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Good news! Upon my return from my Alaskan fising trip, I was notified that I had been drawn for my GA gator hunt!! The bad news, I was hoping to dispatch it with my 450BM, but upon further investigation of the rules, it says "once secured, it may be dispatched with a bangstick or handgun".... I'm thinking my carbine could be considered a bangstick...right?

I see no problem with that.

Looks like a stick; goes bang.

[quote="bushmeister"]Good news! Upon my return from my Alaskan fising trip, I was notified that I had been drawn for my GA gator hunt!! The bad news, I was hoping to dispatch it with my 450BM, but upon further investigation of the rules, it says "once secured, it may be dispatched with a bangstick or handgun".... I'm thinking my carbine could be considered a bangstick...right? [/quote

This just means you have an excuse to have WC convert a S&W for your trip. Or you could make your own bang stick for the .450, pipe and some springs with a nail should do the trick but you only really need a .22 to dispatch gators. i would suggest a stainless revolver with 9 shots and a long barrel.

Guy has this thing for sale to hunt in the swamps. LOL!!
 
One question though. Do you register this thing with TX DPS or TX Parks & Wildlife?

I am very happy to report that I managed to harvest a 12' 10", 550lb Gator on my first hunt unguided! Holy cow, it was as good as it gets. I took everything I thought I'd need, and would double it if given another chance. It was a 3.5 hour fight with great loss of gear on my end, but I prevailed. I might just be the first with an alligator skinned 450B!!

bushmeister wrote:I am very happy to report that I managed to harvest a 12' 10", 550lb Gator on my first hunt unguided! Holy cow, it was as good as it gets. I took everything I thought I'd need, and would double it if given another chance. It was a 3.5 hour fight with great loss of gear on my end, but I prevailed. I might just be the first with an alligator skinned 450B!!

Awesome! Post pictures soon!
"We fired our cannons til the barrel melted down,
So we grabbed an alligator and we fought another round.
We filled his head with cannon balls and powdered his behind,
And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind..."

Yeah, congrats but pics, PLEASE!!

I had to keep downsizing the file size so I could post it, but here it is....

Nice!!!!!