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re: Max size alligator you think you could take on and win
Posted on 7/3/25 at 4:44 pm to sidewalkside
Posted on 7/3/25 at 4:44 pm to sidewalkside
I pulled a 6 footer off the shore 10 or so feet by the tail in a college drunken stupor and got a good taste of it’s power and definitely could’ve taken it if I had to. In the water, not standing depth, is a different story,
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Posted on 7/3/25 at 4:45 pm to sidewalkside
4 feet, and that's pushing it
Posted on 7/3/25 at 4:51 pm to Kjnstkmn
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8 ft + you’d be in trouble without some kind of weapon, especially in the water.
8 feet in the water? Dude, an 8’ alligator is about 200 pounds. No chance against that in the water. Even a six foot alligator, which is about 75 pounds, would be impossible to handle in the water. On land, with plenty of room, and if you knew what you were doing, you could probably have the odds in your favor with anything up to eight feet, but it would be dangerous. The trick would be wearing them out. They have poor stamina. But getting behind a beast like that, jumping on it and clamping its snout, while holding on would be a daring feat.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 4:58 pm to sidewalkside
Ten inches and I might lose a finger.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 5:15 pm to sidewalkside
Take on…in what way? Land, water??
On land, they would be completely defeated if you had to because they don’t have the opening jaw strength…it’s the closing jaw strength that can get ya.
On land, they would be completely defeated if you had to because they don’t have the opening jaw strength…it’s the closing jaw strength that can get ya.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 5:17 pm to sidewalkside
Well if you can some how tire them out we’d all have a chance …Their endurance system ( yea I know not what it’s called) ain’t shite to ours.
Just have a big knife like Dundee.
Just have a big knife like Dundee.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 5:45 pm to biglego
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It appears simple enough to get on a gators back and hold its jaws shut
Found the guy who has only seen gators on tv or farms.
6ft wild never been around humans will frick you up in straight up hand to claw combat.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 5:47 pm to sidewalkside
I'd say the little ones you could get by mail in the 70s
Posted on 7/3/25 at 5:47 pm to Penrod
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getting behind a beast like that, jumping on it and clamping its snout, while holding on would be a daring feat.
and then what would you do?
Posted on 7/3/25 at 5:48 pm to mylsuhat
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this thread is going to tell you a lot about who has and hasn't been around/messed with alligators
I haven’t, I’d like to think it’s because I’m smart.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 5:50 pm to TygerLyfe
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I'd say the little ones you could get by mail in the 70s
used to be able to buy them at dime stores when I was a kid
This post was edited on 7/3/25 at 5:50 pm
Posted on 7/3/25 at 5:52 pm to sidewalkside
There are a lot of honest, non delusional answers here.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 5:52 pm to KennabraTiger
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There are a lot of honest, non delusional answers here.
was just noticing that
Posted on 7/3/25 at 5:58 pm to 777Tiger
Well, I'd buy her breakfast in the morning and give her a fake number.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 5:59 pm to N2cars
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I'd buy her breakfast in the morning and give her a fake number.
I was thinking the rodeo technique
Posted on 7/3/25 at 6:41 pm to Ol boy
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Found the guy who has only seen gators on tv or farms.
I said it appears simple enough. The strategy seems simple. Never said I’d do it myself!
Posted on 7/3/25 at 7:10 pm to sidewalkside
Define “win”.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 7:29 pm to Tr33fiddy
Man, you're right.
I thought a 5' Gator was like 70lbs.
I thought a 5' Gator was like 70lbs.
Posted on 7/3/25 at 7:38 pm to sidewalkside
Can I have a 32 ounce ball peen hammer?
Posted on 7/3/25 at 7:39 pm to sidewalkside
4-5 feet tops if I don’t have any weapons/tools or means to escape. Maybe less if in the water. Those things are nothing but muscle.
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