What a terrible article. There is no mention of what the party intends to do with the meat or hide. And there is little to chronicle the struggle that a 13 footer would give. “How did they reel him in?” is one question. For crying out loud, this is not a fish. You have to kill him outside the boat!
The comments are horrendous. “Wish she had fallen overboard before she killed it.”, “I think it would have been more entertaining if the story had a different outcome like:
IGNORANT MURDEROUS BAGGER GETS EATEN BY GATOR WHO WAS ATTACKED FOR NO REASON”.
Do these people not understand how much territory a 13 footer will command, protecting hunting grounds and breeding females? Taking him out allowed a few young males in who would otherwise be testing territory in residential areas eating dogs and perhaps small children who ventured too close to canals.
My kin folk used dogs for gator bait...