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    Posted: 01 Nov 2011 at 5:33am
A 14' gator needs a lot of meat!  One that big could easily eat a man.  Most of them that you see would only be around 10' to 12' at most.   That little guy I posted has to watch out for the big ones or they become a meal.

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good grief, if they can eat a deer, even the smaller ones in Florida, they could constrict and kill and eat a human, no walks for me in the Everglades. I saw a special on animal planet or discovery about the problems with gators, Burmeise Pythons that have been released and Nutrina's up here its too cold for a lot of critters, our white tail deer get bigger to make it through the winter, Doe's 120 to 150 lbs are common and Bucks over 250 lbs are not unusual, I do not want to see a gator that can eat a 275 lb 10 point buck. watch where you step down there.
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They would never survive the winter up there.  But some people will be jerks and turn something like that loose.  They would thrive all summer.  Plenty to eat because the animals don't expect a gator to be in the water.

There was a story just last week in the news down here about a python swallowing a deer.   We have a real problem in south FL with them.  People threw them out when they got to big and they are multiplying.  The forest service says that in time they will displace the gator in the everglades.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 31 Oct 2011 at 5:23pm
Originally posted by dsmiths

David, don't know if you saw it in the paper, but about 2 years ago a woman about 5 miles west of Corydon Ind that lived near Indian creek told her husband she saw a gator in Indian creek, he went down there and caught that gator, it was cool and it could not move very fast, it was 3 feet long, local DNR said was probably a pet someone released after tiring of it.  I fish about 1.5 miles east of where they caught the gator, I watch where I put my feet when wade fishing Indian creek now Shocked
 
I don't remember that story but, I don't blame you for being careful!!!
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Terry, i will get you a name in Okeechobee that sell gator,jumbo frog legs, and good kooter (turtle)and get it to you,   rex pHp stuart fla.


Thanks!  I might be able to get some ribs etc.  There is a restaurant down around the glades that is kind of famous for there gator ribs.  Or at least there used to be.  These days you don't know from one day till the next who will still be open.  Like I said I can get ribs from LA but that just ain't right!  That is like living in TX and ordering steak from some other state!

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David, don't know if you saw it in the paper, but about 2 years ago a woman about 5 miles west of Corydon Ind that lived near Indian creek told her husband she saw a gator in Indian creek, he went down there and caught that gator, it was cool and it could not move very fast, it was 3 feet long, local DNR said was probably a pet someone released after tiring of it.  I fish about 1.5 miles east of where they caught the gator, I watch where I put my feet when wade fishing Indian creek now Shocked
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Terry, i will get you a name in Okeechobee that sell gator,jumbo frog legs, and good kooter (turtle)and get it to you,   rex pHp stuart fla.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 30 Oct 2011 at 4:40am
Cool pictures but....I'm glad we don't have those around here! Smile
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I havent seen any of those bad boys in Minnesota except at the zoo. I didnt know people ate them I thought they made boots and wallets out of them.
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Terry, I take it then that gator hunting must be illegal in Florida?  (Wow - what a contrast to the snowstorm in the NE!)
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