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that would be a sweet wall mount
Holy crap, that thing's friggin awesome! wish we had some here in MN
Uh, did you mean sweet and EXPENSIVE wall Mount?I would do it anyways!
what would you have to do drop a couple grand? thats chump change.Or you could do it yourself
To do this mount by yourself, you would need time and space. My wife assisted with the "stuffing" (ah, thought you would get me with a mount joke eh?) of a gator that was in the area of 18' if I recall correctly. It is in the Columbus Georgia Museum. They used an engine hoist just to lift the head, as it weighed over 200 pounds. They dried the hide ontop of the roof cause it was so big. I see similar requirements here if it were done at home. Big vats for chemicals etc...Pay the chump change!
Am I the only one who thinks its a shame to kill something like that...I am a bowhunter also so I have no problem with bowfishing, ( for carp ). Think how old that thing was...not that your gonna eat it. No offense to the guys who did it....or would. I was just curious if anybody else is as big an "old woman" as me
nonsense, Minnesota would be fine if they had gator gar, minnesota is loaded with longnose and shortnosed gar and you seem to be doing just fine. gator gar are al over texas and the fishing doesnt seem to be affected.any gator gar over 300 pounds would be record breaking for rod and reel, a shame these it had to get shot and yanked ashore lifeless. I know for a fact those gar are not a tricky target. 99% of the time gar arent even moving when they are shot, and even when they are moving they sluggishly cruise just beneath the surface. Rod and reel would be an impressive way to land that. regardless nice fish.~Neal
Non-sense? I would ask first how well you understand the predator/prey balance in Minnesota? The other Gars you refer to are relatively tiny cousins, and may require 30-40 individuals to equal one Gator Gar. The other Gars are generally not capable of devouring large Pike, Muskie and Walleye, the breeders of the population. This 300 pounder would require serious nutrition to maintain that weight, and would likely become the dominate predator in the system, completely changing the ecology of the water systems it might inhabit.A warm water, year round system in Texas is completely different than a iced-over, sensitive system in Minnesota. The attitude of "non-sense, Minnesota would be fine" does not sound scientific, proffessional or based on any kind of sound facts. Imagine that species of Gar foraging on Perch, Pike and Walleye and some Muskie? And how many of these species exist in the same waters in Texas as the Gator Gar? Maybe the Gator Gar is one of the reasons these waters lack any substantial population of edible game fish mentioned prior. You say the fishing has not been effected in Texas? How would it be without Gator Gar? When were they introduced, or have they always been there? Any studies on the impact of the Giant Gator being introduced into waters previously un-inhabited by Gator Gars? Lots of questions to answer before jumping to conclusions. If a tiny mussel, Ruffe or piece of weed can devastate or completely change an eco-system, then don't be surprised if the 300 pound Gator Gar could also have a negative effect.
I wonder if they could be trained to eat Golbys,and Zebra mussels,and other crap that comes in with the shipping.
You think they could be trained to eat all the rock bass?
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