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11ft gator illegally killed #5735686 05/09/15 04:14 AM
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Saw this guys original post bragging on Facebook
http://www.myfoxaustin.com/story/2901974...alligator-death

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Re: 11ft gator illegally killed [Re: tannerlst] #5735704 05/09/15 04:52 AM
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That happened a lil south of where I live.The gators been there a while.said they caught it while cat fishing the dummies just should of cut the line.

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I caught one on a Zara spook. it was 5 ft long and put up one hell of a fight. I let it go. Used big pliers to remove hooks

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Re: 11ft gator illegally killed [Re: tannerlst] #5737641 05/10/15 07:24 PM
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that sucks, always enjoyed watching them upriver


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Re: 11ft gator illegally killed [Re: tannerlst] #5737868 05/10/15 11:07 PM
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I saw them up there years ago

Re: 11ft gator illegally killed [Re: tannerlst] #5737910 05/10/15 11:38 PM
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I don't have any reason to have them around. Especially that size. Early teal is scary enough with a dog from a snake pov much less a huge gator like that.


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Re: 11ft gator illegally killed [Re: tannerlst] #5738705 05/11/15 02:35 PM
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I have no tolerance for any and all forms of poaching. You can argue whether or not you want them there, can't argue these guys broke the law.

Re: 11ft gator illegally killed [Re: TxAg] #5738713 05/11/15 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted By: TxAg
I have no tolerance for any and all forms of poaching. You can argue whether or not you want them there, can't argue these guys broke the law.


Agreed, poaching is just like lying and stealing. Your either honest and your word means something or it dosen't!


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Sucks... people like this will ruin the open season for the ones following the rules.

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I got to see that gator up close and personal. I was at my taxi picking up a mount when the GW brought it in to get the head mounted. I've never been up close to a gator (other than at a zoo) but that thing was a monster!

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Originally Posted By: TxAg
I have no tolerance for any and all forms of poaching. You can argue whether or not you want them there, can't argue these guys broke the law.


I don't know all of the circumstances on this one but I call bs on this statement. I would bet you break laws on a regular basis. Maybe only traffic laws but it's easy to justify fuzzing up the line when you are in a situation.

I will have to disagree with you on this one. If it were a deer out of season or on someone else property I would see it different. Some things just aren't right to have to deal with. Like the "reintroduction" of wolves. Devastating deer and elk herds, killing hundreds of domestic livestock and costing tax payers millions and for what? Some political bs bunny huggers. Same with the gators. If it was in a place where I hunt I would want it dead. Were they stupid to put it on social media? Yep. But just like all the SSS threads you see on here about stray and feral dogs, sometimes you have to do what needs to be done.


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Re: 11ft gator illegally killed [Re: tannerlst] #5739024 05/11/15 05:56 PM
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you big dummies!



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I know property owners there....they have been watchin that gator grow up for years....those nimrods need more that a Class-A misdemeanor! Jackarses!


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I got to see that gator up close and personal. I was at my taxi picking up a mount when the GW brought it in to get the head mounted. I've never been up close to a gator (other than at a zoo) but that thing was a monster!

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Caught one this weekend on a trotline at a public lake, guess there is a first time for everything! He was hooked on the edge of the mouth, so i took my gaff and jerked the hook and it came loose. I've been thinking about setting a line for one on a friends land. They have several good sized ones on his private lake. The lake is choked in with trees and brush, so may have to spray and make a trail first. Its a noncore county, so its pretty simple to harvest one. Just cant make up my mind if i want to fight making that trail, as the place has no cows on it, so its extremely thick around it.

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To anybody that doesn't have a problem with this:

You do not get to decide which laws are worth following. If you break a law, whether you agree with it or not, you are a lawbreaker and subject to the proper punishment.

You can't say "well if it was a deer out of season" or "if they were trespassing." It doesn't work like that. Laws are laws.

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Originally Posted By: passthru
Originally Posted By: TxAg
I have no tolerance for any and all forms of poaching. You can argue whether or not you want them there, can't argue these guys broke the law.


I don't know all of the circumstances on this one but I call bs on this statement. I would bet you break laws on a regular basis. Maybe only traffic laws but it's easy to justify fuzzing up the line when you are in a situation.

I will have to disagree with you on this one. If it were a deer out of season or on someone else property I would see it different. Some things just aren't right to have to deal with. Like the "reintroduction" of wolves. Devastating deer and elk herds, killing hundreds of domestic livestock and costing tax payers millions and for what? Some political bs bunny huggers. Same with the gators. If it was in a place where I hunt I would want it dead. Were they stupid to put it on social media? Yep. But just like all the SSS threads you see on here about stray and feral dogs, sometimes you have to do what needs to be done.


It's illegal period. No fudging room. Illegal. hanged


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Originally Posted By: rattler03
To anybody that doesn't have a problem with this:

You do not get to decide which laws are worth following. If you break a law, whether you agree with it or not, you are a lawbreaker and subject to the proper punishment.

You can't say "well if it was a deer out of season" or "if they were trespassing." It doesn't work like that. Laws are laws.


You obviously do not understand the reach of federal statues. If you do not think you are breaking laws everyday, then you either naive or well..... Read Three Felonies a Day and get back to me.

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Originally Posted By: bobsumner
Originally Posted By: rattler03
To anybody that doesn't have a problem with this:

You do not get to decide which laws are worth following. If you break a law, whether you agree with it or not, you are a lawbreaker and subject to the proper punishment.

You can't say "well if it was a deer out of season" or "if they were trespassing." It doesn't work like that. Laws are laws.


You obviously do not understand the reach of federal statues. If you do not think you are breaking laws everyday, then you either naive or well..... Read Three Felonies a Day and get back to me.


Now that's funny rofl How long is your rap sheet. popcorn


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Yes it was illegal. Not debating that. Just said I'm not unhappy the thing is dead.


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Originally Posted By: SheepHunter

Now that's funny rofl How long is your rap sheet. popcorn


Not really funny, sad in reality, but you are oblivious to the facts as they exist today. Beriya said "Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime." That is what the US has become.

As for me, going through and extended FBI background check now, that I fully expect to pass. I however have no delusions on what the govt criminalize. You obviously live in a vacuum.

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