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Texas grandma shoots, kills massive gator linked to missing miniature horse
FoxNews.com ^ | Sept 18, 2018 | Zoe Szathmary

Posted on 09/19/2018 7:20:40 AM PDT by ETL

“One shot ——-> One Big-un down!” Facebook user Scott Hughes wrote on Monday when sharing snaps of the creature nabbed by Livingston mayor Judy B. Cochran.

Hughes’ post said the male gator weighed in at 580 pounds.

The woman's kill recently went down at her ranch in Goodrich, the Houston Chronicle reported.

"We think this is the gator that ate one of our miniature horses several years ago, as big as this gator was, he could’ve easily eaten it,” Cochran told the newspaper. “Typically the gators don’t bother us, but we’ve been looking for (this one).”

Cochran said the creature would be used for food and fashion.

“Moye Taxidermy will be processing it, we’ll eat the meat, have the head mounted and have the ridgeback part of the tail in my office,” she explained.

Cochran added, “We’ll have the hide tanned to make some boots out of it, you can only make boots from the belly.”

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: alligator
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To: QBFimi

I agree. These dinosaurs should be hunted to the point of extinction.


21 posted on 09/19/2018 7:50:07 AM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as wll say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!"to)
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To: ETL

That’s enough sugar to give that horse diabetes.


22 posted on 09/19/2018 7:50:57 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: ETL

That’s enough sugar to give that horse diabetes.


23 posted on 09/19/2018 7:50:57 AM PDT by DannyTN
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To: ETL; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; Larry Lucido

Maybe Manya’s pony faced the same end.


24 posted on 09/19/2018 7:57:09 AM PDT by Gamecock (In church today, we so often find we meet only the same old world, not Christ and His Kingdom. AS)
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To: OKSooner

Tube fed Henry .44magnum?


25 posted on 09/19/2018 7:57:44 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Stevenc131
Image result for granny beverly hillbillies gun
26 posted on 09/19/2018 8:03:42 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL

Reminds me of that movie Lake Placid.


27 posted on 09/19/2018 8:04:14 AM PDT by dragonblustar (I love reading Trump tweets in the morning.)
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To: ETL

I noticed a couple of weeks ago, 2 boys from Panama City, FL. killed an over 12 feet long, 780lb one. It was their first time hunting one.

It was in the inter coastal waterway. It was too large to get in the boat so they had to drag it to shore.


28 posted on 09/19/2018 8:06:23 AM PDT by yarddog
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To: dragonblustar
Reminds me of that movie Lake Placid.

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29 posted on 09/19/2018 8:15:29 AM PDT by ETL (Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
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To: ETL
I still want a miniature giraffe.


30 posted on 09/19/2018 8:20:09 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: SkyDancer; OKSooner

Or maybe a .30-30

Granny looks too sensible to be messing with that critter with a .22


31 posted on 09/19/2018 8:22:56 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: C19fan

Cue the bunny/gator huggers and death threats!


32 posted on 09/19/2018 8:25:55 AM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: FreedomPoster

My dad’s 1894 Winchester 30-30 can’t have a scope mounted like her’s - it’d have to be offset unless it’s a Marlin. I’m still thinking Henry because of the hexagon barrel.


33 posted on 09/19/2018 8:31:39 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: SkyDancer

The magazine tube looks to be not a large enough diameter for a rimmed .44 using the barrel for scale.


34 posted on 09/19/2018 8:44:14 AM PDT by CrazyIvan (A gentleman arms himself for the protection of others.)
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To: OKSooner

Or .30-30


35 posted on 09/19/2018 8:52:23 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Democratic socialism is when the majority of people vote to steal your property.)
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To: ETL

Is she really peering down the scope at that range? At that distance, just point. You’ll hit it.

rwood


36 posted on 09/19/2018 8:55:12 AM PDT by Redwood71
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To: CrazyIvan

Could be. I don’t think she took that ‘gator down with a .22 though so maybe a 30-30 ???


37 posted on 09/19/2018 9:06:03 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: CrazyIvan

Could be. I don’t think she took that ‘gator down with a .22 though so maybe a 30-30 ??? Plus it doesn’t look like she’s holding the rifle correctly - using glasses with a scope and her eye relief looks too far away.


38 posted on 09/19/2018 9:07:03 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Huskrrrr

Granny would make Sarah Palin proud of her


39 posted on 09/19/2018 9:09:52 AM PDT by uncbob
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To: ETL

If you all want a good laugh, look up Pinkard and Bowden’s song, “There aint nothing funny about a woman with gun”.

Enjoy


40 posted on 09/19/2018 9:17:34 AM PDT by Texas resident (Democrats=Enemy of People of The United States of America)
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