Can deer swim?
This was taken by a KTBS helicopter flying over Cross Lake! (For those of you who are not local, Cross Lake is in Shreveport, La.) That has to be a HUGE gator to have a whole deer in its mouth! Are you ready to go skiing on Cross Lake?! If you ski at the west end of the lake -- try not to fall.

Yes deer can swim, even without a gators help. Chances are that I would also ski in that lake.
Several years ago I was pulling a barefoot skier at about 42 mph and hit a big gator in a turn. The impact was hard enough to split the inner hull of the boat down the center, rip the seats out of the floor and injure 3 of the 4 girls that were in the boat. As luck would have it the guy I was pulling was also hurt in the fall the crash caused. The whole deal was a pretty nasty experience, the inside of the boat looked like we had been catching bloody fish.
I don't know if the gator lived but I highly doubt it. I didn't see him after the impact. With an injured skier in the water I was sure looking for him.
Several years ago I was pulling a barefoot skier at about 42 mph and hit a big gator in a turn. The impact was hard enough to split the inner hull of the boat down the center, rip the seats out of the floor and injure 3 of the 4 girls that were in the boat. As luck would have it the guy I was pulling was also hurt in the fall the crash caused. The whole deal was a pretty nasty experience, the inside of the boat looked like we had been catching bloody fish.
I don't know if the gator lived but I highly doubt it. I didn't see him after the impact. With an injured skier in the water I was sure looking for him.




