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Why this for turtles ? #8604485 04/27/26 10:07 PM 04/27/26 10:07 PM
Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi Wolfdog91 OP trapper
Wolfdog91 OP trapper Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi	Don't really get the point of a single catch turtle trap YouTube expert "The bird of Hermes is my name , eating my wings to keep me tame"

Re: Why this for turtles ? [Re: Wolfdog91] #8604496 04/27/26 10:18 PM 04/27/26 10:18 PM
Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio.	It's never made sense to me either. Keith

Re: Why this for turtles ? [Re: Wolfdog91] #8604599 04/28/26 07:15 AM 04/28/26 07:15 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. N.Y. G gcs trapper
gcs trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. N.Y.	For that money go buy some ribeyes and to heck with a turtle, lol

Re: Why this for turtles ? [Re: Wolfdog91] #8604700 04/28/26 10:43 AM 04/28/26 10:43 AM
Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin	my guess , ADC , someone has a turtle complaint so you bring in the turtle trap , trap their turtle and get paid. if they call again go get paid again if you catch all of them at once you miss out on paydays also people think of that type of cage trap as the most gentle and then think it will be safely released at some sanctuary edit: this is of course me thinking , if something exists , follow the money or it wouldn't exist for long. Last edited by GREENCOUNTYPETE; 04/28/26 10:46 AM. America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Why this for turtles ? [Re: Wolfdog91] #8604720 04/28/26 12:11 PM 04/28/26 12:11 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 wantage n.j. E eric space trapper
eric space trapper E Joined: Mar 2009 wantage n.j.	A nearly worthless turtle trap. You will only catch 1 turtle PER POND! Snapping turtles are not dumb. In the average pond situation you get only 1 night to catch as many turtles as you want out of that pond. After that they are cage smart and will not enter a trap. Not that summer and often not for several summers after.

Re: Why this for turtles ? [Re: Wolfdog91] #8604764 04/28/26 03:15 PM 04/28/26 03:15 PM
Joined: Oct 2018 Louisiana Y Yellowbelly trapper
Yellowbelly trapper Y Joined: Oct 2018 Louisiana	Look at Lousiana net and twine or other net companies monst have metal nets with cotton flues they work good we just make hoop nets with three hoops and a single flue. Never had good luck with metal traps.

Re: Why this for turtles ? [Re: Wolfdog91] #8604792 04/28/26 04:41 PM 04/28/26 04:41 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia	I would put that one on the armadillo line. Kind of a 660 diller trap, lol.

Re: Why this for turtles ? [Re: eric space] #8604803 04/28/26 05:17 PM 04/28/26 05:17 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Killingly, CT Brian Mongeau trapper
Brian Mongeau trapper Joined: Feb 2007 Killingly, CT	Originally Posted by eric space A nearly worthless turtle trap. You will only catch 1 turtle PER POND! Snapping turtles are not dumb. In the average pond situation you get only 1 night to catch as many turtles as you want out of that pond. After that they are cage smart and will not enter a trap. Not that summer and often not for several summers after. Say what?!? Just this week, meaning Sunday to today, I've caught three. First in a Comstock cage, then caught the same one in a 330 (His toe was missing, not my fault), after moving him 100 yards or so. He went back into the pond, out the stream, back into a BG. Today two more out of same pond/stream, both in 330s. They are dumber than 'possums. I only had 3 traps set. I've done turtle jobs and caught as many as 17 from one pond. But, I wouldn't use a single catch trap like above for turtle work. Will be setting mb750's tomorrow for the beaver.

Re: Why this for turtles ? [Re: Brian Mongeau] #8604814 04/28/26 05:53 PM 04/28/26 05:53 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia	Originally Posted by Brian Mongeau Originally Posted by eric space A nearly worthless turtle trap. You will only catch 1 turtle PER POND! Snapping turtles are not dumb. In the average pond situation you get only 1 night to catch as many turtles as you want out of that pond. After that they are cage smart and will not enter a trap. Not that summer and often not for several summers after. Say what?!? Just this week, meaning Sunday to today, I've caught three. First in a Comstock cage, then caught the same one in a 330 (His toe was missing, not my fault), after moving him 100 yards or so. He went back into the pond, out the stream, back into a BG. Today two more out of same pond/stream, both in 330s. They are dumber than 'possums. I only had 3 traps set. I've done turtle jobs and caught as many as 17 from one pond. But, I wouldn't use a single catch trap like above for turtle work. Will be setting mb750's tomorrow for the beaver. Agreed they are as bad as opossums about plugging good sets and needing cleaned out so you can target what you're really after.

Re: Why this for turtles ? [Re: Wolfdog91] #8604815 04/28/26 05:56 PM 04/28/26 05:56 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia warrior trapper
warrior trapper Joined: Jan 2007 Georgia	What you will catch as singles is a snapper in a net set for sliders and basking turtles. The two don't mix, either a net full of sliders or a single snapper running them off.

Re: Why this for turtles ? [Re: Brian Mongeau] #8604830 04/28/26 07:29 PM 04/28/26 07:29 PM
Joined: Mar 2009 wantage n.j. E eric space trapper
eric space trapper E Joined: Mar 2009 wantage n.j.	Originally Posted by Brian Mongeau Originally Posted by eric space A nearly worthless turtle trap. You will only catch 1 turtle PER POND! Snapping turtles are not dumb. In the average pond situation you get only 1 night to catch as many turtles as you want out of that pond. After that they are cage smart and will not enter a trap. Not that summer and often not for several summers after. Say what?!? Just this week, meaning Sunday to today, I've caught three. First in a Comstock cage, then caught the same one in a 330 (His toe was missing, not my fault), after moving him 100 yards or so. He went back into the pond, out the stream, back into a BG. Today two more out of same pond/stream, both in 330s. They are dumber than 'possums. I only had 3 traps set. I've done turtle jobs and caught as many as 17 from one pond. But, I wouldn't use a single catch trap like above for turtle work. Will be setting mb750's tomorrow for the beaver. We are talking baiting them into a cage trap, not catching them as non-targets in a beaver trap.

Re: Why this for turtles ? [Re: Wolfdog91] #8604854 04/28/26 08:53 PM 04/28/26 08:53 PM
Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio. K KeithC trapper
KeithC trapper K Joined: May 2009 Champaign County, Ohio.	Snapping turtles can release a musk when they're aggravated. I wonder if it works as a warning to other snapping turtles too? It's possible that once they want to leave the trap and start trying to tear out, they get frustrated and musk in the trap, which may settle through the wire and warn other turtles away. Keith

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