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sportchampps
Posts: 7,361
Sep 18, 2010 5:29pm
http://www.thirdage.com/news/900-pound-gator-video-gator-caught-massachusetts-woman-south-carolina_9-17-2010
It was 13 feet 4 inches and 900lbs. she hooked it with a fishing line and then got it on the boat to kill it. She said she shot it 8 times then stabbed it twice in the spinal cord.
It was 13 feet 4 inches and 900lbs. she hooked it with a fishing line and then got it on the boat to kill it. She said she shot it 8 times then stabbed it twice in the spinal cord.
Benny The Jet
Posts: 2,987
Sep 18, 2010 5:57pm
I saw this on the front page of Yahoo...I mean I'm sure they checked into the validity of this, but I still find it EXTREMELY hard to believe this lady reeled in a 900 lb alligator on a fishing line. Video of her reeling it in, or it didn't happen haha
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sportchampps
Posts: 7,361
Sep 18, 2010 5:59pm
lol they have video of the gator with her sitting on it. I kinda dont believe she followed the rules and got it on the boat b4 she shot it but they did say she wrestled with it for over 2 hours and a day earlier someone caught a 11 foot 400lb gator the gators head it just huge
tk421
Posts: 8,500
Sep 18, 2010 6:03pm
Leave the gators alone for god's sake. Unless they are trying to bite you, why spend two hours trying to kill one. Don't understand at all.
darbypitcher22
Posts: 8,000
Sep 18, 2010 6:06pm
If its true, more power to her...
something leads me to believe this story is a little sketchy... that's a huge damn gator
something leads me to believe this story is a little sketchy... that's a huge damn gator
iclfan2
Posts: 6,360
Sep 18, 2010 6:46pm
Ok hippie (TK). Alligators are overpopulated and swim in lakes where people like to swim and what not. Watch swamp people on History Channel, they get tags to kill over 100 in a month because there are too many gators.
tk421
Posts: 8,500
Sep 18, 2010 7:08pm
iclfan2;488511 wrote:Ok hippie (TK). Alligators are overpopulated and swim in lakes where people like to swim and what not. Watch swamp people on History Channel, they get tags to kill over 100 in a month because there are too many gators.
Not a hippie. If people don't want to be eaten by an alligator, stay out of their waters. I just think it's pointless to kill a create that doesn't do anything to anyone. At least with deer, people actually eat what they kill. There was no way that woman was going to eat that 900 pound alligator. She doesn't live down there, she came down just for the thrill.
karen lotz
Posts: 22,284
Sep 18, 2010 7:10pm
Maybe she needed some new shoes or a purse?
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berry
Posts: 475
Sep 18, 2010 7:21pm
She wasn't after shoes. The damn thing was barefoot.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 18, 2010 9:13pm
Benny The Jet;488420 wrote:900 page alligator on a fishing line.
What is a 900 PAGE gator?
Benny The Jet
Posts: 2,987
Sep 18, 2010 9:38pm
ernest_t_bass;488670 wrote:What is a 900 PAGE gator?
Nice catch
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balk14
Posts: 129
Sep 18, 2010 11:03pm
tk421;488534 wrote:Not a hippie. If people don't want to be eaten by an alligator, stay out of their waters. I just think it's pointless to kill a create that doesn't do anything to anyone. At least with deer, people actually eat what they kill. There was no way that woman was going to eat that 900 pound alligator. She doesn't live down there, she came down just for the thrill.
come on...know a little about the area before you talk - im sure that woman alone didnt eat the entire thing but they sell them to places that skin them and sell the meat which actually tastes pretty good and is eaten a LOT down there...and to address the staying out of their waters part - a 13 footer was also caught on a youth soccer complex down near Belle River...sounds like these people are doing the community a service to me
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 19, 2010 7:08am
tk421;488534 wrote:Not a hippie. If people don't want to be eaten by an alligator, stay out of their waters. I just think it's pointless to kill a create that doesn't do anything to anyone. At least with deer, people actually eat what they kill. There was no way that woman was going to eat that 900 pound alligator. She doesn't live down there, she came down just for the thrill.
God created animals for sport. It's in the bible.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Sep 19, 2010 7:08am
berry;488553 wrote:She wasn't after shoes. The damn thing was barefoot.
Fan!
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Sep 19, 2010 8:12am
Well, first of all, I'm not a fan of sport kills. I know people will always do it, but it doesn't make it cool or right. I also find the story a little far-fetched.
bases_loaded
Posts: 6,912
Sep 19, 2010 10:41pm
Gator is pretty prevalent down south. I would say it is eaten more than venison in our area. The skin is used for many things and the meat is used. I don't think this lady got a permit just for the thrill of the kill.
Speedofsand
Posts: 5,529
Sep 19, 2010 11:43pm
Same size was caught in central Florida last week, after reports of missing pets.
13-Foot-4, 900-Pound Gator Caught In Sanford
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13-Foot-4, 900-Pound Gator Caught In Sanford
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