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For what its worth the 22LR has probably taken more gators than any other caliber. Poachers are notoriously cheap and hate excess noise. Gator hides are tough but not at all hard. Their brain is indeed small but they really are not hard to kill in the same sense as say a brown bear or cougar might be. Believe it or not even a big gator doesn't want to attack something that is able to put up much of a fight if any. And unless a gator has been habituated by fools feeding them they tend to flee at the site of a human.
I am among them on a semi regular basis and have only had two encounters out of 100s that caused me any concern. Even in the swamps and or woods you are 1000 times more likely to be attacked by a dog. Fire ants kill more people than gators. Additionally here in Fla unless it has actually attacked you and you shoot it be prepared for a load of legal issues. Hopefully the season on gators will open up to more bodies of water and hunters soon. There is no shortage of them in this state.
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