# @outdoor_life on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DMv-UWBTTd_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/33390438-outdoor-life-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-07-30T23:00:28.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Outdoor Life (@outdoor_life) — https://gondola.cc/outdoor_life

## Caption

Bonner Herring has loved black Labs since he was 14, when he got his first Labrador retriever: a field-trial dropout he named Jet. ⁠
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A native of coastal North Carolina, Herring grew up jump-shooting ducks with his dad, whose job as a riverboat pilot allowed him to scout for birds while working. Herring has trained and hunted with many retrievers since then. But he says his four-year-old Lab, Strike, is the greatest dog he’s ever had. And in early June, Herring put his own life at risk to save his best hunting buddy from a big bull alligator. Herring was on his 114-acre property outside Southport on June 9 when the alligator attacked Strike.⁠
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#lab #labrador #labradorretriever #blacklab #alligator #gator #gatorattack #alligators #outdoors #nature #outdoorlife⁠
📷: Bonner Herring⁠
Story by: dac.collins

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## Tags

labradorretriever, lab, alligators, outdoorlife, gatorattack, labrador, blacklab, outdoors, nature, gator, alligator

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