One of the largest ever alligators is caught in Mississippi with hunters planning to EAT 800lbs monster

Daily Mail UK ^ | September 06, 2024 | Ellyn Lapointe

[Red Badger]

Mississippi's 2024 alligator hunting season got off to a whopping start when a team of six hunters reeled in one of the largest monsters ever caught in the state.

The 14-foot-long, 802-pound alligator was caught in the Yazoo River, which stretches over 2,000 miles through Mississippi and Louisiana.

The group stood proudly with their catch for photographs, and all six were needed to hold up the lifeless creature.

The yearly hunt kicked off last month and is set to run until September 9, allowing participants to take home their prize for 'wallets, belts and eating,' according to state rules.

The group reeled in the alligator last week in the dead of night. Officials determine the creature measured 14 feet long and weighed over 800 pounds

[AZJeep]

Alligator is tasty, but, I am wondering, if that big an alligator is not too tough.
I would think, that huge, old alligator would not be as tasty as a younger, smaller one.
Anybody here knows more about alligator meat?

[Getready]

Well, as long as they’re gonna eat it....or make shoes. Or wallets... Probably about 400 lbs of meat there. That would be about 5-6 years of meat for me.

[caww]

The largest a alligator ever recorded was 19 feet, two inches long and weighed more than 2,300 pounds when it was caught in in Louisiana in 1890.

[caww]

Written it was 60 yrs old.....make ya wonder how many fights the beast has fought.

[caww]

Here's the boat they wrestled this beast with...

[FLT-bird]

LOL! *cringe*

Maybe we could take him out to Lake Alice.......

[riverrunner]

That is why it is dead and the people are alive.

Humans are the ultimate predator.

[Uncle Miltie]

I like tail.

[NorthMountain]

We are persistent and we hunt in packs. Because we lack natural “teeth and claws”, we make artificial “teeth and claws” that are more effective than the natural ones other predators have.

[maddog55]

That’s a lot of gator bites!!

[Qwapisking]

interesting that the “participants” in Springfield get to do the same thing with their prize catches. maybe someone could share some recipes?

[shadeaud]

Heard that they named it Christe

[Red Badger]

AFAIK, Alligators never stop growing...............

[Red Badger]

😉......................

[trebb]

How do you eat a 800 lb gator?

One bite at a time - Roasted gator and sweet tater pie....Mmmmmm

[Red Badger]

BBQ!.............Gonna need several cases of Sweet Baby Ray’s...........

[Bob434]

Choot it Jacob!

That’s a big gator sure enough.

[joe fonebone]

bump for later

[Tommy Revolts]

I have one simple rule: I don't eat anything that can eat me.

On the other hand, I sure could use a new pair of Alligator (belly) boots.

[GreenHornet]

It’s too bad it couldn’t be kept alive and relocated to the Rio Grande.