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Man! I was after one like that for 10 years in FL.
I would draw a tag every other year usually and I hooked him every time I had a tag.
He was too strong and too wise.
There was an old man that lived in the creek where this gator lived and he told me that he had watched it daily since he was a kid. The man was in his 70s.
I would draw a tag every other year usually and I hooked him every time I had a tag.
He was too strong and too wise.
There was an old man that lived in the creek where this gator lived and he told me that he had watched it daily since he was a kid. The man was in his 70s.
megalomaniac
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Estimation this gator was over 60 yo
That's a monster!
DoubleRidge
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Wow....giant!
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Modern day dinosaur for sure!
Chapman
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That's huge!
That's a big ole lizard
Crappieaddict
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WOW!
backyardtndeer
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That's a pretty big one. Saw some monsters in Florida, especially in lake Apopka. Kill em all as far as I am concerned.
Doecrusher
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Good grief...That'd been a 30 footer on swamp people...
What a giant!
How in the world would you process something like that? I assume most of the meat would be along the back and in the tail?
megalomaniac
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Many folks in central MS just pay for processing.
When I eventually draw a tag, and if I get one, I'm just going to wing the processing myself. Will start with the less than 6ft gator to practice on before doing the one over 6ft (tag allows you to kill 2 gators, 1 under 6ft and another over 6ft)
Not planning on saving the hide, and I can handle skull cleaning and preservation myself
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I always skinned them myself.
A couple tricks that make the job way easier…
Get a table so you can stand comfortably when working on the gator. It's too long of a job to do on your knees or a tailgate.
Cut a small hole in each leg just above the paw. Take an air compressor and insert it into the hole and it will blow up like a balloon separating the skin from the meat. The legs are the best part(dark meat).
Get a hooked blade for your box cutter. Use that to run down the back on the outer edge of the scutes. After making two cuts, one down each side, the rest of the job can be done with the same knife you use to skin a deer.
Once the skin is off, it's a simple job. You'll want to probably watch a video on how to get the jowls, and the jelly roll(inner loins).
After jumping on it's back of course
That is huge, I haven't seen many down here but the ones I've seen are the size of that things leg.
killingtime 41
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The bigger they are the worst they taste 6 to 8 foot max if you're gonna eat it. Prefer the 6 foot ones. Been many years since I killed any or ate any.
TheLBLman
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Dat's a lot of gator!
If it's decent to eat, looks like hundreds of pounds of gator meat.
I like gator, but doubt I've ever eaten over half the size of that one.
If it's decent to eat, looks like hundreds of pounds of gator meat.
I like gator, but doubt I've ever eaten over half the size of that one.
