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2015 gator harvest results
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frydaddy40
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Ya according that 2 have been killed in the state last year.
1 in zone 1a and 1 in zone 4
I think we all would have know? Don't yall
1 in zone 1a and 1 in zone 4
I think we all would have know? Don't yall
cowhornedspike
Senior Member
Zone 4 has some very large PRIVATE plantations with very large lakes (ponds) and many very large gators...you just can't get on any of those properties to hunt them. And they don't talk on here about what they kill very often.
frydaddy40
Banned
Those would have broken the state record. I would know.
Heck we all would know, it would have been in Gon mag.
Heck we all would know, it would have been in Gon mag.
frydaddy40
Banned
tallen92
Member
It was in the gon.
tallen92
Member
How big was yours?
arrendale8105
Senior Member
Your absolutely right about all the private land and plantations. I know a lot of people and hunt on some of them but 14ft? I'm with frydaddy that I'm pretty sure I'd have heard about a monster that size especially that it would have been a record. I know it's possible for it to happen and not hear but highly unlikely IMO. Ive also been told about several "13" footers that when we went and scouted were more like 10-11. Extremely nice gators but a lot of times they're like bass and hogs when people start talking size. I'd sure like to see a true 14 footer I know that!
arrendale8105
Senior Member
11' on the nose with part of his tail missing.
GDAWG84
Senior Member
If you think about it, someone would be in violation of regulations if they didnt report it since every gator harvested has o be validated by dnr personnel to be legal....and I think the current record is 13'9 iirc...I guess it is possible for a gator to be validated and legal but not reported to gon?
Actually they only verify the hide with the CITES tag by the due date. They check the sheet you filled out when you harvested it and if you fudged on the length by a little bit they wouldn't know. However I'm guessing for the official record you'd have to have someone from DNR verify the tape while the animal is still whole. I'm thinking it's unlikely that anyone put 14ft of tape on a gator and not even as much as a Facebook photo of it went around
ryan_beasley
Senior Member
Frydaddy can correct me if I am wrong, but I think for the CITES tag you can use the measurement of the hide ONLY and that is what Greg Waters uses for his measurements. Frydaddy also was the one that issued my CITES tag whole at 12'10", but the hide measured 14'1" when skinned and we pulled it tight for measurement. HUGE difference when you're talking about the gator whole or just the hide!
tallen92
Member
Nice!!! Ours was 10 with tail missing.... Something bigger is out there.
frydaddy40
Banned
There should
There should be a picture then. tallen92
Ok if someone killed a record alligator in zone 4 they
would have had it measured by Dnr for the state record.
Come on guy lets get real hear.
And yes it has to be measured it tack ( whole ) by Dnr
to make it official.
Can't just measure the hide.
There should be a picture then. tallen92
Ok if someone killed a record alligator in zone 4 they
would have had it measured by Dnr for the state record.
Come on guy lets get real hear.
And yes it has to be measured it tack ( whole ) by Dnr
to make it official.
Can't just measure the hide.
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tallen92
Member
I agree with the picture but the article was in gon frydaddy.
frydaddy40
Banned
According the those stats, there was a 169" gator killed in 1 A.
That's 14 .083333333' another record gator.
Two 14' gator in one season, Gon would be all over that.
That's 14 .083333333' another record gator.
Two 14' gator in one season, Gon would be all over that.
frydaddy40
Banned
You try
I searched for it can't find it. You give it a try.
I'd like to read it.
If ya got time?
I searched for it can't find it. You give it a try.
I'd like to read it.
If ya got time?
Michael
Senior Member
mossyoakpro
Senior Member
WOW....my 10 footer looks small now 
