a show. I pried it's jaws loose and let it go, then the blood came. I then told her that since I got bit by a snake the next full moon I was going to turn into one.......I think I freaked her out. Maybe I shouldn't have done that.
Posted By: FlowerOf Life
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/06/17 12:36 PM
or i proved with a 3 minute video that these fish have a docile attitude toward humans.
they are specialized fish eating fish that have no interest in messing with things they cant swallow.
Posted By: SapperTitan
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/06/17 02:38 PM
or i proved with a 3 minute video that these fish have a docile attitude toward humans.
they are specialized fish eating fish that have no interest in messing with things they cant swallow.
Ah duh. Nobody on here think a gar is gonna eat them we just like to kill the nuisance fish
Posted By: aggiehunter03
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/06/17 02:44 PM
or i proved with a 3 minute video that these fish have a docile attitude toward humans.
they are specialized fish eating fish that have no interest in messing with things they cant swallow.
Ah duh. Nobody on here think a gar is gonna eat them we just like to kill the nuisance fish
Not nuisance fish. Trash fish. They go in the trash can.
Posted By: kdkane1971
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/06/17 05:06 PM
If not looking for validation from others why post the video(s) in the first place?
Posted By: fouzman
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/06/17 05:24 PM
i explained why in the video.
Trolling for views. You want everyone to click on your video so you can get paid, right?
Posted By: cmc
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/06/17 05:41 PM
Do y'all know why news channels get watched so much? It's because it's presented in a way to get a reaction, CNN has two kinds of viewers ones that want to hear what they say bad about Trump so they can be mad and gripe about it and the others want to hear what they have to say good about Trunp so they can agree and feel like they are on a team, both are counted the same on ratings. Each and everytime one of you responds or looks at these threads you are driving up ratings. I've sat and watched these threads and laughed each time there's another view either of the video or this thread. You are all getting played by even getting on here and griping about it. I personally like the videos but my view doesn't count anymore than yours that hate them. The more people that see it the more people that will see it. There's gonna be a little fire next to thread telling people it's hot and then more people will look. Try ignoring what you don't like and it will be a lot more likely to go away. When an opinion is voiced its very often not what the voice says that matters but that the voice was heard at all. Keep talking about it and it will keep being a thing.
Posted By: SapperTitan
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/06/17 05:50 PM
Do y'all know why news channels get watched so much? It's because it's presented in a way to get a reaction, CNN has two kinds of viewers ones that want to hear what they say bad about Trump so they can be mad and gripe about it and the others want to hear what they have to say good about Trunp so they can agree and feel like they are on a team, both are counted the same on ratings. Each and everytime one of you responds or looks at these threads you are driving up ratings. I've sat and watched these threads and laughed each time there's another view either of the video or this thread. You are all getting played by even getting on here and griping about it. I personally like the videos but my view doesn't count anymore than yours that hate them. The more people that see it the more people that will see it. There's gonna be a little fire next to thread telling people it's hot and then more people will look. Try ignoring what you don't like and it will be a lot more likely to go away. When an opinion is voiced its very often not what the voice says that matters but that the voice was heard at all. Keep talking about it and it will keep being a thing.
Stop being so dang smart
Posted By: JCB
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/06/17 08:02 PM
i explained why in the video.
Trolling for views. You want everyone to click on your video so you can get paid, right?
They only get paid if you watch the whole commercial. Just don't watch the whole commercial.
Posted By: Bowstrider13
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/07/17 03:27 PM
ok
Posted By: P1DTAY
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/08/17 03:00 AM
Try a copperhead next
Posted By: SapperTitan
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/08/17 03:10 AM
Posted By: Txfencebuilder s
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/08/17 04:45 AM
Nice gar What river? My bow needs some action
Posted By: SapperTitan
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/08/17 04:45 AM
Nice gar What river? My bow needs some action
If you PM him he will give you the GPS coordinates
Posted By: Bee'z
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/08/17 04:47 AM
Nice gar What river? My bow needs some action
If you PM him he will give you the GPS coordinates
Posted By: Jasb
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/08/17 06:21 PM
What a tool
Posted By: Bildo
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/08/17 08:36 PM
Test doesn't seem accurate to me. How can a fish on land starving for air give a true bite. Kinda seems a bit cruel to keep him out so long for your enjoyment. Put one in water and get it to bite you or try atleast.
