record 741lb alligator caught in Miss. (a MONSTER)

[Large Sarge]

http://news.yahoo.com/gator-hunting-record-133200169.html

its a MONSTER, checkout the pics

WOW

[EE_]

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/N6To9npH6GUYOOcCiKzTEg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTQyMTtweG9mZj01MDtweW 9mZj0wO3E9ODU7dz03NDk-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-09-10/6bfc3b68-b38b-45a6-a5f1-bc6d3d1b1901_AP363354923672.jpg

[General of Darkness]

That's a lot of shoes and hand bags.

[Ponce]

And now those guys feel like heros........bothering no one and taking care of its own business the alliagator was flosting around till a mini missile came from nowhere and hit it in the head........same thing will happen to humans someday.

V

[Libertytree]

The gators need to be thinned out, just like the deer populations. This big fella ain't worth much as far as eatin goes, way too old and tough, a healthy 6-7 footer is perfect. The best meat isn't the tail pieces you find on menus, it's the two pockets of meat on either side of the jaws, the "jowls", that's some good eatin and great smoked and Q'd. It's hard to find because most gator hunters tend to keep it for themselves, like the backstrap on deer.

[Horn]

Looks like its a trend...



Turner's record catch came a week after the state record for heaviest gator was broken twice within hours.

On Sept. 1, a 723.5-pound gator was caught by Beth Trammell in a canal near Redwood, Miss., according to MSNewsNow.com (http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/23314680/record-alligator-caught-in-ms-river), breaking the previous state record of 697.5 pounds.

But Trammell's record was short-lived. An hour after the record was certified, Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks’ Alligator Program coordinator Ricky Flynt processed a record 727-pound gator that was snared by Dustin Bockman, a UPS driver from Vickburg, Miss., who took the 13-foot, 4.5-inch gator in the Mississippi River near Big Black River.

[willie pete]

I'd be willing to bet there's many more where he came from, it's said there are at least a million in Florida alone ::)

[kiffertom]

I'd be willing to bet there's many more where he came from, it's said there are at least a million in Florida alone ::)

where ever there is water in florida there's a gator lurkin' in it!

[Awoke]

What does Gator taste like?

[Large Sarge]

What does Gator taste like?

to me, its very good, a cross between lobster and chicken I guess,

[osoab]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4bxwyZ4dfo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4bxwyZ4dfo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7GyLr7Cz2g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7GyLr7Cz2g

[Libertytree]

What does Gator taste like?

That depends on a lot of things. Different parts for one...tail, ribs and jowls, there might be some other meat but mostly its those 3. Seasoning and preparation. Cooking method.

Jowls are #1, Ribs #2, tail is #3 as far as quality goes but a lot of it has to do with the other factors.

[Santa]

That depends on a lot of things. Different parts for one...tail, ribs and jowls, there might be some other meat but mostly its those 3. Seasoning and preparation. Cooking method.

Jowls are #1, Ribs #2, tail is #3 as far as quality goes but a lot of it has to do with the other factors.

This is all true, but it depends on it's diet too. For instance, if the gators diet consists primarily of southern picaninny, it tastes kind of like rabbit, but if it eats a healthy diet of Canadian Snowbird, it tastes more like pork. :D

[JohnQPublic]

Keep it away from the halibut

http://gold-silver.us/forum/showthread.php?72584-Talk-about-Haalibut-steaks