Caught an episode last night for the first time. I met plenty of people like those guys when I was stationed down at Ft Polk. Good folk.
I lol at them using a .22 to kill a 10 foot gator though. I mean, obviously they don't want to spend a lot on a gun for it, and they don't want to ruin a lot of hide, but DAMN get a .45 out there or something. That one boy had to shoot over a dozen rounds to kill that big gator while it was thrashing around.
Did you ever come across any gators while in the field? Seemed like everything down there could kill you in seconds if you weren't careful.
The gators, wild boars, poisinous snakes, c-130 size mosquitoes.
Great survival training but what a hole.
Never saw a gator on post but I tried to avoid the watery areas whenever possible. We had lots of hogs come in on us at night and I spent more than one night on top of the hummer as a result. Closest I came to being killed by an animal down there was by a white tail. We were patrolling through the woods and I literally almost stepped on it. I don't know if it was in a deep sleep or hoping we would walk on by but when that thing jumped up a foot in front of me I screamed like a girl and almost had a brown out.
Maybe pack 3 or 4 glocks for backup.
I caught it last night, too. Those people are a whole 'nother breed. Seem to be good people, hard workers.
I lol at them using a .22 to kill a 10 foot gator though. I mean, obviously they don't want to spend a lot on a gun for it, and they don't want to ruin a lot of hide, but DAMN get a .45 out there or something. That one boy had to shoot over a dozen rounds to kill that big gator while it was thrashing around.
I caught it last night, too. Those people are a whole 'nother breed. Seem to be good people, hard workers.
I lol at them using a .22 to kill a 10 foot gator though. I mean, obviously they don't want to spend a lot on a gun for it, and they don't want to ruin a lot of hide, but DAMN get a .45 out there or something. That one boy had to shoot over a dozen rounds to kill that big gator while it was thrashing around.
It doesn't matter what the caliber is. There is a spot about the size of a quarter that you have to hit. It doesn't matter if you hit it with a .22 or a .45 it's going to put the gator down when you hit that spot. Why cause more hide damage when you miss if the .45 isn't going to give you any advantage putting the animal down?