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Hunters Nab Massive Gator in Central Florida

It was "the largest gator we have ever killed in the wild," the hunting group said

Some alligator hunters in central Florida fell just short of a record with a monster catch.

Outwest Farms in Venus, near Okeechobee, posted a photo to Facebook of a nearly 15-foot-long gator killed over the weekend.

The alligator was so big they had to use a front-end loader to lift it up. The record for the longest alligator captured in Florida is a little over 17 feet.

The animal was "the largest gator we have ever killed in the wild," part of a guided alligator hunt on Saturday, Outwest wrote in the Facebook post's caption.

 
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