Hunter stalks 'world record' Northern Territory saltwater crocodile

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there are few places on earth more saturated with saltwater crocodiles the Mary River in Australia's top end and there are few people moratorium in the Predators domain that make Pittman his job is to hunt and kill the crocodiles that attack livestock on a cattle station 100 kilometers southeast of Darwin we're not a deer just slaughtering animals were alley taken taking animals that are actually taken livestock and causing threats to humans and dogs as well and the station's manager Adrienne Phillips counts the cost the fatalities astronomical you know one paddock from October through Dahl about Christmas or NY lost 50 greens in me array just in cattle and trying to protect every one of the cattle on this thirty thousand hectare station is almost impossible there's one here from the yard just there you can see she's at off a nice torn off and it's just pulled all like skin off a head twisted an eyes totally stuffed up she's the lucky one real lucky one but a crocodile much larger than the one that attacked the heifer is terrorizing the station so if he's over five five which were banking him he will be looking at him he'll be a world record make one stop until the monster croc is caught this guy he's at the point in his life where he don't like anybody like he was kill him to capital every fortnight here in this Billabong and the thing is they couldn't eat to capital in the port night just on a rampage the problem there is where he is is where we've got to try and pump water so our cattle don't drink there but we can't go in pump the water because he'll come up and try to cheer your ass when you start the pump crocodile milk takes us into the Crocs territory where he set a trap oh yeah the doors damn the closet look up I'm not very happy Tapio us but it's not the big one how big is this one Toki Serena ha they say the graders will be happy cuz he be gone back yes fella we can't take him he's not the one causing the problem the five and a half major croc they're after could be lurking just meters away that damage wasn't there yesterday so he's here in the water be very careful when you're up near that end releasing a captured crocodile is also risky the Predators are unpredictable Nick and his crew aren't taking any chances right let's go and there he goes yeah he didn't turn back on us it's very good oh not all of Mick's hunting techniques are conventional he mimics the sound of a young croc in distress to attract larger crocodiles and he trudges along mosquito infested waterways when the reptiles are most active armed with just a headlamp and gun good pretty close to the water's edge how easily could crocodile launch out enough could you easily it's an adventure Mick wants to share it plans to take customers along for the hunt hang on there's a crop there beyond that I think the slightest movement in the bush and it makes you jump about six foot high sometimes so you know it's pretty intense I'll be able to pass some of this adrenaline rush under some customers and now go away would be grin on their face and then the experience they'll never forget in the years since crocodiles became protected in the 1970s successive Northern Territory governments have tried and failed in their plans to legalize crocodile safari hunting Mick's venture won't breach the ban he says his customers aren't allowed to kill the animal and must also be professional hunters he'd charge twelve thousand dollars for a four-day trip and the customers can walk away with something to remember it by Mick describes himself as one of the only croc hunters in Australia who kills and preserves the Predators this size they're good to be able to turn into a taxidermy mount and then I do a thing called a flat pack which I'll split him up the belly and he lays flat on the ground with his head still attached this crocodile was attacking cattle from a dam on the station these animals are very Hardy very robust and if you don't kill him the first time you don't know until they wake up and then it's too late but he's humanely killed that second shots into him before he even wakes up how can you control it with a hundred thunder we actually film the kill shot of these animals and we dated and we GPS it so there's no way in the world somebody else can come in and actually shoot the animal Mick's been in the game for close to four decades not always on the right side of the ball I was once described as Australia's most notorious poacher because the government couldn't catch me well they offered me an amnesty in 1996 I've been out and legal longer than what I was illegal but there was some fun in that 16 years I can do an air at 57 Mick is nearing retirement age the hunter won't hang up his knives until he catches a world-record croc lurking somewhere in this wild river a challenge only one of Australia's best crocodile Hunter's is up to

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Length: 6min 53sec (413 seconds)

Published: Tue Dec 29 2015

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