You just have to have a sharp knife. My preference is the SEAL pup. OK, I admit I have never spent the night there. I have seen alligators at night with a spotlight. Hundreds of eyes looking at you from the water. And they are noisy, so how could you ever sleep? (The stuff they don't tell you)

Actual picture of the knife I wear when in the swamp.
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Try to stay north of the 402
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