Big old gator

10 March 2020, 16:39

larryshores

Big old gator

I have seen quite a few gators on my place. Nothing giant, at least until a week ago.

This is a big boy. I am not going to say our estimate. If my tags come through , we will know shortly!

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10 March 2020, 17:15

crshelton

Lots of meat in that tail!

I like it cubed and deep fat fried. You?

10 March 2020, 19:16

larryshores

I like the same. Also sautéed with a mustard sauce.

10 March 2020, 19:18

Todd Williams

Hell of a big lizard.

10 March 2020, 20:00

don444

10 March 2020, 20:54

Overland

Wow, that's an impressive gator. Wonder what caused him to move on to your place and leave his previous territory?

10 March 2020, 22:23

Jim@IMReps

quote:
Wonder what caused him to move on to your place and leave his previous territory?

Mating season is not far off, gators are quite capable of traveling great distances on land or water to breed. I heard a male gator bellowing one time during spring gobbler, it's pretty amazing how far the sound carried, I wasn't close to him initially and it was pretty cool to sneak up on him and watch him send out "the vibe". Or in this case maybe a bigger one showed up and told him to get lost.

10 March 2020, 23:07

Jason P

quote:
Originally posted by Jim@IMReps:
quote:
Wonder what caused him to move on to your place and leave his previous territory?

Mating season is not far off, gators are quite capable of traveling great distances on land or water to breed. I heard a male gator bellowing one time during spring gobbler, it's pretty amazing how far the sound carried, I wasn't close to him initially and it was pretty cool to sneak up on him watch him send out "the vibe". Or in this case maybe a bigger one showed up and told him to get lost.

Are you sure that it is not a croc? ha ha

11 March 2020, 00:17

larryshores

I have lots of prime habitat. They don’t get messed with. Lots of food. I can see why a big gator would like the area.

11 March 2020, 00:51

Jim@IMReps

He didn't get that big by being careless, how far away/or close were you when you took the picture Larry?

11 March 2020, 01:42

Hogbreath

You gonna hunt it with a knife???

11 March 2020, 01:59

larryshores

No,I am going to put a guy who just had a major operation on the bank fishing. When the gator comes out, I hope I am fast enough!

11 March 2020, 02:00

larryshores

quote:
Originally posted by Jim@IMReps:
He didn't get that big by being careless, how far away/or close were you when you took the picture Larry?

I didn’t take the pic. It was done with a zoom lens. I got to 40 yards Sunday.

11 March 2020, 02:19

sharpsguy

He is a big one. I would say about eleven feet.

11 March 2020, 03:14

Hogbreath

11 March 2020, 03:15

Hogbreath

quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
No,I am going to put a guy who just had a major operation on the bank fishing. When the gator comes out, I hope I am fast enough!

11 March 2020, 04:00

Todd Williams

quote:
Originally posted by Hogbreath:
quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
No,I am going to put a guy who just had a major operation on the bank fishing. When the gator comes out, I hope I am fast enough!

Good piece of bait that one is Larry!

11 March 2020, 04:22

larryshores

quote:
Originally posted by sharpsguy:
He is a big one. I would say about eleven feet.

He is way bigger than that .

11 March 2020, 06:07

Big Wonderful Wyoming

I hope you kill him. That is a hell of a nice gator.

I wonder how many pairs of boots a guy could make out of that thing, and still have a 3 foot long skull hanging on the wall.

11 March 2020, 06:46

LHeym500

I think you are going to need a bigger boat.

11 March 2020, 06:57

Beretta682E

I would petition to save him. Larry stop killing snakes and gators

Mike

11 March 2020, 17:40

larryshores

quote:
Originally posted by Beretta682E:
I would petition to save him. Larry stop killing snakes and gators

Mike

Then I will have to move on to honey badgers! Another location would be to translocate him to your house. Nice lake there!

11 March 2020, 18:34

Bill/Oregon

Really wish you the best on this one Larry. I am looking forward to seeing photos from your harvest. Wonder what it would cost to get that skin tanned.

11 March 2020, 19:11

larryshores

quote:
Originally posted by Bill/Oregon:
Really wish you the best on this one Larry. I am looking forward to seeing photos from your harvest. Wonder what it would cost to get that skin tanned.

