(WHDH) — An Oklahoma man bowfishing with his relatives caught a nearly 7-foot-long fish over the weekend.

Zachary Sutterfield harvested a  6 foot, 9-inch alligator gar weighing about 170 pounds from Lake Texoma.

He allowed a biologist to come and gather data from the prehistoric fish for research.

 

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