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re: Turtles Two Thousand & Thirteen (2013)
Posted on 4/28/13 at 5:37 pm to W
Posted on 4/28/13 at 5:37 pm to W
quote:
A 75# turtle has around 30-35# of meat.
To me, letting one walk that size is like letting a $400 bill walk.
The original plan was to eat, but then we decided he's probably over a hundred yrs old and we released him into my friends pond. We see him often sooo if we every get real hungry for turtle, we know where to look.
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Posted on 4/28/13 at 5:57 pm to SmackoverHawg
quote:THAT is what I'm looking to catch. Nice! In a net?
Had to show off this hoss we caught a few weeks ago.
Posted on 4/28/13 at 6:01 pm to Geauxtiga
quote:
THAT is what I'm looking to catch. Nice! In a net?
Nah...actually we were 4 wheeler riding and come up on him on the edge of a big mudhole.
Posted on 4/28/13 at 6:06 pm to SmackoverHawg
Looks like a Common snapping turtle. I didn't think they even got THAT big. I hear there are a lot of turtles in cow ponds in Arky.
Some friends who have with cattle people somewhere up there have told me stories about the Arkansas guys going pull them some out of the cow ponds at will to take home.
Some friends who have with cattle people somewhere up there have told me stories about the Arkansas guys going pull them some out of the cow ponds at will to take home.
Posted on 4/28/13 at 6:10 pm to Geauxtiga
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Looks like a Common snapping turtle. I didn't think they even got THAT big. I hear there are a lot of turtles in cow ponds in Arky.
Some friends who have with cattle people somewhere up there have told me stories about the Arkansas guys going pull them some out of the cow ponds at will to take home.
Game and fish said it was an alligator snapping turtle. We thought common cuz of the shell. We got turned in for having it. We had to catch it again to show'em it was still alive. The shell didn't look like one to me. The head did. Maybe it's a hybrid? Biggest common snapper I've caught was about 45lbs.
Posted on 4/28/13 at 6:12 pm to Geauxtiga
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Some friends who have with cattle people somewhere up there have told me stories about the Arkansas guys going pull them some out of the cow ponds at will to take home.
Yep and alot of little back water ponds. I used to paint timberlines for Deltic so I found alot of secret fishing/turtle holes.
Posted on 4/28/13 at 6:19 pm to SmackoverHawg
quote:EXACTLY what threw me. The head definitely looks like one but he smoothness of the shell made me think otherwise.
The shell didn't look like one to me. The head did.
quote:Hi yella, chocolate brown...it don't matta when the sun go down!
Maybe it's a hybrid?
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We had to catch it again to show'em it was still alive.
How'd you do that, exactly? I would've told one to put his hand near his mouth if he needed proof it was alive.
Posted on 4/28/13 at 6:22 pm to Geauxtiga
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How'd you do that, exactly? I would've told one to put his hand near his mouth if he needed proof it was alive.
We had been tipped that there was a rat in our 4 wheeler group (it was a big group). We put it in a little pond in my friends backyard. They told G and F that we shot it and ate it. So we pulled his arse out and showed 'em. That's when they said it was an alligator snapper. Threatened to ticket us for harrassing wildlife. Sheriff intervened though. It was a bunch of bullshite.
Posted on 4/28/13 at 6:24 pm to Geauxtiga
quote:
The shell didn't look like one to me. The head did.
EXACTLY what threw me. The head definitely looks like one but he smoothness of the shell made me think otherwise.
quote:
Even the tongue was like both. Our indecisiveness is what saved it's arse. Had there not been a bunch of witnesses to it's capture, he'd probably be in ma belly by now.
Posted on 4/28/13 at 6:34 pm to Geauxtiga
Friggin' interesting as hell!. I've never known how to prep a turtle like that (and always wanted to try). Thanks so much for sharing Geauxtiga! 
Posted on 4/28/13 at 6:47 pm to Geauxtiga
I wanna make an etoufee with my next one. Seems like it'd be damn good. Problem is that those f$%kers aren't easy to come by.
Posted on 4/28/13 at 9:38 pm to SmackoverHawg
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Sheriff intervened though. It was a bunch of bullshite.
I wondered why so much hassle.
Now I know (ARKY TURTLE REG):
quote:
34.09 TAKING OR POSSESSION OF ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLES PROHIBITED It is unlawful to kill, take, attempt to take, or possess alligator snapping turtles, their eggs or other parts from the wild
Very different from LA regs.
With a basic freshwater fishing license, residents can harvest one alligator snapper and unlimited common snappers each day. No size limits.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 1:56 pm to W
What bait are you using in your hoop net to catch the snappers?
Posted on 4/29/13 at 2:24 pm to TigerPimpNationTrank
I use chicken gizzards.
But I use a trot line method.
Geauxtiga and tenfoe use hoops. They would have better answers.
But I use a trot line method.
Geauxtiga and tenfoe use hoops. They would have better answers.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 5:57 pm to TigerPimpNationTrank
Artificial crawfish bait.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 6:08 pm to TigerPimpNationTrank
quote:
What bait are you using in your hoop net to catch the snappers?
Catfish heads. They stay together better than anything else. I've also caught them on deer roasts, nasty homemade sausage someone gave me, a rooster that kept scratching my mawmaw's car, and an armadillo.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 6:09 pm to tenfoe
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nasty homemade sausage someone gave me, a rooster that kept scratching my mawmaw's car, and an armadillo.
Posted on 4/29/13 at 8:05 pm to tenfoe
I use my fish guts to bait my holes. Then I use cut fish or chicken livers to bait with.
Posted on 5/9/13 at 8:18 pm to Geauxtiga
Well I caught my biggest one yet. 15lbs.
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