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Man arrested for shooting alligator to protect livestock
fox13news.com ^ | 8/17/2016 | evan axlebank

Posted on 08/20/2016 10:16:26 AM PDT by rktman

BUSHNELL (FOX 13) - A Sumter County man says he is unfairly being charged with violating the state's alligator poaching law after he tried to protect his livestock.

Reginald Blanton of Bushnell said an alligator was in the field with his horses on the night of June 21. His son, Jack Hildreth, tried to scare it away, but that didn't work. So Blanton fired a shot at it, trying to get it to leave.

But the state attorney in Sumter County said Blanton went too far.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: protection
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To: Bushbacker1

Closer to Orlando. I used to run daily routes from ORL to Bushnell, Leesburg, Clermont.


41 posted on 08/20/2016 1:07:55 PM PDT by DrJeff
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To: rktman

WTF? Like we don’t have enough ‘gators in Florida? Over 3,000 in the lake behind our house (seriously).


42 posted on 08/20/2016 1:09:03 PM PDT by QBFimi (It is not your responsibility to finish the work of perfecting the world... Tarfon)
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To: DrJeff

Yup.


43 posted on 08/20/2016 1:13:07 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: thinden

Gotta be more to the story. Cops don’t file charges like this normally. Then again, game wardens might.


44 posted on 08/20/2016 1:14:13 PM PDT by cornfedcowboy
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To: QBFimi

Don’t doubt it. We had a small lake a block over from our house and when mating season showed up, the bulls would raise the hair on the back of your neck. Then there was the federal reserve at KSC and there were thousands of them out there.


45 posted on 08/20/2016 1:15:08 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: DrJeff

The Florida National Cemetery is in Bushnell. Go through that area several times a month.


46 posted on 08/20/2016 1:49:21 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: rktman

How did anyone find out about the dead gator? This guy obviously lives “out” somewhere. There was a hospital visit that had to be explained but no one had to admit to the shooting of the gator.

My guess is someone went bragging. Law enforcement can and does overlook many things when they are not public. My local sheriff used to tell me and my friends “if you don’t draw attention to yourself how would I notice?”.

Was that gator really going to take down a horse? I smell a horse pile.


47 posted on 08/20/2016 2:31:08 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: BenLurkin

“S S and S”

Agreed. Also, firearms are a standoff weapon. If you’re going to get within 8 feet of the gator, you might as well bring a baseball bat (foolish, but so is a gun at that range). If you’ve got a firearm (I suspect low-caliber given the minimal damage from the shots), stand back far enough to be safe.


48 posted on 08/20/2016 4:05:44 PM PDT by Pollster1 (Somebody who agrees with me 80% of the time is a friend and ally, not a 20% traitor. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: rktman

Everyone in Florida knows it is against the law to kill a gator. Who blabbed about it?


49 posted on 08/20/2016 6:48:39 PM PDT by jch10 (Stand strong! we have a country to save!)
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To: Robert DeLong

This is crazy. The man got injured and was trying to protect his livestock, yet gets arrested.


50 posted on 08/20/2016 7:38:37 PM PDT by EinNYC
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