Posted By: SapperTitan
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/08/17 08:40 PM
Test doesn't seem accurate to me. How can a fish on land starving for air give a true bite. Kinda seems a bit cruel to keep him out so long for your enjoyment. Put one in water and get it to bite you or try atleast.
exactly he is so proud to praise the great gar but has no problem hooking them, stressing them out, and then posing for pictures with them unable to breathe out of the water just for his pleasure
Posted By: cmc
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/08/17 09:50 PM
Gar can breath air, just saying.
Posted By: FlowerOf Life
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 02:32 AM
Test doesn't seem accurate to me. How can a fish on land starving for air give a true bite. Kinda seems a bit cruel to keep him out so long for your enjoyment. Put one in water and get it to bite you or try atleast.
exactly he is so proud to praise the great gar but has no problem hooking them, stressing them out, and then posing for pictures with them unable to breathe out of the water just for his pleasure
you troll this hard and dont know gar have a primitive lung capable of breathing out of the water?
Posted By: skinnerback
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 03:12 AM
Test doesn't seem accurate to me. How can a fish on land starving for air give a true bite. Kinda seems a bit cruel to keep him out so long for your enjoyment. Put one in water and get it to bite you or try atleast.
exactly he is so proud to praise the great gar but has no problem hooking them, stressing them out, and then posing for pictures with them unable to breathe out of the water just for his pleasure
you troll this hard and dont know gar have a primitive lung capable of breathing out of the water?
He may not of known that Flower, and that's ok. What isn't OK is for you to come on here like you did and bash bowfisherman. You did, and pretty heavy at times. Then you get butt hurt when you hear things you don't like. You created your own monster with your drama. You made your bed, sleep in it. You act like everyone is out to kill and waste the alligator gar up until the point of their extinction. You like to catch and release gar, some like to eat them, some do waste them but no different than they do with gasper goo or carp. I respect your passion, but your passion doesn't give you the right to tell others how to act. Chill. The alligator gar was here before us, and they will be here after us. Most people don't care about them either way, they will be fine. I think they are cool as chit, but If I wanna shoot one or 5 for the table that's my business.
Posted By: SR025
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 03:45 AM
These posts are entertaining
Posted By: Bildo
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 04:21 AM
Did not know they could breath air. Never studied them and wasn't trolling. Just an observation of the experiment. I will stand by the fish just being caught with a hook and reeled in laying on the bank and held by a human was stressed out so the experiment was flawed. Jmo
Posted By: Mike Honcho
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 05:51 AM
They are dang good to eat. Y'all ain't ever had gar balls?
How did they get the trash fish stigma? They have always been table fare for me.
Posted By: BassCat'99
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 10:43 AM
I don't know who is dumber, flower child or ole REALKILLER. either way it's a sorry note on the state of intelligence in our country. I'd rather see his video of experimenting with the destructive energy of a speeding semi.
Posted By: aggiehunter03
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 12:53 PM
They are dang good to eat. Y'all ain't ever had gar balls?
How did they get the trash fish stigma? They have always been table fare for me.
So can you just castrate them and let them go? Do they get really big and fat after that?
Posted By: ntxtrapper
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 01:00 PM
Posted By: d.g.ruff
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 01:20 PM
Posted By: FlowerOf Life
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 01:40 PM
Did not know they could breath air. Never studied them and wasn't trolling. Just an observation of the experiment. I will stand by the fish just being caught with a hook and reeled in laying on the bank and held by a human was stressed out so the experiment was flawed. Jmo
i wasnt talking to you. and every single fish can be sport fished.
Posted By: FlowerOf Life
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 01:42 PM
He may not of known that Flower, and that's ok. What isn't OK is for you to come on here like you did and bash bowfisherman. You did, and pretty heavy at times. Then you get butt hurt when you hear things you don't like. You created your own monster with your drama. You made your bed, sleep in it. You act like everyone is out to kill and waste the alligator gar up until the point of their extinction. You like to catch and release gar, some like to eat them, some do waste them but no different than they do with gasper goo or carp. I respect your passion, but your passion doesn't give you the right to tell others how to act. Chill. The alligator gar was here before us, and they will be here after us. Most people don't care about them either way, they will be fine. I think they are cool as chit, but If I wanna shoot one or 5 for the table that's my business.
all i did was get clarification from TPWD on dumping and burying fish. its already illegal, to do so makes you a poacher.
there really isnt anything to argue from there. dont dump your fish, dont bury your fish im not the one telling you not to TPWD is.
