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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: Kirk De]
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07/12/15 03:22 PM
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Mountain View, AR
ShaneT
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The biggest killers of turtles are not the trapper. It is coon, otter, and crows.
One family of coon will destroy more turtle eggs in their lifetime, reducing potential turtles than a trapper would catch in his lifetime.
Otter will bite the heads off of turtles just for the fun of it. Why don,t they make open season on otter and coon with no limits, if they are so concerned. Allow the killing of crows with no restriction, if they want to protect them.
If the states DNR really wanted to raise turtle numbers, there would be a strong push and support for trapping. Even a bounty system on coon in summer during turtle nesting season. Right on Kirk. I honestly believe wildlife regs are more about appeasing a few lefties then sound management. Either that are the governmemt doesn't want folks earning a living off the land because it takes control away from them.
"Good Lord, thank you for your endless bounty. Lord please give me the strength to gather what I need"
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: mousie]
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07/12/15 03:28 PM
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Ohio
Sweet Pea
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I agree with Kirk due to nest raiding. Big fish also eat them as I skin fish with them in their stomachs.
Bighead Taxidermy....You Kill It, I Mount It.
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: mousie]
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07/12/15 03:42 PM
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Ohio
Minker
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i've found small turtles in bull frog stomachs.
SHaneT , how you fix your softshell turtle's , the same way as snappers or different ?
no one i know eats them or ever did .
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: Kirk De]
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07/12/15 03:44 PM
07/12/15 03:44 PM
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havelock, NC
Rye
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The biggest killers of turtles are not the trapper. It is coon, otter, and crows.
One family of coon will destroy more turtle eggs in their lifetime, reducing potential turtles than a trapper would catch in his lifetime.
Otter will bite the heads off of turtles just for the fun of it. Why don,t they make open season on otter and coon with no limits, if they are so concerned. Allow the killing of crows with no restriction, if they want to protect them.
If the states DNR really wanted to raise turtle numbers, there would be a strong push and support for trapping. Even a bounty system on coon in summer during turtle nesting season. Round here car tires put a good hurting on them too!
"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first. "
--Mark Twain.
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: Minker]
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07/12/15 05:29 PM
07/12/15 05:29 PM
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Mountain View, AR
ShaneT
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i've found small turtles in bull frog stomachs.
SHaneT , how you fix your softshell turtle's , the same way as snappers or different ?
no one i know eats them or ever did . Yup, same way. Just let them purge longer and better not miss any of the fat when prepping them. I have ended up.selling everyone I have caught so far this season. I catch a lot of alligator snappers and can't sell them so we just eat the biggest and I turn the rest loose.
"Good Lord, thank you for your endless bounty. Lord please give me the strength to gather what I need"
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: mousie]
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07/12/15 10:50 PM
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central mn
rats4me
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No doubt about the nest predation, coons and skunks up here probably get in the the neighborhood of 80 to 90 percent. I am sure they can pick up the turtles trail from the waters edge and follow it right to the nest.
Even a blind chicken gets some corn
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: Kirk De]
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07/14/15 04:34 PM
07/14/15 04:34 PM
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Ohio
Sweet Pea
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I think I paid 115$ for the nets.
Usually ran 20 nets twice a day. Used 30" and 36" nets. Never experienced a down turn in turtle numbers and never saw another turtle trapper while trapping.
Restrictions are too great now for me. State ruined what was a good thing for all.
$115 for a Hoop net seems fairly high, Kirk. Who sells those ?
Bighead Taxidermy....You Kill It, I Mount It.
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: Sweet Pea]
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07/14/15 06:45 PM
07/14/15 06:45 PM
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Georgia
Kirk De
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$115 for a Hoop net seems fairly high, Kirk. Who sells those ?
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: mousie]
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07/23/15 02:49 PM
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Ohio
Sweet Pea
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Thanks Kirk !
Thanks beaverfoot !
(If you are a member on face book,) Check out my new site on f.b. , American Turtler lots of new pics,(just added abour 100 and hopefully with what we share, many new ideas and concepts to help trappers be better at catching even more turtles.
Bighead Taxidermy....You Kill It, I Mount It.
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: ShaneT]
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07/23/15 04:27 PM
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Louisiana
Aix sponsa
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I catch a lot of alligator snappers and can't sell them so we just eat the biggest and I turn the rest loose.
We better enjoy them while we can...yesterday on the front page of the Lake Charles American Press newspaper there was an article about them. It said that the state is trying to restock juvenile alligator snapping turtles by the hundreds in order to avoid them being put on the Endangered Species List in 2017. I don't know which, if any, states still allow recreational take of the A.S.T., but we're the lucky ones right now. That could change soon, and we all know how serious it gets when something gets put on that list. I was glad to see that LDWF is trying to keep them off of the list according to the newspaper.
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: Sweet Pea]
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07/23/15 07:15 PM
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Mountain View, AR
ShaneT
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Hey what about those of us who targer softshells lol
Last edited by ShaneT; 07/23/15 07:16 PM.
"Good Lord, thank you for your endless bounty. Lord please give me the strength to gather what I need"
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: mousie]
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07/23/15 10:57 PM
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Ohio
Sweet Pea
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Shane, I target those too and we also have pics on those too. You know they taste like chicken ! lol
Bighead Taxidermy....You Kill It, I Mount It.
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: Nayr]
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07/23/15 11:01 PM
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Ohio
Sweet Pea
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Ohio
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I can't get the link to work, Sweet Pea. Thanks!!!
I think I had a space in there, I 've changed it. Go up to my post and try it again(click on) Angela
Bighead Taxidermy....You Kill It, I Mount It.
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Re: Ohio turtle trappers
[Re: mousie]
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07/23/15 11:20 PM
07/23/15 11:20 PM
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central mn
rats4me
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Anybody other turtle hunters here hook them besides me? never seen any one talk about it, just curious.
Even a blind chicken gets some corn
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