In article , DSK
wrote:

Why wait at all Peter?
Chuck a grenade in the water and scoop them up immediately :-)


Peter Wiley wrote:
BTDT with gelignite. Wrecks the environment and kills a lot of by-catch
you aren't interested in. Works wonders on nosy crocs, tho.


I bet so, especially if you can get them to swallow it first.

At one point in my life I spent a great deal of time
splashing around in the swamps of northern Florida, and
toted a .357 revolver (a Ruger Security Six to be specific).
I kept it loaded with 3 rounds of snake shot and 3 rounds of
varying hard shot.

Yeah, used to carry a Security Six with 4" bbl when I worked in the
Northern Territory. My Ruger 44Mag semiauto carbine was a lot more use.
Main use for the revolver was shooting at salvaged fishing floats from
the back deck. Or beer cans.

Come to think of it, the 44Mag carbine would make a *great* home
defence gun. A hit from a 240gr JHP is gonna really ruin your day.

Alligators were very common and as long as I wasn't in the
water with them, never minded them much. But one afternoon I
felt it desirable to shoot a larger specimen, about 7' or
so. He was close enough to poke with the canoe paddle, if
I'd been minded to. Rotated the chamber to a solid shot
(Winchester Silvertip IIRC), stood up, and plugged Mr Gator
right between the eyes.

He kicked around a bit in agitation, then swam away.

Very tough critters. I hear the crocs are even tougher.

Dunno about tougher, but they get a *lot* bigger, and their girth
increases disproportionately with increase in length. A 4' long croc is
quite slim, a 10' one is bulking up and a 14' one is - substantial. We
were barramundi fishing in the Wessels Is group off of Arnhem Land,
wading up a creek, some 20 plus years ago. This was pretty stupid but
we were a fair way out in the island chain, figured we'd be ok. Spotted
a croc, 4 people did a standing leap from waist deep water into the
dinghy in an eyeblink. Being young & stupid was a wonderful thing, for
those of us who survived it.

It wasn't even a big croc, but we weren't waiting for mommy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal****er_Crocodile

PDW