All the while a 7-foot-long alligator had his lower right leg in a vise-like grip, Keith Price of New Iberia was worried about the safety of his 9-year-old grandson who went deer hunting with him late that afternoon on Oct. 20.
Price, widely known by bowhunters and competitive archers in the South-Central region of the state during his 25-year career in the archery business, found himself in danger immediately after dropping down from the double ladder stand on his lease in St. Mary Parish. The sun was setting, and it was getting darker by the moment.
“I told Owen to go ahead and climb down,” Price said, recalling the hunter vs. wild animal confrontation with young Owen Edwards, also of New Iberia. “He hits the ground. I came down behind him…