Hunting team catches 844-pound ‘Snaggletooth’ after 4-year pursuit

Hunting team catches 844-pound 'Snaggletooth' after 4-year pursuit. James Powel USA TODAY.

Key points

• The firm stated in a Facebook post that the alligator measured 14 feet when it was caught but measured 13 feet, 8 inches the after day.
• According to ABC affiliate WJCL, the measurements were not independently verified by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources.
• An 844 pound gator nicknamed "Snaggletooth" is finally caught after a hunter spent four years tracking the massive reptile.
• Poplin informed the Post and Courier that he had been hunting "Snaggletooth" for concerning four years.
• It is the second-largest alligator ever caught in the state, according to the Charleston Post and Courier.

Hunting team catches 844-pound 'Snaggletooth' after 4-year pursuit. James Powel USA TODAY. See giant alligator 'Snaggletooth' captured after years-long hunt.

Meanwhile, an 844 pound gator nicknamed "Snaggletooth" is finally caught after a hunter spent four years tracking the massive reptile.

In practice, a hunting crew in South Carolina had a "hold on to your butts" moment.

Cole Poplin of Renegade Bowfishing led a four-man team that captured the 844-pound alligator from Lake Moultrie in South Carolina, regarding 50 miles north of Charleston, late on Sept. 28. It is the second-largest alligator ever caught in the state, according to the Charleston Post and Courier.

Poplin informed the Post and Courier that he had been hunting "Snaggletooth" for concerning four years. He informed NewsNation that he had seen the alligator "six or seven times."

"They're hard to come by, hard to find even if you know where he's at, " Poplin informed NewsNation.

He informed the Post and Courier that he often saw "Snaggletooth" outside of alligator hunting season but spotted him during the season. It runs from the second Saturday of September to the second Saturday of October.

"I'm hunting gators every single night, taking clients out every single night, " Polin informed the Post and Courier. "Four years later, we have a magical night, and he just happened to slip up and make a mistake, and we made it count." USA TODAY reached out to Renegade Bowfishing for comment. 'The last of the dinosaurs'.

Meanwhile, the firm stated in a Facebook post that the alligator measured 14 feet when it was caught but measured 13 feet, 8 inches the after day. The firm stated it would still consider "Snaggletooth" 14 feet long, attributing the difference to rigor mortis and the body being iced for transport. "That's how he swam around the lake, " the post remarked.

In an interview with Fox News, Poplin called the alligator "the last of the dinosaurs."

Notably, the only alligator larger than "Snaggletooth" captured in South Carolina was a 1, 025-pound, 13-foot alligator caught by Maryellen Mara-Christian in 2010, additionally at Lake Moultrie, according to the Post and Courier. Share your feedback to support improve our site!

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