Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: Snapper Snatcher]
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04/05/18 08:12 PM
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They are actually safer to eat than chicken, there was a study done on this in Minnesota. And they are very tasty! Thanks! I'd be interested in reading the study if you can post a link to it.
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: Tweed]
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04/06/18 12:33 AM
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TONY.F
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If turtle is at the bootom of the food chain id hate to see were hotdogs are! I will never forget those coons on THE GREAT OUTDOORS!
LIVE LIFE LIKE THEIR IS NO TOMMORROW
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: Tweed]
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04/06/18 06:05 AM
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The last day I was pulling some beaver traps this year, the biggest one I have ever seen came up about ten yds from me. Thing looked almost like a sea turtle lol. I was glad I didn't step on it, talk about drawing back a nub.
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: D Cobb]
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04/06/18 07:06 AM
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Jerry Schilling puts out a nice DVD. It covers start to finish, a really well put together dvd. Jerry's DVD,and my TURTLES BY THE TON. Are the only turtle DVD's that I know of that have good information in them. The others that I have watched are about worthless. Jerry and I have traped turtles for our living. We are both profesanals. One that I have seen, could'nt even catch a turtle.
South Jersey Trapping and Snaring School January 17-18-19 2025 NEWT -----------------OVER---------------- www.snareone.com
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: Fisher Man]
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04/06/18 07:08 AM
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We always had a piece of 16gauge wire hung on our belts when trapping turtles.If one ever got a hold of you all you need to do Is shove It up their nose and they will let go. Glad I never had to use It. True Don't eat them; they are at the bottom of the food chain and can be full of chemical contaminents Fause, A common snappers main diet is live vegation.
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: Newt]
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04/06/18 07:51 AM
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We always had a piece of 16gauge wire hung on our belts when trapping turtles.If one ever got a hold of you all you need to do Is shove It up their nose and they will let go. Glad I never had to use It. True Don't eat them; they are at the bottom of the food chain and can be full of chemical contaminents Fause, A common snappers main diet is vegation. and me Newt,they wanna eat me too. 
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: Newt]
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04/06/18 08:13 AM
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Jerry Schilling puts out a nice DVD. It covers start to finish, a really well put together dvd. Jerry's DVD,and my TURTLES BY THE TON. Are the only turtle DVD's that I know of that have good information in them. The others that I have watched are about worthless. Jerry and I have traped turtles for our living. We are both profesanals. One that I have seen could'nt even catch a . Hey Newt - are all the turtle traps on your website Jersey legal? If not, which ones are?
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: Tweed]
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04/06/18 08:24 AM
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The Truth About Snapping Turtles
At last, something I know allot about!
They are pretty close to the bottom of the food chain, and while they do catch some prey, most of their food is scavenged. Never ate one 'cause I have too much respect for them, but bio-accumulation is definitely a concern. In Ontario, fish populations are monitored for contaminants every year and the results published .. I would use that as a measure as to how much I can safely consume, I don't think I would feed it to my kids.
They can live about a hundred years, or more! The literature is full of accounts of turtles found to have musket balls in them when they are processed.
The eggs are not "cookable" like chicken eggs.
The most human way to dispatch a turtle is to freeze it. Just bag them and put them in the freezer, they will go into stasis and slowly freeze to death. Don't rush it, give it a good while or he may not be dead yet!
I have caught and released hundreds. In the water I have yet to have one "snap" at me, they are too concerned with getting away at this point. The safest way to catch them is by the tail being certain the bottom shell is towards you. Try to hold them as close to the body as possible to avoid stressing the tail.
If you have a choice release the females. A turtle caught on land is most likely a female. The bottom shell on males is concave (so he doesn't slide off her back when breeding), females are flat. They are not doing as well in some areas as people might think, really. In 5 years of field studies I never once saw a clutch survive to hatching.
Turtles migrate downstream in the fall (to bigger water) and back up in the spring. When I start catching/seeing them it's pretty much done the end of muskrat season.
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: Tweed]
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04/06/18 09:14 AM
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We used gallon milk jugs to hold our bait. We cut v shaped opening all over the jug. That would help keep the smaller turtles from robbing all our bait.But still left a scent trail to attract the turtles. WE would fill the jugs with fish scraps then freeze them till we needed them. Then just hang the frozen jug In the trap. It didn't take long for the jug to thaw out.
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: ThisIsNotaStep]
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04/06/18 09:39 AM
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The Truth About Snapping Turtles
At last, something I know allot about!
They are pretty close to the bottom of the food chain, and while they do catch some prey, most of their food is scavenged. Never ate one 'cause I have too much respect for them, but bio-accumulation is definitely a concern. In Ontario, fish populations are monitored for contaminants every year and the results published .. I would use that as a measure as to how much I can safely consume, I don't think I would feed it to my kids.
They can live about a hundred years, or more! The literature is full of accounts of turtles found to have musket balls in them when they are processed.
The eggs are not "cookable" like chicken eggs.
The most human way to dispatch a turtle is to freeze it. Just bag them and put them in the freezer, they will go into stasis and slowly freeze to death. Don't rush it, give it a good while or he may not be dead yet!
I have caught and released hundreds. In the water I have yet to have one "snap" at me, they are too concerned with getting away at this point. The safest way to catch them is by the tail being certain the bottom shell is towards you. Try to hold them as close to the body as possible to avoid stressing the tail.
If you have a choice release the females. A turtle caught on land is most likely a female. The bottom shell on males is concave (so he doesn't slide off her back when breeding), females are flat. They are not doing as well in some areas as people might think, really. In 5 years of field studies I never once saw a clutch survive to hatching.
Turtles migrate downstream in the fall (to bigger water) and back up in the spring. When I start catching/seeing them it's pretty much done the end of muskrat season.
Now that is so full of untrouths. Better get your facts straight.
South Jersey Trapping and Snaring School January 17-18-19 2025 NEWT -----------------OVER---------------- www.snareone.com
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: Tweed]
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04/06/18 12:39 PM
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1- common snappers ,In the wild have a adverage life span of 26 years.Unless you studied Alligator snappers in Canada which there is none.alligator snappers can have a very long life span.
want more ?
South Jersey Trapping and Snaring School January 17-18-19 2025 NEWT -----------------OVER---------------- www.snareone.com
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: The Beav]
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04/06/18 01:30 PM
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Newt
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We always had a piece of 16gauge wire hung on our belts when trapping turtles.If one ever got a hold of you all you need to do Is shove It up their nose and they will let go. Glad I never had to use It. When turtling for a living. I was gett'n bit about 5 times a year. NOT one EVER hung on. Also Never been bit by a turtle in the water.(not pen)
South Jersey Trapping and Snaring School January 17-18-19 2025 NEWT -----------------OVER---------------- www.snareone.com
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: Tweed]
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04/06/18 02:10 PM
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Does anyone no of anyone buying them in western pa?
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Re: Teach Me About Snapping Turtles
[Re: Woodsman1118]
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04/06/18 02:48 PM
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Does anyone no of anyone buying them in western pa? Dont beleave you'll find a buyer out there.In all my years buying turtles never heard of anyone. Even in the "Turtle Boom". The feds put most all turtle buyers out of busness. I'm one of those out of busness turtle buyers. Buying only on a small scale now. New Jersey reglated me out of the commercail turtle trapping busness too. Guess, I'm a dinosaur I can say "Been there,Did that"
South Jersey Trapping and Snaring School January 17-18-19 2025 NEWT -----------------OVER---------------- www.snareone.com
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