It's time to do a little hunting of our own.

Well, it looks like the fishing/camping trip is over as Mark and Rusty (and I'm assuming Sassy) stumble upon an alligator caught in a hook trap (which, as everyone knows, is one way that poachers catch their prey). Now it's up to Mark to figure out how to free his reptilian friend that's probably blinded by rage and will lash out at the first thing that comes near it once it's freed, be it friend, foe, or intrepid woodsman (and it's up to us to figure out where Mark's hat went in that first panel since he was wearing it in the previous comic (where nothing much happened), lost it in the first panel of this comic, and found it again for the last two panels. (Can you say magic hat?)). Now, if I were Mark, I'd send the Jack Elrod Ball to free the alligator since it's already proven countless times that it fears nothing and can be quite handy in a tight spot. (That, and it has no arms and legs for the alligator to bite, and could probably just bounce away if the danger became too great.) Of course, maybe Mark always had aspirations to be an alligator wrestler and this opportunity was just too good to pass up. Whatever the case may be, I think we can all rest assured that the hunters (or poachers, as they prefer to be called) are about to become the hunted (and that Bob, Stu, and Phil are going to find out just where each man's loyalties really lie).