Posted on 02/06/2022 8:52:52 AM PST by Hojczyk
This whopping beast gives a whole new meaning to catch of the day.
A Mississippi hunter has caught and killed an 80-year-old, 905lb alligator that measures 13feet 4inches in length at a lake in southern Florida.
But even this monster - an 80-year-old who was known to feast on livestock venturing too near to its lake - isn't the largest caught in Florida. The record for the longest alligator caught goes to a 14ft 3.5inch beast caught in Lake Washington in Brevard County and the heaviest was a 1,043lb one in Orange Lake in Alachua County
The hunt for the massive alligator began for Borries after his friend told him about the creature which was reportedly around since his childhood.
'This guy said he’d seen the gator since he was a child. It was time for the gator to go because some of the calves were disappearing,' Borries told WWXV25. 'So, he was down deer hunting with me, and he asked me if I wanted to come and hunt the gator.
'I said, "Absolutely." To me it was a once in a lifetime opportunity.'
Borries found the gator on a private lake in Okeechobee County about 500 yards away using the scope of his 7mm STW rifle.
The creature was then shot at the top of its head after moving 180 yards closer to Borries.
The hunter then pulled the 80-year-old creature out of the bottom of the lake and was taken aback by its enormous size.
'I had no idea the magnitude of how big his body was until we pulled him completely out of the lake,' Borries told McClatchy News.
'It had been suspected of eating some of the local livestock around the lake and was considered a threat.'
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That is large...
Lots of new cowboy boots from that one
Betty White is rolling in her grave!
Nice shot! I wish this be the fate of more alligators. I won’t go swimming in Florida lakes anymore because of them. I say, let’s make alligator belts, shoes, wallets, and purses again. I’m tired of the old beasts ruining things in my native land.
He didn’t get to be that big by being stupid.
Good shot.
Big sumbitch.
If he was notorious for 80 years, I’m surprised Troy Landrieu wasn’t called up to “choot ‘im”
I agree. They need to get rid of more of them. Theoretically, they can be taken out once they get over 6’, but nobody ever does.
They were everywhere in the St. Johns River/Black Creek area when I lived in the JAX area...
Focus on the snakes also
The characters on “Swamp People” are PO’d they didn’t get that one.
Hot diggity that’s a big beast.
If he had an itch on his forehead it looks as if that was mercifully taken care of for him.
“I agree. They need to get rid of more of them. Theoretically, they can be taken out once they get over 6’, but nobody ever does.”
PETA hypocrisy, they don’t care how many “cute innocent animals” are eaten by Alligators, just don’t harm the alligators.
A couple from the Church my sister attends in Nebraska lost their three year old son to an alligator at a Disney resort a few years ago. Dangerous reptiles.
Not too many animals shot are older than the hunter.
Anacondas and pythons...
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