800 Pound Alligator Caught In Mississippi

[RAMROD 117,257]

It was well before dawn, and Will Thomas and his group of Mississippi hunters were trying to capture an alligator. They had no idea how big it was, only that it had given them all they could handle for seven hours in the Yazoo River. The hunters eventually dispatched the gator with a shotgun blast — after getting a noose around it in accordance with state law.

Eventually, after destroying almost all the equipment on the boat, the massive animal was brought to land early Saturday. Its measurements left the hunters astounded: They had landed a male alligator weighing 802.5 pounds and measuring 14 feet 3 inches long. Its length broke the state record as the longest alligator ever caught, according to the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (WFP).

The WFP confirmed the record-breaking alligator’s measurements, saying in a Facebook post that the animal had a belly girth of 66 inches and tail girth of 46.5 inches. The agency noted that the previous record for longest alligator harvested was set in 2017 with an animal that was 14 feet ¾ inches long.

The world record alligator length is 15 feet 9 inches, measured in 2014 in Alabama. Mississippi began offering seasons of alligator sport hunting in 2005. More than 950 alligator hunting tags were awarded in a lottery system to Mississippi hunters this year during the 10-day season, Arnett said. This year’s season began on Friday and ends on Labor Day.

The men donated the 340 pounds of alligator meat to Red Antler, which will give it to hunger shelters in need. Woods, the tag holder, will get the alligator’s head, and the others would be “doing something special with the skin,” Thomas said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/08/28/mississippi-alligator-800-pounds-14-feet/

 

FYI, Alligator hunting in Mississippi is allowed by special permit only. There are separate seasons for public waters and private lands.

[Roughhouse Dandy 13,701]

Poor thing 😢 

[Dennis 8,391]

I honestly hate how humans have a pass to treat certain wild animals inhumanely. Like if this was a dog being handled like this, people would be outraged.

The alligator looks in pain. They should restrain his mouth but not have him hanging like this especially when it weighs 800 pounds.

[ALGAYDO 35,182]

Gator should’ve had a feast. That’s all imma say to avoid WPs lol 

[Ricardo 8,141]

wow they must be so proud, maybe they should measure their dicks later