Posted on 09/09/2019 1:54:04 PM PDT by Red Badger
Sept. 9 (UPI) -- A Georgia hunter set a new state record when he bagged a 700-pound, 14-foot-long alligator on Lake Eufala.
Derrick Snelson said he could tell there was a big one on his line when he was hunting last week on the lake in Quitman County and it took him and four others more than five hours to land the reptilian behemoth.
"It was just unbelievable. I really can't describe it. You need to see it," Snelson told WSB-TV.
Experts said Snelson's catch, which weighed in at 700 pounds and measured 14 feet long, is a new Georgia state record.
"We'll have it 'life-size' mounted," Snelson said. "I guess I'll have to build a house around it. It's going to be a monster laying on the living room floor for a while!"
Alligator season in Georgia starts in mid-August and runs through early October. Hunters must obtain special permits and the bag limit is one.
These beasts need to be permanently eradicated from the U.S. They are incompatible with living among humans. If I ever came across one of these bastards, I would literally crap my pants.
I live on the GA/AL border. Like the locals say, there isn’t one swamp or body of water of any consequence in either state that doesn’t have at least a few gators in it around here. They’ve found strays in the ‘Hooch as far north as Atlanta before. And Eufala, if you’ve ever seen it, looks like a vacation resort for them. Perfect environment. Me, I’m more worried about the damn snakes.
No.................
I live in Florida. I see them a lot.
They are everywhere....................
The guy wants to have it stuffed.................
He may think twice when he sees how much it’s gonna cost................
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