One of the reasons that Gopher Tortoises are scarce in N. W. Florida is they were eaten in the Great Deppression. My Grandmother called them Hoover Chickens...LOL Strange but true. My Grandma told me many a story about "gopher pulling" trips to eat. The women caught Gophers and the men hunted deer, hogs, squirrels, rabbits, gators and just about anything that moved because they were HONGREY...
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Tom Crutchfield
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