Alligator hunting is only a dream for many of us. The thrill of pursuing such a beast is not for the faint at heart. It is man against beast. The wrong move, and you could become gator food before you were able to correct your error. With so many grown adults comfortable enough just seeing the creatures on television, and not any closer, how does a 10-year-old girl muster the courage to go after one with just a crossbow? Read her story as reported by Daily Mail.

Ella Hawk, of Texas, killed a 13-foot-long alligator on the Guadalupe River last month.

She delivered a perfect shot just above the gator’s eyes, paralyzing and killing it at once.

Ella has been hunting with her parents for several years and won a hunting award last year.

At 800 pounds and 13 feet in length, the girl’s prey was big enough to rank No. 1 in the world in Trophy Game Records of the World’s database… [continued]

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