how is eveyones season going?

now that's a dandy!!!

get the grease hot, nice turtle, I've kept 4 so far this summer and wound up turning them back loose as i'm to dang lazy to cut them down to meat

sorry, not from ohio...lol

matt

Thats a dandy, going to eat him?

that's a nice one...the feet look like clubs...lol

matt, turtle don't take that long, takes longer to skin a yote....lol

i found one almost that big the other day at the creek,i thought it was dead. i reached down and grabbed it by the tail,well it wasnt dead , it took off like a bass! well maybe not that fast but it scared the heck out of me.....

So far 10

Nice Catch there Mousie.

What did that one weigh in at ? Net ??

That's a dandy. Mighty fine eatin,right there.



Charlie

Nice work Ms. Mousie!

I have yet to even set a trap this summer, but I plan to remedy that quite soon. That is a whopper, did you put it on a scale?

Mousie that is a biggg turtle. Glad you removed that duck and frog killer.

People forget how much plant matter turtles that size also eat.
Ask Newt.
Do they eat frogs and ducks ?
Sure, and fish. But they also eat a tremendous amount of plant matter too.

Turtles that size, at least here, would be full of toxins, especially RIVER turtles.
They wouldn't be fit to eat and I've argued that point for a very long time.
Turtles that large are very old and are worth FAR MORE alive than dead.

Ask a turtle farmer, which is where a large portion of snappers are sold to.

Aquariums

I bet that thing has human fingers in it. I don't think I could help but play chicken with it either.....like a kid finding a hornets nest and a pule of rocks.......like y'all never did it.

Dang thats a great lookin Turtle! I haven't had turtle spoup for 30+ years all the turtles hear are protected.

Which ones are those ?

Looks like he'll take your finger off

Good question...but knew there had to be market for them. I would guess over seas ??

New port aquarium..