[Swamp Critter]

Junior Edwards seemed kind of rude to his son William. He was trying to snag the gator with the treble hook and Junior just kept griping and complaining because he missed. I mean he wasn't really yelling at him, but William didn't look too happy. Maybe it was nothing, just looked like that to me. On the other hand, the father and stepson guys out in the marsh (Myrtle Grove?) seemed to get along just fine and had fun with what they were doing, even though the stepson made a few mistakes and didn't have the handgun fully loaded and left the bait behind. They just seemed to sort of laugh it off. By the way, that was incredibly dangerous the way William caught that gator. No offense AT ALL to William, it just could have gone really bad in a hurry. I'm not being judgemental and I've never been gator hunting, but William could have lost his fingers, his hand, his whole arm, or been pulled overboard and drowned the way the rope was wrapped around his hand, with nearly 800 pounds of pure, teed-off monster on the other end, thrashing and rolling right next to the boat. And not wearing gloves either. The gator could have made a run for it and that small rope sliding through his hands could have cut to the bone. Don't get me wrong, I'm not at all bashing William. It worked out and they got the gator, but they do this for real. I don't think it was a "put-on" for the cameras. I'm not saying they shouldn't snag gators, but there's got to be a safer way, like keep the rope from wrapping around you and wear some gloves. I'd just hate to see him, or anyone else hunting gators like that, get hurt or killed. If it doesn't work out, let the gator go, and live to catch another one.