An excerpt from the 1926 book History of the Okefenokee, By Hamp Mizell and AS McQueen:
“Alligator hunting affords excellent sport, and requires considerable courage, for it is no laughing matter to haul a wounded alligator into a boat on a dark night. They can – and do – become nasty customers at times and are capable of inflicting serious wounds, either with their long teeth or with their tails. A large alligator can very nearly kill a man with a vicious swipe of the tail.”
iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29933513
Okefenokee Photography Project by William Wise 
Nice William! Really like the light on the eye!
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William, I am so happy that alligators were not hunted to extinction by those intrepid early hunters, and I am happy you are out there with your camera to capture them for all of us! Take care! Cheryl
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It was a different view back then. They thought there were never ending populations. I too am glad the alligator still abound unlike the fate of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker.
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