# August West, how's the gator hunting by you?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 2, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-west-hows-the-gator-hunting-by-you/421290 "2007-10-02T18:56:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2007, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-west-hows-the-gator-hunting-by-you/421290/1 "2007-10-02T18:56:36Z")

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[http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=669295](http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=669295)

Four feet long! Those are the best size for eating!

Wisconsin gator! Nothing like it.

😃

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**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-west-hows-the-gator-hunting-by-you/421290/2 "2007-10-18T21:26:11Z")

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Sorry I missed this one, holy cow!

I heard the story on the local news but didn’t realize it was so close! They shot that gator less than half a mile from my house.

You know, one of my ducks went missing in mid-September, makes you wonder!

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**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-west-hows-the-gator-hunting-by-you/421290/3 "2007-10-18T23:11:58Z")

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How about 36 'gators over 7 feet and 30 'gators just under 7 feet in one hunting [weekend](http://www.sunherald.com/263/story/148449.html)? They caught two which were over 13 feet and one over 12 feet. I bet the tails were bigger than your 4-foot lizard. 😉

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-west-hows-the-gator-hunting-by-you/421290/4 "2007-10-18T23:54:30Z")

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Thank Og someone shot it before it multiplied in the sewers. :eek:

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**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2007, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-west-hows-the-gator-hunting-by-you/421290/5 "2007-10-18T23:58:56Z")

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Or in my root cellar!

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2007, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/august-west-hows-the-gator-hunting-by-you/421290/6 "2007-10-19T03:03:31Z")

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I’m amazed the DNR okayed this-- I hear they issues citations for just about anything. I remember a few years back, a pike or muskie chomped on a guy’s toe, and he had to go to an ER to get it off, and the DNR gave him a ticket for taking it out of season.