The Instructor pulled out and pinned the first one, as it needed some medical care. So Kurt got to hold it down while the instructor cleaned a bite in the gators leg.... But we can clearly see a thought forming in our instructors mind.

You grab them by the tail and get em onto dry ground

Quickly jump onto its back from directly behind (they bite to the side) and pin its neck

Get your hands around, under its chest

and pull its body up, so it cannot continue to pull away with its front legs.

Jills tried walking away with her on it

Why... You... Little....!

Kurt found a fiesty one

Took me several attempts to get this one on shore.

I ended up so winded from fighting it that I needed a touch of help to get it all the way there

Everyone (except Kurt) Got a stick.

This was to poke around in front of you in the water to ensure you didnt step on a submerged gator... It wasnt very reassuring

Walking across the swamp (knee deep mud, waist deep water) to pick our gator

Our instructor picked the gator for us and explained the procedure

He roped it

and we had to pull it across a swamp, full of other 10+ foot gators, to land

Not what I normally wanna see on the other end of a rope I am pulling on. It was 10 foot and weighed roughly 550 lbs

We took turns pulling it to shore

Yup!, Thats my wife! Pulling 550 lbs of gator across a swamp

The gator never had a chance. ;)

I think it was annoyed.

Makes for a pretty good photo too

It took all four of us to get it up onto dry ground.

Here the instructor showed us how to stick our fingers in the very back part of its jaw, which has no teeth, as a place to get leverage over the head.

Aint as easy as it looks tho. Doesnt help to know there are other large gators swimming around behind you.

And now......

Our instructor had to show off a little