Hunters catch 15-foot gator on Florida ranch


A pair of Florida trappers got their biggest catch yet - a nearly 15-foot alligator.

Lee Lightsey and another hunter with Outwest Farms snared a nearly 15-foot gator on the Florida hunting ranch.

The gator was estimated to weigh about 800 pounds, according to CBS12.

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The hunters said the image shared to Facebook was not Photoshopped.

Still, the gator is not a record breaker for Florida.

The largest gator officially captured (by weight) weighed 1,043 pounds and was 13 feet 10 1/2 inches long, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.

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