Update on Gunner

https://www.usatoday.com/story...ldBTVeEcNP6t56JokpkA

Is that the father of Chuck Norris.

That dude is badass. Very impressive.

Being a Florida native, I grew up hunting, fishing, camping in the swamps/woods etc and have a healthy respect for our widlife. I tell my DY (Damned yankee, no offense, Bless Your Heart) friends that Florida is like Australia in that a lot of the venomous and poisonous species of fauna and flora co-exist with us, SO BE CAREFUL!

Gator Story
Last summer I was fishing in my favorite bass fishin hole and a gator of similar size was following me. He was NOT acting agressive, it seemed more curious than anything. I kept fishing because BASS Baby. He continued to follow me for about 15 minutes or so progressively getting closer to my Kayak. When he got within my "personal Zone" I whacked him on the head with my kayak paddle. Flat blade not on the edge as I didn't want to actually hurt it, yet. Next would have been a .45 from my Kimber or a 10mm from my delta elite, I don't remember what I had that day.

Deer Story
Yesterday I witnessed a deer get hit by a car on my way home from work. The newish Altima was heavily damaged, the car behind the altima saw the deer and collision and swerved around it, the next vehicle was a Pasco SO Explorer. The deer cartwheeled thru the air over the passenger fender of the altima, missed the second car as it swerved and kind of slid down the passenger fender of the SO SUV. It didn't damage it but left a blood trail. The car behind the SO SUV swerved also and I was #5 in my CRV. I stopped and pulled over. The deer had a crushed pelvis, probable broken legs and was trying to flee using it's front legs. I told the female deputy that the deer was suffering and needed to be put down. She told me that she wasn't allowed to disharge her sidearm for a wounded animal and had called animal control but the were 45 minutes out. I asked her if I could do it. I told her I have a firearm in my car to do it or I could sever it's spine with my knife. I didn't want to A: Get that close to a wounded deer and
B: My knife is plenty sharp enough but isn't as long as I would have liked if I had to to it that way.

At this point both the lady Altima driver and the Deputy were in tears as the wounded deer was making horrible sounds but still suffering. The Deputy agreed to allow me to dispatch the deer so I went back to my car and got my Springfield SD 3.3 .45cal out of my "purse". I noticed the Deputy and driver were watching and advised them that "Ladies now is the time to look away". I put one round at the base of the skull. Instant kill. I drug the carcass away from the road as roadkill quickly have buzzards feasting and could cause another accident. Considering that I witnessed the deer being hit and killed it myself I knew it was fresh and I LOVE venison. However, even with a nickname like Rotndad I didn't have the heart to ask the crying Deputy if it was ok to remove the backstraps. I can't imagine the bawling driver would have appreciated it much either.