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.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
When I lived in the JAX area one of my teachers told us that there was a pond behind her house that she regularly swam in.
One of he neighbors informed her that a gator lived in the pond, but not to worry, 'he's quite old and toothless.'
So she told the class 'If you ever read in the newspaper, local teacher gummed to death by alicator, you'll know who it was.'!
7mm. STW, is that like an elephant gun?
Use a whip. </old WPDQ joke>
“Oooh, no! They say he’s got to go...!”
No responsible hunter would have taken that shot. Too much of a chance for a ricochet and no kill. Most gators are shot ver close or caught at close range.
He might have used the scope for reference or spotting. Even doing that would be odd, or that's simply all he had.
Great story!
“If he killed the gator from 500 yards, he is really a great shot. “
Read the next sentence.
LOL.
There’s also snakes, snapping turtles, nutria(I don’t think they bother anyone), Giardia, and potentially flesh eating bacteria...
Not as good as spotted oil, but better than eagle.
At 320 yards, that probably was NOT an entry wound. More likely it was a ricochet off the top of the skull, creating a large gouge. Or, it penetrated at a 30 or 40 degree angle.
Anyone have 7mm ballistics tables for that range?
I was there for a Titan launch. I saw multiple big ones.
I was in the USAF and we were escorted to grounds not allowed to the public. We were close, and it was awesome.
Born and raised in Lauderdale.
Whole family use to swim in a Rockpit behind our home.
8-10 ft. Gator, among a couple of others called the pit home.
Never bothered us and if we got close, they’d swim away.
Of course the neighbors would come up missing family pets from time to time. Lol
Interesting.
My wife and I took care of my grandmother for a year when she was 94-95. She loved to work in her flower beds and garden. One afternoon she said “come with me, I want to show you something”. We went outside and there was a 4 ft rattlesnake, minus it’s head.
Even then she remembered how to deal with snakes.
I remember reading about the poor little boy at Disney
She had to have been a vegetarian!
That’s what she said.
LOVE THAT SHOW....
However-—IF Biden bans Fossil Fuels-—WHO is going to keep the alligator population at bay in Louisiana????
She said that too.
Then she said that.
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