I am thinking of mounting the full skin with the head attached on a big board. Of course, I have to get him first.

11 March 2020, 19:37

Blacktailer

What's your gator caliber Larry?

Have gun- Will travel
The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark

11 March 2020, 22:27

larryshores

Permits are issued.

My 416 Remington magnum will be zeroed soon!

12 March 2020, 03:50

ZekeShikar

Oh my! What a trophy!

I don't see too many of those around my place here in Utah! LOL ...but I'd like to hunt one some day before I get too sick and die from all the viruses going around. lol

Good luck Larry!!!!

Zeke

13 March 2020, 20:51

larryshores

Tags are in hand. Big boy better be careful starting Thursday.

13 March 2020, 22:38

Blacktailer

Is baiting allowed? I hear they like foo foo dogs and bratty neighbor kids.

Have gun- Will travel
The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark

14 March 2020, 03:27

farbedo

Larry,

What methods are legal for you? Good luck getting that one. Big 'gator.

Jeremy

14 March 2020, 06:06

larryshores

Private lands alligator management program tags are different than the regular hunting season tags. The allowed methods are very different between the two.

Legal methods include: firearms (daylight only), bow, harpoon, bang sticks. They can also be caught on a line .

14 March 2020, 08:19

Grizzly Adams1

quote:
Originally posted by Hogbreath:
You gonna hunt it with a knife???

Where do you shoot a gator ? Head seems like a poor choice.

Grizz

When the horse has been eliminated, human life may be extended an average of five or more years.
James R. Doolitle

I think they've been misunderstood. Timothy Tredwell

14 March 2020, 08:35

LHeym500

Same as a crocodile:

Spine behind the smile at center of the neck and skull juncture.

Brain: In the head behind the eye at the top of that big curve at the top of it.

Very hard shot. Spine shot gives a target is the size of an orange. The brain gives the size of a golf ball. Facing toward you want to center, but behind the eyes.

14 March 2020, 09:39

larryshores

quote:
Originally posted by Grizzly Adams1:
quote:
Originally posted by Hogbreath:
You gonna hunt it with a knife???

Where do you shoot a gator ? Head seems like a poor choice.

Grizz

He was joking around .

14 March 2020, 18:52

LHeym500

I get dense often on this internet conversation. I did not put that one together.

If you use a knife what woman would you use for bait Mic Dundee style?

Of my wife rebuked, I would use Natalie Portman. That would probably get my wife to be bait.

14 March 2020, 19:50

Blacktailer

Bait.

Have gun- Will travel
The value of a trophy is computed directly in terms of personal investment in its acquisition. Robert Ruark

14 March 2020, 20:15

Grizzly Adams1

quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
quote:
Originally posted by Grizzly Adams1:
quote:
Originally posted by Hogbreath:
You gonna hunt it with a knife???

Where do you shoot a gator ? Head seems like a poor choice.

Grizz

He was joking around .

I know.

but, having one in my sights, where would you put the bullet ? Not obvious to someone used to hunting mammals of significant size.

When the horse has been eliminated, human life may be extended an average of five or more years.
James R. Doolitle

I think they've been misunderstood. Timothy Tredwell

15 March 2020, 00:28

Uncle Grinch

Check out this big ole Georgia 14 foot gator.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/08...cord-trnd/index.html

15 March 2020, 01:34

larryshores

quote:
Originally posted by Grizzly Adams1:
quote:
Originally posted by larryshores:
quote:
Originally posted by Grizzly Adams1:
quote:
Originally posted by Hogbreath:
You gonna hunt it with a knife???

Where do you shoot a gator ? Head seems like a poor choice.

Grizz

He was joking around .

I know. but, having one in my sights, where would you put the bullet ? Not obvious to someone used to hunting mammals of significant size.

Either brain his or sever the spinal cord.

15 March 2020, 12:13

fairgame

The Alligator eye is much bigger than the Nile croc so for me, it is difficult to measure the beast.

I remember when I was young and shot what looked to be a massive croc on an island surrounded by smaller specimens that looked to be 10 footers. Well those 10 footers turned out to be 5 footers and my massive croc was 10 feet.