Awesome, where amounts on the refuge is that ?

dang...big ole gators there!

i never would have thought it was warm enough to support gators here seems too cool. to me.

there a bass under that tree. waiting for your spinner bait .

Flint Creek got a couple so does limestone. Those are some good pics.

Those came from Flint. Most people I talk to say Limestone has the heaviest population but I've heard of people seeing them in several places along the river. Honestly I think anywhere up and down the TN river in north AL has a chance of having them, especially when you get into the creeks and backwaters. The day we took these was the first time I had seen any. We saw around 5 that day. The first one was 5-6 ft long but someone had shot him. He was floating and had a hole back behind his head. Personally I wish someone would put a hole in all of them. My wife and kids were with me and my wife was a little spooked when we came up on the dead one. She really didn't like it as we continued seeing live ones. It was one of those things where you had always heard people talk about seeing them but didn't really believe them. Now she doesn't like me going there or want me taking the kids. The others in the pics were better than 10ft and we saw one small one maybe 2-3ft. I nearly caught him on a fishing pole.

If your wife is due with twins you won't be hunting much this season. Our son was born September of last year. It's hard to find the time or energy to hunt the first couple of months. Good luck.

Crocs would die. They drown when the water temp drops. Alligators can survive in waters with ice in it. They are lethargic but alive. I've known duck hunters running into them at Swan creek during duck season.

I see this is an old thread, but I hunt wheeler a lot and have killed deer out there and seen many. two pieces of advice. 1. If you get there without a boat, hip waders or on two legs, don't hunt it cause every other guy has already been there. and two hunt mid day. Use the other hunters coming out for lunch to drive deer toward you. I have a bike that i ride on the roads that close during season to get miles deeper than I would walk with a climber on my back. Good luck.

sorry AUwrestler you are not alone with the bicycle idea otherwise good advice

i am working on perfecting carrying deer out on bicycle. ive seen some good pictures that show how to tie wrap a deer on top of the bike while you push it out. now all I need is to get a deer for practice. also sometimes i find that its more crowded 1mile and a half out than by the road.

Dang lake is so low it was stump city getting out there a few weeks back. Bent my prop up and everything. Gonna have to take a push pole next time I recon. Wheeler is covered up with cameras, everywhere I go I find them. I hate getting caught by the cell cameras!

Resurrecting a 7yo thread?

Trail cameras are illegal on Wheeler, so feel free to take them down. I've thought about doing it before, but I can't bring myself to steal.

I've found bear scat in the northwest part of Wheeler. I've also seen coy wolves that are over 70lbs out there, and they are not afraid of people. They really need to open up a coyote season, and gators too.

I've heard from a few people that gators were released on Redstone Arsenal in the 70's to reduce the beaver population.