nice catch eric. are you using your wire traps again and what is the bait your using? is there no way you can haul them in a tank of water? snappers out of water get quite rough on one another in that small space.

our buyer quit buying red ears and lowered the price on snappers anyone else having problems with this?

is there a market for the turtle meat??

Are you selling the shells also?

My wife is a dress and high heels gal. She didn't know crap about the good life!(still doesn't). But she does try. We say...I'm showing her the finer things in life.

oh that's hot!


mousie

Just turned1 loose.only 11 inches long.Ohio has a 13 inch law:(

That was a couple days catch, just pulled them out of the spring house, buyer picked them up just after pic was taken.
I will try and get my son or grandson to do a couple of cell phone videos and put them on here as to bait, wire traps I use, etc.

thanks eric. are you river trapping?

the common snapper like the alligator snapper has two parts to its shell. the carapace on the back and the plastron on the underside. on average an 10 year old snapping turtle turtle has a a shell length of 7 inches in length. a 25 year old snapping turtle about 11 or 12 inches. in captivity they can grow larger. the largest common snapper ever recorded was 68 pounds. big turtles can hurt you if you re not careful !

yeah have thrown back most of the caught ones so far this year.

That stinks but Ough well .hehe save them for Seed I guess mousie

I cought a 68.75 Pound Snapping turtle. I think John Rodgers cought one 84 pounds

newt send us a pic. i believe your right. the one pictured is just under 50.

Aint got the puter smarts for that

ok newt. no problem. i ll catch you sometime at a convention and you can show me then ok? until then i am going to keep at it trapping turtles. my problem is i have only so many tanks and will have to go to barrels soon. my best offer has been $1.60 on males and $2.00 on females. $1.00 a pound on softshells. thats if i deliver.

Deliver where ?

No bodys paying anything like that here. Last year yes, not this year

yes Sabrehawk ( a t man member) from iowa sent me a pm. he states hes buying turtles and those are his prices. i still have the pm which was just the other day. i assume those prices still stand. still one would need a refer van/truck to haul that distance. bagged turtles would be stressed and likely overheat without it.

I thought softs were worth more....guess not.

soft shelled turtles are $1.00 a pound is what i m told

hello everyone Name is James From Ohio great lake Erie area

not real real new to trapping but yet i am. found the site and have picked up some ideas that i did not apply before.

thanks to all for that

now so is anyone from or around the same area i am ?

ive pulled all hook and line traps and plan to set two for now one hoop and net store bought and one cage trap home made

picture of traps and material used would be greatly helpful, at 70$ for a hoop net i want to try and cut cost much as possible like im sure we all do

lastly want more clarity on ohio' laws on where i can set traps