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Tom Rosendahl went to Florida last month for a niece’s wedding, but it’s the alligator encounter he and his two sons are going to remember, the Grand Forks man admits.
With an extra day on their hands, Rosendahl and sons Jase and Sawyer decided to try an alligator hunt. They booked the hunt with Kevin Brotz, an outfitter who runs Get Bit Outdoors.
Brotz offers alligator hunts, turkey hunts and trophy bass and tarpon excursions out of Oviedo, Fla., which is about 30 miles from Orlando.
Alligator hunts are tightly regulated in Florida, Rosendahl said, but the guide was able to accommodate them. Brotz is a family friend who hunted deer with the Rosendahls in North Dakota about four years ago.
“We called him, and he had an extra alligator tag, so we thought, ‘what the heck, this sounds like an interesting experience,’” Rosendahl said. “Two of my boys are into hunting so we decided to take a leap of faith and give this a try.”
The trio met Brotz before daylight Oct. 21 and set out on Lake Jesup, scanning the surface of the water for signs of alligators.
Source: Grand Forks Herald