This alligator was found in Little Eagle Lake in Humphreys Co, MS. He weighed between 850-900 pounds and was 14 feet long. He was estimated to be over 50 years old.
Gator in Humphreys County....
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This alligator was found in Little Eagle Lake in Humphreys Co, MS. He weighed between 850-900 pounds and was 14 feet long. He was estimated to be over 50 years old.
or was getting into residential areas eating family pets, it shouldn't have been killed.......</p>
I went fishing with 3 friends about a month ago out at the refuge and I walked right up on a 9 or 10 footer.. He just turned his head and opened wide.. didnt run off or anything. scared the **** out of me forsure. I took a few pictures I'll have to find them.. I got about 5 feet from the sucker.</p>
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sack07 said:
When I was at STATE, me and some of my friends used to fish at the Refuge all the time. I never saw a gator. A few years later I saw pictures taken of gators at the Refuge and I was completely shocked. I never knew they were there.
The water was so low that they just all floated around in the middle of the lake. You could see 20 or so at the same time.
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I left Starkville in 1996, so I missed that period. We even used to walk through the woods to a back part of the lake to fish and I never saw one. I just wasn't paying attention. I never thought there would be gators that far north. I was wrong.
<span class="spnMessageText" id="msg"><font color="#191970" size="2">We have been down this road bout this gator already.
Drowned in a commercial gill net in Little Eagle Lake in Humphreys Co. 2 weeks ago.
It measured 11 feet 9 inches with some of its tail missing (I estimated about 12-14 inches). (14 feet long - nope!)
It was 63 inches in the belly with a little bloating due to the hot day. (7 foot around in the belly - nope!)
I believe it was 40 or 41 inches in the tail.
We estimated it weighed between 675-775 pounds.
Ricky FLynt
MDWFP Alligator Program Coordinator
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Drowned in a commercial gill net in Little Eagle Lake in Humphreys Co. 2 weeks ago.
It measured 11 feet 9 inches with some of its tail missing (I estimated about 12-14 inches). (14 feet long - nope!)
It was 63 inches in the belly with a little bloating due to the hot day. (7 foot around in the belly - nope!)
I believe it was 40 or 41 inches in the tail.
We estimated it weighed between 675-775 pounds.
Ricky FLynt
MDWFP Alligator Program Coordinator
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http://www.mdwfp.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=67837
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That's nothing, they've caught a couple in the ATL.
Had one last year that was hanging out on the Chattahoochee river, right at the I-285 bridge in Cobb county. Scared the hell out of a couple of flyfishermen, it did. GA DNR captured it and moved it south.
Then another one popped up a little further upstream even. AJC went nuts over it for a couple of weeks last summer...
Granted, neither of them were of a size, both well under 10'...
But still, how'd you like to be standing the water, waving your stick and turn around to see That floating behind you? Hmm??</p>
Had one last year that was hanging out on the Chattahoochee river, right at the I-285 bridge in Cobb county. Scared the hell out of a couple of flyfishermen, it did. GA DNR captured it and moved it south.
Then another one popped up a little further upstream even. AJC went nuts over it for a couple of weeks last summer...
Granted, neither of them were of a size, both well under 10'...
But still, how'd you like to be standing the water, waving your stick and turn around to see That floating behind you? Hmm??</p>
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