Re: Ever wonder bout what's lurking in duck swamps ?
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i know where a bigger one is. caught him by the foot in a bush hook once. I looked at my little aluminum boat with my dog going nuts already and decided i couldnt even lift him let alone keep it in the boat till i got home so i pulled out the hook and let him go. Had to stop setting hooks in that cypress cause he would always eat anything i caught.
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Re: Ever wonder bout what's lurking in duck swamps ?
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Re: Ever wonder bout what's lurking in duck swamps ?
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That's a cool pic.
Last edited by muddyriverdogz; 01/16/18 10:24 PM.
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Re: Ever wonder bout what's lurking in duck swamps ?
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Hope he busted a hole so it could breathe
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Re: Ever wonder bout what's lurking in duck swamps ?
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My maternal Grandfather had a wood pole with a blunt metal spike on one end and a metal hook on the other end. Once it was cold enough to form a little skim ice, my Grandfather would wade around looking for springs. Snapping turtles would bury into the bottom of the canals and lakes by the springs. He would probe the soft bottom with the blunt end and when he heard the hollow thud, made by hitting a snapping turtle's shell, he would turn the pole around and work the hook up and down, towards where the turtle was, until he got the hook under the edge of the shell. Once he hooked the edge of the shell, he would pull the turtle out of the mud and water.
Grandpa caught very large numbers of snapping turtles this way. Sometimes he caught dozens, by just one spring, buried in right next to each other.
Keith
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Re: Ever wonder bout what's lurking in duck swamps ?
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WOW! That's a biggie.
I hope for the guys sake that the ice don't break!
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Re: Ever wonder bout what's lurking in duck swamps ?
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he is probably in more danger of hypothermia if the ice breaks , if it is cold enough for ice the turtle would be hibernating.
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Re: Ever wonder bout what's lurking in duck swamps ?
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he is probably in more danger of hypothermia if the ice breaks , if it is cold enough for ice the turtle would be hibernating. I don't know, If I had a 200 pound fella fall on me, I think I would not only wake up, but be mad too!
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Re: Ever wonder bout what's lurking in duck swamps ?
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Re: Ever wonder bout what's lurking in duck swamps ?
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They can breathe water through their tailpipe. Butt lungs, if you will. ROTFLMAO!
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