I get what yall are saying, but the man is 100% outdoors man and 100% did the right thing, not because he let it go and not because he didn't kill it. He did the only right thing by not killing it since he wasnt sure what to do with it. It was correct to either let it go or kill and eat but not to kill it and not use the meat for it's purpose. Since when did outdoorsmen stop supporting killing and eating in a non excessive, non wasteful manner? There are way to many people out there killing and wasting great food for you all to campaign against for us to knit pick whether it's right on not to take one turtle. Alx is right, it's not about the age.

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Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt

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Posted on 4/9/14 at 7:58 am to Langston

This whole thread is dumb

If you don't want to kill/eat the turtle than don't. Just give it to me and I'll release it for you.

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Posted by tenfoe

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Posted on 4/9/14 at 8:28 am to Langston

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It was correct to either let it go or kill and eat but not to kill it and not use the meat for it's purpose.

Agreed. I have no problem with someone killing a big turtle to eat. There is no concrete way to know how old those turtles actually are, unless it was a mark/recapture or grown in captivity. The few studies that have been done on alligator snapping turtles show most grow to 30-35lbs in the first 8 years of life. Once they reach this age the growth rates vary from very slow to very rapid, based on a number of factors that are impossible to calculate for wild-caught turtles. You can generalize and say a 75lb turtle is older than a 25lb turtle, but to walk around saying all big turtles like that are 100yrs old is an ignorant thing to do. There are a lot more big turtles like that in the southeastern US than people believe.

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