Red Jacket Gator Kill Stick

[DoubleTapDrew]

The Red Jacket guys selling someone a judge or a .410 shotgun would not make for a very entertaining episode.
I hope they aren't out of ideas for shows already. Maybe we could suggest some we'd like to see.

 

[Double Naught Spy]

I don't get it
why are they reinventing the wheel??

You mean like every time a gun company comes out with a new variant gun? Of all the guns introduced to the commercial market in the last 20 years, how many have been a truly new invention?

 

[daorhgih]

Maybe -- out of a roll of aluminum foil -- a set of ...

... full-body armor, and not just the hat!! Already made my hat!! Dao.

 

[rondog]

Shoot, I bet my Grandma's old magazine-fed bolt-action .410 would do just fine.

 

[RimfireChris]

I am curious. We were talking on another forum about how the .22LR and Mag gets a lotta play on Swamp People, and someone from Florida wondered why they didn't just use a bang-stick, which is reqiured in Florida. From Swamp People I gather that isn't the case in Louisianna, so why build one, unless someone just got tired of missing the gator. I haven't seen the episode yet as it hasn't come up on On Demand yet.

For everyone who's saying "how hard could it be to hit a gator at close range?" watch Swamp People. On one episode they had a fellow who was an experienced hunter, and his first time out he missed the gator two or three times. They thrash about quite a bit, and at that close range a shotgun's load hasn't begun to spread out yet to help any.

 

[788Ham]

C'mon, its just a .410 shot gun shell, not a 50 caliber! No, the .44 mag cartridges aren't any cheaper, have you bought any lately? The .410 is powerful enough to kill a gator, if a .22 shot behind the head will do it, why not a shotgun shell? The device holds the shell, a trigger device sets it off, BOOM, gator dead.

 

[Kingofthehill]

BOOM, gator dead.

With your hand WAY to close for comfort and an awkward angle.

Its also a single shot, if the gator gets into a roll you could risk just grazing the top of the skull.

What really made me question the whole situation is that on another show "Swamp People", when they pull those gators in.... they are FIGHTING! the one they pulled up on this show as a little too lethargic and just stayed still.

I really wonder if the gator was already dead or very very weak/sick.

JOe

 

[Diggers]

My buddy went gator hunting a couple months ago in FL. He told me by LAW in FL he had to use a bang stick. They had one for .357.

I guess the idea is to make it more sporting because first you have to snag the gator and pull it in close to use the bang stick. Seems more sporting than just shooting them from a distance to me.

 

[Kingofthehill]

Seems more sporting than just shooting them from a distance to me.

From watching the swamp people show, they don't like to shoot from a distance since they willl air out and sink before they can pull them in the boat often.

They aren't taking long shots usually and they are using rifles more as kill sticks since they can still stand and hold the barrel against the head.

 

[hardluk1]

It's way easier to get up on a gator at night were a bang stick is used in some states as the required way to kill a gator. Also so it keeps some city boy or girls saker and keeps some dumdyfrom skipping a 22 or larger across open water hitting someone or something down range with a rifle in developed areas. Bangsticks have been around a long time,nothing new there. Many good ole boys use to grab smaller gators behind the head, 4' or smaller off airboats at night just for fun. This firearm show is just another crap tv show that fills a time slot like so many others. Real life could be interesting but after editing it looks like stupid tv at most people

 

[daorhgih]

Cheaper than ...

Would a Large, Magnum primer do the trick, when properly applied? Dao.