Snapped these yesterday within an hour or two's time on a nearby trail... :)


http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008111.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008178.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008120.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008122.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008123.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008176.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008180.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008173.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008171.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008161.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008160.jpg

I waited a good 10-15 min's watching this bird swim around this gator... Gator looked interested but was waiting to handout the ambush attack... Bird ended up just swimming away... Darn. lol
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008145.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008164.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008139.jpg

Nice shots, it is always nice to see that when you are waist deep in water chasing turtles.....

Cool Pictures:)

man i wish i looked that good in the water...
nice pics, ck

Thanks guys! Always fun seeing these guys!

Was hoping to see a big Eastern Diamondback... saw one last time! :rockon:

Awesome pics....very up close

Thos B sum nIse pix :rockon:

Nice shots man, looks relaxing to me! :)

Nice shots man, looks relaxing to me! :)

Thanks! Ya it's a great little spot! Tons of bass too! :rockon:

Couple more pics of the area...

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008105.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008098.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008131.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008115.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/11-2-08%20Tampa%20Trail/11-1-2008168.jpg

The guy I buy my rats from caught a baby gator in the canal behind his yard and has him in a large fish tank. He feeds him fish and pieces of chicken. He is nuts!

Nice pics bro.. It looks like you were right beside that gator in one of the pics.. Are any of them aggresive?? Keep'em coming.

Alan

Great set of pics.

Thanks guys! Ya it's hard not to bring a camera anytime your outside here in FL.... I have yet to see any burms or other non indigenous wildlife but man... It's kinda hard to go anywhere and not see gators!

As to if they are nice or not... The answer is no! Most are afraid of you... however once they are fed once! That fear is gone and they will cruise right up to you like the one did that was really close up in those shots... That one particular gator actually swam up to us from probably 150yds away and then just kinda sat there as if to be waiting for a handout...

awesome pics man its really cool to see them in the wild

Yea I bet theres nothing like seeing that site while neck deep in a swamp..:oops:

Yea I bet theres nothing like seeing that site while neck deep in a swamp..:oops:

actually , you're better off being all the way in the water, a full grown man is too big a target for most gators ( if they can see all of you ). problem is when you got that coconut bobbin' on the surface, lookin' like a fat duck...
now that's interesting !
ck

very cool pictures did you go for a swim :lol:

Can you get a bit closer next time? :)

JK, great pics.

Great pics!

very cool pictures did you go for a swim :lol:

Oh ya! The water was very warm!

Can you get a bit closer next time? :)

JK, great pics.

Sure! How's this?

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/gator.jpg

Great pics!

Thanks Cornball!


Here's some more pics from Yesterday!

Good day as you can tell!

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Nov%2008/11-8-2008062.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Nov%2008/11-8-2008097.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Nov%2008/11-8-2008152.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Nov%2008/11-8-2008153.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Nov%2008/11-8-2008154.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Nov%2008/11-8-2008155.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Nov%2008/11-8-2008156-1.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Nov%2008/11-8-2008161.jpg

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l112/djslurp1200/Nov%2008/11-8-2008147.jpg

nice pics, especially the free floating one where you could see the length:yourock:

I tell you zoos are okay but nothing is better than seeing reptiles and taking photos of them in the wild in their habitat thanks for sharing these great pics

nice pics, especially the free floating one where you could see the length:yourock:

Thanks Gator! :cheers:

I tell you zoos are okay but nothing is better than seeing reptiles and taking photos of them in the wild in their habitat thanks for sharing these great pics

Thanks!

I posted some more gator pics in another thread I had made titled "Trip to the Glades".... I believe in this same sub-forum.

I need to get down to FL and check out the gators!! I would love to see some in the wild.. You ever see any burms in the glades?/

Alan

Gators Rock!!!

I need to get down to FL and check out the gators!! I would love to see some in the wild.. You ever see any burms in the glades?/

Alan

It's definitely badass! and no... I have not seen any burms yet... I usually go during the day... At night is when you catch the Burm's and other snakes...

Well if you do go out and see some remember to post some pics!

Alan

At night is when you catch the Burm's and other snakes...

Are they really that bad, I have heard both sides of this and I want to go with there not being that many out in the wild but since you're able to get some first hand sightings...I heard much the same about the nile monitors a few years back but haven't heard a word about them lately...

Steven,

Where is this trail? Is it close to us?