If you are aware its illegal and do it anyway you are a poacher stealing form all of us me, you, our children and their children.
Posted By: Age N Score ?
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 07:14 PM
Posted By: Curtis
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/09/17 11:04 PM
Interesting video even though I don't fish much at all. The video does not change my opinion of that species of fish, by I enjoy your passion for wanting to learn as well as educate others.
Posted By: ytsejam
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/14/17 09:29 PM
wow!
Posted By: NMGW
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/14/17 11:15 PM
Yep
Posted By: BradyBuck
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/14/17 11:41 PM
Flower loves Alligator Gar, that's cool. I'm a fisherman too. It's the preaching that gets old to some, just sayin'. I personally like to eat alligator gar and find them fun to shoot with a bow. I have a buddy from S Louisiana that makes a good little chunk of money every year filling boats with them/cleaning them & selling to restaurants/fish markets. There is no shortage of them. I agree, they are really cool. I've had some close encounters with some pretty big gar fish that I will always remember. No, they are not aggressive for the most part and are definitely prehistoric. :
My thoughts as well.
These fish are good to eat as are needle nose gar. They are native fish and are not invasive. I would not describe them as a trash fish. I shoot a lot of needle nose fishing but have never shot an alligator gar.
Posted By: sundownbrown
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/15/17 12:09 AM
Not a good idea
Posted By: kbolt
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/19/17 07:34 PM
...I just came for the comments...
Yep. This is almost as good as the bunker...
Posted By: HWY_MAN
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/20/17 12:38 PM
He may not of known that Flower, and that's ok. What isn't OK is for you to come on here like you did and bash bowfisherman. You did, and pretty heavy at times. Then you get butt hurt when you hear things you don't like. You created your own monster with your drama. You made your bed, sleep in it. You act like everyone is out to kill and waste the alligator gar up until the point of their extinction. You like to catch and release gar, some like to eat them, some do waste them but no different than they do with gasper goo or carp. I respect your passion, but your passion doesn't give you the right to tell others how to act. Chill. The alligator gar was here before us, and they will be here after us. Most people don't care about them either way, they will be fine. I think they are cool as chit, but If I wanna shoot one or 5 for the table that's my business.
all i did was get clarification from TPWD on dumping and burying fish. its already illegal, to do so makes you a poacher.
there really isnt anything to argue from there. dont dump your fish, dont bury your fish im not the one telling you not to TPWD is.
If you are aware its illegal and do it anyway you are a poacher stealing form all of us me, you, our children and their children.
Since your last little drama post I decided to just ignore you but since you constantly keep using the word Poacher I have to come back in. Would you at least learn what that term means and use it in a proper manner. None of what you described is proper. To poach would be to trespass or to take illegally, neither fit your argument. It's the illegal taking that make it poaching, not the illegal handling or disposal, that's simply a game violation.
Posted By: ducknbass
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/20/17 07:02 PM
One time I was researching a multi day canoe trip. Being I'd never done it i was searching the internet. I came across a forum of kayakers. Without doing much pre reading as to what the forum was about I signed on and asked a question.
Well the results were similar to every post that ol gar hippie post. I gave a few parting remarks and went on my way. I did not continue to post to a board that basically did not share my interest.
Gar hippie try that.
Posted By: cmc
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/20/17 08:02 PM
Lots of folks here share his interest just maybe not to the extreme he does
Posted By: pdugas
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/20/17 09:26 PM
Posted By: Choctaw
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/20/17 09:30 PM
Lots of folks here share his interest just maybe not to the extreme he does
I think it is that extreme that draws everyone's ire.
Posted By: Bee'z
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/21/17 01:04 AM
I want to hear the story of the guy he shot and the other story about when someone tried to sink his kayak fishing the near rigs around Port A
Posted By: cmc
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/21/17 01:06 AM
I will never discourage what he does even though I don't have the same passion he does for it, this guy takes his kids fishing almost everyday, he spends time on the river and cares about it and tries to encourage others to take care of a natural resource. He has a way of doing that most don't find conventional but he is doing a lot more than a lot of folks sitting behind their computers telling him he's crazy are doing. His entire family is envolved in his fishing and all them have caught nice fish you can't say that for a lot of folks on here.
Posted By: kbolt
Re: Let an Alligator Gar bite me..on purpose. - 06/21/17 07:04 PM
I want to hear the story of the guy he shot and the other story about when someone tried to sink his kayak fishing the near rigs around Port A