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Last load for this year #6595819
08/16/19 09:50 AM
08/16/19 09:50 AM
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wantage n.j.
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eric space Offline OP
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And maybe my last for all time. Price is low and I just want to do other things with my summers. View is from the cap side door on my full size pickup. [Linked Image]

Re: Last load for this year [Re: eric space] #6595827
08/16/19 10:00 AM
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Good night, man! What are you doing with all those things? And how do you possibly load and unload all those without getting bit?

Re: Last load for this year [Re: eric space] #6595828
08/16/19 10:00 AM
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That is a beautiful sight! I'd love to be able to have one more haul like that. Maybe someday we can get a reasonable limit and regulations reinstated here.


Just livin' the dream...and paying full price for it!
Re: Last load for this year [Re: eric space] #6595837
08/16/19 10:17 AM
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how much is the price??


The only place you find free cheese is in a mousetrap !
Re: Last load for this year [Re: eric space] #6595846
08/16/19 10:38 AM
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eric space Offline OP
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Unload out the tailgate.Handle by the tail and/or back legs. Throw them in the side door where the picture was taken. Have to screw the tailgate and cap doors shut as they will push/spread the truck bed enough that the tailgate will pop open. Price $1.00 a pound live weight. No real big ones, biggest maybe low to mid 40 pounds.

Re: Last load for this year [Re: eric space] #6595856
08/16/19 10:49 AM
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Wow that is a load, we have a limit of 2 here.

Re: Last load for this year [Re: trapNH] #6595924
08/16/19 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by trapNH
Wow that is a load, we have a limit of 2 here.


Your limit is double ours. We can keep one snapper per day, 13 inch carapace length minimum, and possess two at any one time!

Heck of a haul Eric, you are the turtle whisperer.

Last edited by J.Morse; 08/16/19 01:15 PM.

Re: Last load for this year [Re: eric space] #6595966
08/16/19 02:15 PM
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Port Jervis, NY
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Nice job Eric!!!
I'm curious, what is the highest price per pound live weight you ever recieved over all of your years of trapping turtles..if you don't mind sharing.

Re: Last load for this year [Re: eric space] #6596000
08/16/19 03:08 PM
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Most I ever got was $4.00 a pound for females and $3.75 for males in 2008. Pounded it and caught almost 25,000 pounds that summer. Was like fur trapping in 1979!! No one had done turtles around here since the 60's. My average weight per snapper was 25.6 pounds. My best night ever was 72 snappers for 1826 pounds out of 10 traps. Some big boys in that bunch.

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