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’s a dinosaur alright.
I went to a former barn gym in Orange Park.(Kingsley Ave)
I also got my AA from St Johns River CC.
I bounced for a while at the Landing...good times.
Pardon my ignorance, lol, but I need a translation. What’s a barn gym? What does AA stand for, as well as CC? And does “bounced” mean you were a bouncer at a bar/eatery? An inquiring mind wants to know.
The pic of that gator in #2 is amazing. What a monster! Retired to FL over 4 years ago. Love it. The home of the free and the land of DeSantis.
“The home of the free and the land of DeSantis.”
Oops, I typed that backwards, lol.
Should be “land of the free and the home of DeSantis.”
A dyslexic kind of day.
Yes they were good times. My sister and BIL had a place on Lake Santa Fe in Melrose. Talk about gators! One evening my sister and I were out fishing in the ganoe. ( cross between a john boat and a canoe). We ended up paddling back up the canal in pitch dark. A huge gator started grunting and you could hear them hitting the water everywhere. Talk about nerve wracking. We were never so glad to see the light on that little dock by the house. We never did that again. 😆
IF YOU EVER SEE ONE OF THESE MONSTERS..............
RUN LIKE HELL!................
I never tire of watching that... thanks!
Hahahahaha!
All the lakes are loaded with turtles too.
Sorry, I had a posting timeout.
The gym used to be an actual barn, turned into a gym.
An AA is an Associates Degree, and CC is Community College.
Bouncing is checking ID and “behavior” at a bar.
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