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Poodleone

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Jun 27, 2006
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Kerens, Texas
This was in the local paper here in East Texas yesterday- I didn't know they got this big (or Old!) either
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Palestine resident David James stands beside the almost 13-foot, 800-pound alligator he killed while hunting at Koon Kreek Club, a private hunting club located about 8 miles south of Athens, May 26. The gator, estimated to be between 60 and 70 years old, is the biggest alligator killed at Koon Kreek since 1902. James father, Dr. Barry James, and his brothers Scott and Jeff James helped kill and bring in the alligator.
Courtesy Photo / The Palestine Herald

 

Miss Kitty

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Jun 10, 2005
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:yikes: ...I've been to Koon Kreek before. That's a mega gator!
 
Every good math teacher should be teaching about phi. There are many examples of phi in nature as well as (hu)man-made things which we use daily. I just thought about paper sizes, and realize that Ledger size (11"x17") paper and 3"x5" photo paper, are based on phi.
Even the ratio of the width to height of all credit cards equals Phi (which is 1 plus the square root of 5 divided by 2). The best website on the subject is http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/. Another interesting one regarding the face is http://goldennumber.net/face.htm.

Back on thread. Here's another big gator found in Florida.
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Smiling JOe

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Nov 18, 2004
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Well folks, Alligator Hunting Season opens Aug 15, in Florida. Buy your permits and get busy if the Gators bother you or if you want that "24 ft long trophy" in Western Lake, but remember to follow the laws when shooting around residential property.


My hunting rule of thumb is that if you cannot haul it out of the woods by yourself, you shouldn't kill it. What is up with all of the these backhoes and forklifts to raise the kills?
 
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Unplugged

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Jul 31, 2005
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just back from week one of three this summer in grayton, on saturday 6/9/07 around 0700 i happend to see a six to eight foot gator in western lake. I first noticed it in the middle of the lake and then it slowly swan over to the opposite back (the state park side) I have seen gators in eastern lake but this was my first in western. anybody else seen it?
Got any pics??? :dunno:
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