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Any market for turtle shells?
Posted on 4/12/15 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 4/12/15 at 1:55 pm
My young son got a turtle net and caught 9 on his first day with it set out. We are on a private lake with a large turtle population and he was asked to thin them out.
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Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:45 pm to GO TIGERS GO
doubtful
Posted on 4/12/15 at 3:46 pm to GO TIGERS GO
You probably need a licence to sell...
Posted on 4/12/15 at 4:36 pm to GO TIGERS GO
There's a market for almost all turtles. I know a guy who gets $2-4 or so for medium-large sliders, cooters, map turtles, etc. I think they go to china for meat. He keeps them until he gets a couple hundred and a guy comes and picks them up from him.
Posted on 4/12/15 at 7:55 pm to GO TIGERS GO
as tenfoe says, you are probably best off selling them alive...
when I was young, I trapped furs during the winter and turtles during the summer for spending money...
the real money was in loggerheads and snappers, but they did give a few bucks for redears, etc...
I would check with anyone who buys furs or with your local fish market to find buyer for that kind of thing...
when I was young, I trapped furs during the winter and turtles during the summer for spending money...
the real money was in loggerheads and snappers, but they did give a few bucks for redears, etc...
I would check with anyone who buys furs or with your local fish market to find buyer for that kind of thing...
Posted on 4/12/15 at 9:03 pm to GO TIGERS GO
Not so much for the shells but the meat is easily in the $9 per pound range for pretty much any species that gets large enough to clean. Large soft shells can fetch in the $75-$100 range live.
Posted on 4/13/15 at 8:16 am to GO TIGERS GO
I'd seriously research the legality of selling them for food or as pets before you go doing that. Lemonade stand might be a better option to keep the little man out of trouble.
Posted on 5/8/15 at 3:53 pm to GO TIGERS GO
Didn't want to start a new thread, does anyone know if the bigass loggerhead or alligator snappers federally protected? I know I've seen pawpaw kill em and eat em, I didn't think they were protected at all.
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