Record Gator in MS

[GunnyGene]

This is gator season here, and these guys got a big one. Yazoo River. 14 feet 3 inches. 802.5 lbs.

https://www.clarionledger.com/story...or-hunters-land-new-state-record/70689512007/

 

[the_leper_colony]

800 pounds? That thing could ruin somebody's day, mighty quick!

 

[dannyd]

It's a pretty one

 

[bedfordboy]

“It’s a big one, choot em-choot em, hurry up, choot em, it’s gonna break the line, choot em” I love me some swamp people

 

[contender]

Dern,, that is a BIG one for sure! I've seen a few that were in the 12 ft range,, and knowing the mass they have,, and such,, I'm sure that one was HUGE! That took a lot of work for sure!

 

[Mobuck]

"It's a pretty one"
Yeah, the best ones look like that.

 

[dannyd]

"It's a pretty one"
Yeah, the best ones look like that.

You have deer in Missouri and I have Alligators down the street from my house. Biggest is probably Six Foot, they don't get that big by letting people see them.

 

[GunnyGene]

Does

You have deer in Missouri and I have Alligators down the street from my house. Biggest is probably Six Foot, they don't get that big by letting people see them.

Does FL have a hunting season for gators?

 

[dannyd]

Does

Does FL have a hunting season for gators?

Yes, been once definitely not as fun as on Swamp people.

We have gator season at the same time the bugs have people season. I looked like one giant bite.

 

[Sam Summey]

My sister used to live in Hilton Head SC. Her neighborhood was essentially built around a series of ponds. there was a walkway around the ponds about ten-fifteen feet from the water's edge, nothing unusual to see 6 -10 large alligators lying around the pond sunning themselves. The residents walked around the ponds with their dogs, none were attacked the 2-3 years she lived in that neighborhood.

 

[Watertender]

2 alligators were talking in the swamp one day and the bigger one asked the small one why he was so little. The little one said that he ate regularly and the big one asked what he ate. The little one said that he would hide behind the courthouse and wait under a Lexus or Mercedes looking for lawyers. He would then jump out and scare the crap out of the lawyer before he ate him. The big alligator told the little one he was losing all the nutrition that way because once you scare the crap out of a lawyer all you have left is a briefcase and Rolex...

 

[epags]

That's going to make a heck of a lot of boots

 

[dannyd]

These are put up for a reason, Lake at the Data Center.

 

[WendyZXZ]

Fried alligator bites...

 

[Mobuck]

Sasquatch size boots

 

[RC44Mag]

What a dinosaur!
Wonder what administered the coupe de grace?

 

[GunnyGene]

What a dinosaur!
Wonder what administered the coupe de grace?

MS only allows long barrel shotguns with birdshot, or a .38cal or larger bangstick. Don't know which was used for this one, but probably a bangstick. Folks will normally have both in the boat. Other states have different rules about this and other aspects of the hunt.

https://www.mdwfp.com/media/303098/faqs-2022.pdf

 

[Bigbore5]

I use a 44sp bangstick when I lived in Louisiana after they reclassified my 12ga stick.