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Turtle trapping tips
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05/26/18 03:51 PM
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Michigan
BullOx
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With turtle season around the corner I was wondering if anyone had any tips for some turtle trapping for the first time? Here in Michigan you're only aloud one snapper a day for some reason so I want good sized ones. Any tips?
Trapping is easy you say? You try getting your target animal to step in a 3 inch area of its whole territory.
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: BullOx]
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05/26/18 04:05 PM
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furgotten
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chunked squirrel always got results for us . mind ya them critters can pull like a mule !
Gone will be those whom have allowed themselves to be disillusioned beyond their primal instincts.
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: furgotten]
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05/26/18 04:32 PM
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chunked squirrel always got results for us . mind ya them critters can pull like a mule ! I might have to try that, just the meat or fur and all?
Trapping is easy you say? You try getting your target animal to step in a 3 inch area of its whole territory.
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: BullOx]
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05/26/18 05:13 PM
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RdFx
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It takes a female five years to get to breeding age so one can over harvest snapping turtles especially the breeding age turtles.
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: RdFx]
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05/26/18 05:23 PM
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It takes a female five years to get to breeding age so one can over harvest snapping turtles especially the breeding age turtles. I duck hunt the place I plan on trapping so I won't be broken-hearted if I trap them out lol
Trapping is easy you say? You try getting your target animal to step in a 3 inch area of its whole territory.
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: RdFx]
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05/26/18 06:03 PM
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It takes a female five years to get to breeding age so one can over harvest snapping turtles especially the breeding age turtles. Studies have shown that snappers and painted turtles have a tendency to over populate.
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: BullOx]
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05/26/18 07:17 PM
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RdFx
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If Snapping turtles overpopulate then there WOULDNT be specified slot limits plus a trapping season that starts AFTER turtles normaly lay their eggs. If you are in any area with snappers , you know coon and skunks dig up the majority of egg nests. I always wonder if the preditors can smell the eggs underneath the sand.
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: traprjohn]
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05/26/18 07:58 PM
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If you didn't sell the meat from your coon catch, you were SUPPOSED TO cut the carcass in 1/2 and freeze to hang in your turtle traps.
Surely you got the memo or saw those threads when we discussed earlier? I didn't see the previous threads, I wish I would have now
Trapping is easy you say? You try getting your target animal to step in a 3 inch area of its whole territory.
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: traprjohn]
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05/26/18 08:31 PM
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If you didn't sell the meat from your coon catch, you were SUPPOSED TO cut the carcass in 1/2 and freeze to hang in your turtle traps.
Surely you got the memo or saw those threads when we discussed earlier? Out of season carcasses will get you in trouble here if they check them. I was given a strong warning years ago.
Never argue with a fool - they will drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: BullOx]
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05/26/18 08:56 PM
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J.Morse
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chunked squirrel always got results for us . mind ya them critters can pull like a mule ! I might have to try that, just the meat or fur and all? Game animal parts can only be used if the season for the animal used as bait is open at the time it is used. That's what the furbearer trapping rules say....I'd be very careful using squirrel for turtle bait in this state....maybe run it by your local DNR officer first.
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: BullOx]
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05/26/18 09:00 PM
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caught 9 in 2 days on some beaver jobs. throw the small ones back and keep the rest.
if it walks swims or flies im after it
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: J.Morse]
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05/26/18 09:17 PM
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Game animal parts can only be used if the season for the animal used as bait is open at the time it is used. That's what the furbearer trapping rules say....I'd be very careful using squirrel for turtle bait in this state....maybe run it by your local DNR officer first. I thought about that but red squirrel is always in season so I could use that
Trapping is easy you say? You try getting your target animal to step in a 3 inch area of its whole territory.
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: webfootwhacker]
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Just set a 330 in a beaver channel - at least that's how I always manage to catch them!  Been there lol but I don't think Mr. CO would like that lol
Trapping is easy you say? You try getting your target animal to step in a 3 inch area of its whole territory.
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: BullOx]
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05/26/18 10:15 PM
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Northern Michigan
J.Morse
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Game animal parts can only be used if the season for the animal used as bait is open at the time it is used. That's what the furbearer trapping rules say....I'd be very careful using squirrel for turtle bait in this state....maybe run it by your local DNR officer first. I thought about that but red squirrel is always in season so I could use that I thought of that after posting....a loophole!
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Re: Turtle trapping tips
[Re: teepee2]
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05/26/18 10:34 PM
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KeithC
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I trapped snappers, softshells, and paints for years with no slot limits or season. I trapped the same places year after year, I caught basically the same amount of turtles year after year. Not until the "bunny huggers" and "green people" got involved did the DNR and politicians decide on that stupidity. They were afraid a guy might make a buck. These are the same people that want to do away with trapping, or any other consumptive use of wildlife. So watch whose side you take. I have had exactly the same experience. I think it would be very hard to harm a decent painted, softshell or snapping turtle population, in a large body of water. In small bodies of water, turtles quickly repopulate from other nearby bodies of water. Keith
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