Crocs in shallow water. What do you do?

		Quote:			Posted by homefire
	Check out the NET!  There was a guy eaten by a Mtn Lion 60 miles from my house 1/8 mile from were I go gold paning.  This was just last year. He was taking a bird bath but necket in his front yard under the garden hose.

Poor fellow. May he rest in peace. I assume "but neket" means "buck naked"? That makes me count my blessings. Don't pan for gold in the nude, Homefire!

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 nude nuget hunting mite be the next big thing, Using the doodle bug LRL probly works best inthe nude, get signals more gold nuggets

		Quote:			Posted by Hobbyist
	Thanks to all who replied. Most amusing! For those who dare to venture out of the comfort zone of tourist beaches and kiddie playgrounds, here's 2 methods of dissuading those crocs which were given to me by some experienced people (your success with these methods may vary) : 1) Saturate the water upstream with tuba root. The crocs will leave the water for awhiles. Unfortunately, tuba root will kill other aquatic life, so this method is not the recommended one. If you happen to accidentally sip some tuba-laced water, no worries; you'll be busy vommitting up a storm. 2) Leave half-rotted sacrificial meat in several spots upstream. Fill the crocs' bellies and they'll be sleeping it off. I wonder how you all would feel about detecting snake-laden patches of jungle or shark-infested waters? Probably nays all around too.

method 1: will work ,but not a good idea for a few reasons...

method 2: I was thinking of this idea myself, but the problem is with the smel going down stream your inviting all the crocks up to your search area
 
 other methods that could be used, go out at night with a spotlight, easy to see them then. There eyes will glow. Now you can try to get an idea of the size and numbers...
 
 you can feed the ones in the area , after a big feed they will be slightly safer!!! trap and relocate


OR Use homefires method, bullet to the head.
 Recently a drunk Aussie fellah was kicked out of the pub after having a few to many ales
at jumped a 10 ft fence, and decided to say hello the the crocks at a wildlife park, the first two femail crocks of about 3 & a half meters long so 12 ft, wernt very interested
then he wanted to ride the big fellah 5m saltie called Bruce? Bruce had a bit of a chew on his leg then spat him out. Cooler weather may have helped the drunk guy, Crocks are slower and less hungry 

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IF you have an area you want to search, you could scan the area with a fish finder from a boat, if the area is clear, then use a net to net off the area you wish to search free of crocks
 Scan the land area for  them and go in the day time with calm conditions and with a buddy 


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i think it mite be best to lay off on the goat, hungry Crocks are dangerous and it will probly attract more crocks to the area
 you dont want to start a feeeding frenzy

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 yes they are territorial, A full crock will probly chill out for a while. good luck and take care out there these are very dangerous things the Salt Croc"

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