Posted on 09/08/2023 8:49:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
Hunter Kevin Brotz with Get Bit Outdoors shares how he led a hunt to reel in a 920-pound alligator in Orlando, Florida.
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VIDEO AT LINK.............
lol- Yep- Betty White has the yummies for it to snack on lol
Fitting to have a junk yard in the background of the 1st picture.
I think I can answer question. I live in NC and we have many many gators. Gators at about six feet look cute. You want to put a leash on them and take them home for the kids to play with. At around eight feet they start to change; they get wide. They will eat your pets and take a bite out of you if they think they can get away with it. At around 10 feet, they start to think that you might be a tasty treat. Somewhere around 12 feet they think they are at the top of the food chain because no one has taught them different. Imagine a full grown grizzly living in your favorite fishing hole.
There is no shortage of gators. In fact if you want more gators then you kill the largest, because more than two six to eight foot gators can live in the same area as one large gator. Oh yes, they are cannibalistic, so the large gator can and do eat the small gators. They start reproducing at around six feet. So if you want a lot of gators that are not taking down your pets and livestock, you harvest the large ones. Gators are not smart, but they can be taught to stay away from humans by killing the large gators.
Oh by the way, gators taste good. Wild ones taste even better than farm raised gators. Farm raised gators taste like chicken, because that is what they are fed.
As a plus, women like fancy handbags and men like cool belts. To make it even better, the leather wears like iron, so you can pass them on to your kids. I personally have an alligator leather belt that was made in the sixties and it still looks good.
I like the way you think. Besides, that wasn’t the biggest gator, just the biggest one caught.
We have salt water crocs in FL, down in Florida Bay, mostly. Not many know it. Yeah, they get pretty big. Crocs are WAY more aggressive than gators.
Years ago, a buddy of mine was snorkeling there for FL lobster in about 35 feet, hugging the bottom, moving slow, when a big shadow went over him. He very slowly looked up, saw a big tail going away. He got out quickly but no sudden moves.
On the way back to the marina, radio said, “A 20 foot sea going croc has been spotted in Florida Bay.” He said he kept shaking for 2 hrs.
I would have taken one look at that gator and said, “My apologies, Sir! I didn’t realize I had entered the wrong da*n rec room and will be leaving right away.”
I would then put my little putt-putt motor in high gear and vacated the premises forthwith. Forthwith, I say!
The story of “the one that got away” would be sufficient for retelling at Saturday night poker games and people could believe me or not.
For American alligators:
The distance from the eyes to the nostrils in inches is the same number of total length in feet.
The Gators of Florida are always victorious over the Tennessee Volunteers on the football field
Next time I’m in the Swamp, I take my measuring tape.....................
Florida was a damn site better when the poachers made purses and loafers outta them.
Yes, we protected the damn things and now we are up to our asses in alligators................Same thing with Black Bears.................
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