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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6248411
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Where are some quality places to buy good live catch traps? Or how to make them for a decent price?


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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6248415
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I'm going to by one from this old fella at the NTA convention this year, I've heard that his are really good and they're only $60


Trapping is easy you say? You try getting your target animal to step in a 3 inch area of its whole territory.
Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6248417
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Originally Posted By: BullOx
I'm going to by one from this old fella at the NTA convention this year, I've heard that his are really good and they're only $60


If that includes shipping, I’d say that is a great deal!


Who is John Galt?

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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: DelawareRob] #6248419
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Originally Posted By: DelawareRob
Originally Posted By: BullOx
I'm going to by one from this old fella at the NTA convention this year, I've heard that his are really good and they're only $60


If that includes shipping, I’d say that is a great deal!


I'm buying it from him there, I'm not sure how much he charges for shipping


Trapping is easy you say? You try getting your target animal to step in a 3 inch area of its whole territory.
Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: bowhunter27295] #6248423
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Originally Posted By: bowhunter27295


Seems to me they propose seasons and limits without evidence.


You can say that again. The powers that be seem scared to death that someone can make a buck without being beholden to "the man".

They outlawed the harvest of ridgeback musk turtle a couple years back and I still haven't gotten an answer as to what the scientific rationale for that decision was. Only answer was "there were a lot being harvested". Same with commercial harvest of Alligator Snappers a decade or so ago.

As to tips for catching turtles, fresh bait that leaves an oil slick on the water. Cheap chicken quarters will work, especially with a shot of fish oil. A nice chunk of oily fish such as carp is even better. In our warm water checking traps and changing out the bait twice a day is not overkill in my opinion.


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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6248425
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Still looks like a good price. Best traps I’ve found are around $90, plus $35 shipping.

It would probably save me money to drive to New Jersey and pick it up myself.


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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6248432
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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: beaverfoot] #6248433
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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6248440
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If you have VHS rules for baitfish make sure to follow them. With that said I prefer to use salmon scrapes on the lake Michigan tributaries I trap here. Usually fresh blugills if I trap an inland lake, but I did catch 2 last year using deer liver. I also squirt salmon oil on the water to start a slick. I put my bait inside a hardware cloth cage hanging inside the trap so the turtles have to enter the trap to get to the bait. Occasionally I grind up some fish and hang it in a mesh bag. The bag is trash once a turtle gets to it.
If you can only take 1 a day be ready to release when you catch multiples. Meaning a place to get on shore or a big enough boat so you can sort out the biggest 1 and release the rest.

Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6248455
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I used mostly carp as bait, chopped straight down the middle.

To make turtle traps, I took a 4 foot wide roll of chicken wire, cut off a 4 foot wide section and wired the ends together to make a tube. I put a flat piece of wire on one open end, wiring part on permanently and using bag ties, going through the wires, to hold the rest, so I could easily open the trap, to take the turtles out. On the other open end, I wired on a landing net. I took two strings, tied them to the net, about as widely spaced as the tube, ran them to the far end of the trap and tied them off tightly to the sides. I then took a knife and cut a wide slit in the net.

I always put an empty 2 liter bottle in the back end of the trap to make it float high enough for the turtles to get air.

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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6248479
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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: DelawareRob] #6248565
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Originally Posted By: DelawareRob
Still looks like a good price. Best traps I’ve found are around $90, plus $35 shipping.

It would probably save me money to drive to New Jersey and pick it up myself.


I PMed you


Trapping is easy you say? You try getting your target animal to step in a 3 inch area of its whole territory.
Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6249786
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Use a turtle trap (net or cage) do not use a hook and jug as smaller turtles will swallow hook and most likely die after you release them. For bait in the trap use either a chunk of carp or a salmon head. Place bait in trap frozen after 6 PM so it thaws and is fresh by the time it gets dark, as snappers hunt mostly at dark. Be sure and leave part of the trap out of water so they can breath, unless the trap has large "breather holes". Also fasten the trap so a big turtle cannot push (or pull) it out in deep water and drown other turtles already in the trap, or himself if he then goes in. Never leave the trap set in the same location for more than 1 night, it will smarten up the others and make them much harder to catch. PM me if you want more info or some trap pictures. Eric

Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6249864
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I floot all my turtle traps. And have killed lots of turtles with Breather holes cut in them. Smaller turtles get stuck in them,more often than not. At least thats what I have found.


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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6249872
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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.


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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6249875
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Use frozen bait such as carp or suckers, it will last longer if you do. Change bait every day. The best days when snappers are most active and feeding are those hot, humid days that are unbearable for most of us. Always set the trap entrance facing downstream. Always use a bait bag in the trap such as hardware cloth. Otherwise, the first turtle in will eat all the bait and you will only catch one turtle.


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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: eric space] #6249906
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Originally Posted By: eric space
Use a turtle trap (net or cage) do not use a hook and jug as smaller turtles will swallow hook and most likely die after you release them. For bait in the trap use either a chunk of carp or a salmon head. Place bait in trap frozen after 6 PM so it thaws and is fresh by the time it gets dark, as snappers hunt mostly at dark. Be sure and leave part of the trap out of water so they can breath, unless the trap has large "breather holes". Also fasten the trap so a big turtle cannot push (or pull) it out in deep water and drown other turtles already in the trap, or himself if he then goes in. Never leave the trap set in the same location for more than 1 night, it will smarten up the others and make them much harder to catch. PM me if you want more info or some trap pictures. Eric


Planned on using net style trap


Trapping is easy you say? You try getting your target animal to step in a 3 inch area of its whole territory.
Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6249922
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Notice I said "breather holes", not 1 hole. I have only twice had small ones stuck in a hole and then I still had 3 other holes they could use. Big advantage to be able to hide the traps underwater and not have them stolen or tampered with. Floating net traps last me maybe 4 nights if I am lucky before they are slit open by "fishermen". I have to hide net traps back under overhanging branches to keep them safe.

Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: BullOx] #6249938
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I'v lost a few traps over the years. But not many.
Down here -most- people know not to tamper with commercail fishing gear.
I think the traps that I'v had cut or stollen.Were done by Kyackers(spelling)Pilgrams down for the day(like we use'ta say)
I never set on a weekend.

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Re: Turtle trapping tips [Re: Newt] #6250010
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Yes Newt, them "Kyackers" came out in force at all the meetings we had here in Iowa, in the process of shutting down the commercial harvest.

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