Swamp people show

[CHenry]

I'm watchin this show and wondering why they all are using a .22 rifle to shoot a gator that is 2 feet away.
is this a law that you have to use a rifle? I'd use a pistol personally, maybe a 9mm with a laser or even a .22 with a laser.

 

[adamsredlines]

A laser at 2 feet huh?

 

[SoonerP226]

Dunno about them, but a guy I used to know had some friend who were Cajuns that hunted gators for their hides. He said they'd jump on the gator's back and slit its throat so it wouldn't damage the hide. I'd guess that's the same reasoning they use.

 

[CHenry]

A laser at 2 feet huh?

Well I'm thinkin a gator that is thrashing while your trying to not fall overboard and still shoot him in the brain, yes, it seems a laser might make it easier than trying to line up sights in that situation. Maybe not, but my original question has not one thing to do with laser so you nailed it as always.

 

[RETOKSQUID]

A heck of a lot easier to put the barrel of a rifle against a gator's noggin than a pistol. Yeah, I know they don't show them doing that anymore, always an aimed shot.

 

[MacFromOK]

A heck of a lot easier to put the barrel of a rifle against a gator's noggin than a pistol. Yeah, I know they don't show them doing that anymore, always an aimed shot.

Ain't that a good way to rupture a barrel?

 

[dennishoddy]

Ain't that a good way to rupture a barrel?

Not really. the barrel is not pressed into the head with enough seal to create an issue.
For all the above posters, boots are made from the belly after it's tanned. You can blow their head off with a .50 BMG and the belly will still be intact.
Anybody seeing a pair of gator boots knows the hide is not from the back.

 

[xseler]

Probably less likely to shoot yourself with a rifle vs a pistol. Gator thrashes into your pistol as your pulling the trigger could lead to scenes that they couldn't show on TV.

 

[thor447]

Yeah, what @xseler and a few others have said. I'd prefer to keep as much distance as possible between me and that gator. A rifle gives you an extra couple of feet.

 

[dennishoddy]

Just my personal opinion, but those shows are orchestrated by the film crews to create drama.
What you see may not be what is actually going on in the swamp with normal swamp dwellers in the same situation.
There is no telling what they actually use.