There are a lot of variables. The number one of which is the wind. If they wind you, they are gone. We have shot them within a couple hundred yards of camp, but that’s not normal. I like to be at least 1/2 mile from where I will start hunting. Another mistake that I see is hunters setting up...
I stand corrected. Did you live in Louisiana? I grew up 3 hours from New Orleans and had family there, so we visited quite a bit. We set crab traps on Lake Pontchartrain. Not sure if that gives me the street cred of catching a gator.