A Gator Tale

Mon. morning after we got through fishing, I stopped by the office of Twitley Branch Campground at Okatibbee Res. to talk to a buddy, Randal, who works there. He told me a story I wanted to share. He said that on Sat. morning, two couples were drinking coffee outside their campers and were watching a doe walk around the campground. She walked over to the water to get a drink and a large alligator grabbed her by the head and started spinning to break her neck. He then swam off with her. They reported it to Randal and he didn't know whether to believe it or not. The following morning, Randal unlocked the front gate of the campground at 6 am and drove down to Collinsville landing to just look around. He found a deer's body, (minus the head), next to the bank. He called the game warden who showed up about an hour later. While they were looking at the dead deer, a large gator swam across the cove from the campground area and started to eat on the deer. The game warden called his boss in Jackson and he was told to "take him out". The gator was shot and he was over 10 ft long and weighed between 250 and 300 lbs..

Wow.... Make ya think twice bout swimmin in there. We have some gators on the oxbow lakes and it def will get nerves on edge when on is spotted

Quick, call the warden and see if you can get the meat....Then call Slabo. He's bound to have a recipe and we got a fall camp coming up.

Wannabe...

i got a good recipe for gator,,,it's called sothunfried gator!,,,lol