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turtle traps
Posted on 8/5/19 at 3:18 pm
Posted on 8/5/19 at 3:18 pm
Can someone please recommend a good turtle trap? They are overtaking our ponds. I tried building my own, but it hasn't worked out very well. Thanks in advance.
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Posted on 8/5/19 at 3:23 pm to ToroTiger
My neighbor modified some crab cages. Made the funnels bigger and sets them so that they aren’t completely submerged.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 3:26 pm to ToroTiger
Release a couple Mahi in your pond
Posted on 8/5/19 at 4:54 pm to ToroTiger
For redear turtles?
I've always wondered how those floating traps would work for them. Like this one: Floating trap
I'd think you could build something similar for way less than $300. Is this what you built?
You could probably build several and not come close to spending $300, actually. It's more of an example than any reco to purchase.
I've always wondered how those floating traps would work for them. Like this one: Floating trap
I'd think you could build something similar for way less than $300. Is this what you built?
You could probably build several and not come close to spending $300, actually. It's more of an example than any reco to purchase.
Posted on 8/5/19 at 5:03 pm to LakeviewYakker
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floating traps
They work. I know a guy who made one out of PVC and chicken wire with a 2x6 across the top. they just plop off into the cage. The only problem is getting it in and out of the water with 100 extra pounds of turtles in it. I catch the shite out of them in hoop traps when trying to catch snapping turtles. Floating traps really do work well though for basking turtles.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 10:22 am to tenfoe
Thanks everyone. I'm going to try to build a floating trap and see if that works. Should be a fairly inexpensive experiment.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 3:32 pm to ToroTiger
go with pvc for the floating trap. built one with landscaping timbers and it sunk just enough the turtles could crawl out.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 3:58 pm to GeauxBichGeaux
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o with pvc for the floating tra
the guy I saw who caught well had 4" pvc around the top, with a chicken wire cage hanging below the waterline. He had a board that went across the top where the turtles would crawl up over the cage to bask then plop down into the cage when they got off. He said if he had to do it again he'd have rigged up some wheels on the bottom because it would fill up with so many turtles it was tough to get it ashore before he bashed them in the head with a shovel.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 4:03 pm to tenfoe
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before he bashed them in the head with a shovel.
and i thought i was savage for using an 8lb sledge.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 4:20 pm to GeauxBichGeaux
I mean, a rifle is more fun. Looks like the guy on Rambo II that gets hit with the exploding broadhead.
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