My hate for gators started many years ago from duck hunting. A gator will go out of its way to get a dog. It almost seems they have a sweet tooth for dogs. Old market hunters could call gators to them by hiding on the bank and barking like a dog.
If you run dogs in gator country during warm temps something bad is going to happen sooner or later. Gators don't hibernate, they just slow down and so does there metabalism when it gets cold. If we catch a couple of warm sunny winters days they get a little more active and usually they are very hungry during these warms ups. Once the water temps get cooled off good they are slowed down until the spring.
I've seen one swimming with a pig in its mouth one time when wading fishing by the aransas wildlife refuge. I'd imagine that would take a stout break stick to get him off.
