Dave what page is this from? I will get the images from it if you are having problems getting them from there to here 
23 foot gator I JUST GOTTA SEE IT! LOL
23 foot gator I JUST GOTTA SEE IT! LOL
Holy crap!!!!
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Subject: Fw: Near Sebring, FL.....They grow them big down here!!
This picture was taken by a Lifeflight helicopter flying over Lake Istokpoga ,
(For those of you who are not local, Lake Istokpoga is near Sebring, Fl.)
That has to be a HUGE gator to have a whole deer in its mouth!
Are you ready to go fishing on Lake Istokpoga ?!
If you ski -- try not to fall.
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Date: Mon, 1 Aug, 2006 06:14:24 -0500
The alligator was found between Lake
Istokpoga and Pinedale estates... near a house ,
Game Wardens were forced to shoot the
alligator- guess he wouldn't cooperate.
Jayne and Don Hobkirk could hear
the bellowing in the night.
Their neighbors had been telling them
that they had seen a mammoth alligator
in the Lake that runs behind their house,
but they dismissed the stories as being exaggerations.
"I didn't believe it," Don Hobkirk said.
Friday they realized the stories were,
if anything, understated.
Florida Game and Parks game wardens
had to shoot the beast...
Joe Goff, 6' 5" tall, a game warden with the Florida Game and Parks Commission, walks past the 23-foot, one inch alligator that he shot and killed in the back yard of Jayne & Don Hobkirk...
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This picture was taken by a Lifeflight helicopter flying over Lake Istokpoga ,
(For those of you who are not local, Lake Istokpoga is near Sebring, Fl.)
That has to be a HUGE gator to have a whole deer in its mouth!
Are you ready to go fishing on Lake Istokpoga ?!
If you ski -- try not to fall.
Date: Mon, 1 Aug, 2006 06:14:24 -0500
The alligator was found between Lake
Istokpoga and Pinedale estates... near a house ,
Game Wardens were forced to shoot the
alligator- guess he wouldn't cooperate.
Jayne and Don Hobkirk could hear
the bellowing in the night.
Their neighbors had been telling them
that they had seen a mammoth alligator
in the Lake that runs behind their house,
but they dismissed the stories as being exaggerations.
"I didn't believe it," Don Hobkirk said.
Friday they realized the stories were,
if anything, understated.
Florida Game and Parks game wardens
had to shoot the beast...
Joe Goff, 6' 5" tall, a game warden with the Florida Game and Parks Commission, walks past the 23-foot, one inch alligator that he shot and killed in the back yard of Jayne & Don Hobkirk...
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ok there we go. I got the pix and put em up
But... I have sad news
When I went searching for this article to get the pix (before I knew Dave was emailin them to me hehe I ran across the article and this article followed it up. It woudl ahev been awesome to know a 23 foot gator existed.. but I gotta tell ya... I feel a lil safer now knowing that when I am in my 14 foot aluminum jon boat on Santee Cooper I wont have to worry about running into a 23 foot gator LOL
But... I have sad news
When I went searching for this article to get the pix (before I knew Dave was emailin them to me hehe I ran across the article and this article followed it up. It woudl ahev been awesome to know a 23 foot gator existed.. but I gotta tell ya... I feel a lil safer now knowing that when I am in my 14 foot aluminum jon boat on Santee Cooper I wont have to worry about running into a 23 foot gator LOL
:rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1: :rofl1:TampaCountryBoy said:
i see someone hates jetskiiers as much as I do
I haven't fished the refuge...
Have you ever fished Kingfisher? I saw several gators over there.
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