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Bob Garvie (Boilermaker128)
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Post Number: 106
Registered: 5-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, July 1, 2002 - 11:31 am: |     |
turtles turtles , yea yea yea.....
Groovy.....Garvie |
Todd Richardson (3dukmn)
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Post Number: 125
Registered: 3-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, July 3, 2002 - 8:16 am: | |
My grandpa's traps were coffee cans.
He would put hooks all the way around the can. I don't remember how he got them to stay there, but they were positioned around the circumference of the can with the points set so that you could put your hand in the can, but when trying to get it out, you would get hooked. He would then tie the can off to a log using rope, then he would put a chunk of pork in the can, and toss it in the water.
I remember that his traps fed us many many many times. Anyone ever heard of Turtle Mulligan. For parties around the deer/duck camps, we would make a pot of it so big that we would have to stir it with a boat paddle with holes drilled in it. Everyone would eat, and take some home with them. That stuff was still good even after the 5th day in a row of eating it.
I wish I had some right now. |
Tim DeWerff (Bearcat)
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Post Number: 236
Registered: 2-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, July 5, 2002 - 10:23 pm: | |
Hey threedukum we still have a turtle mulligan every year. My wifes home town has a big pot of it every year. It is like their homecoming. My family has one also. We have a big campout and make a big pot of mulligan stew. Nothing like it mmmmm good.
tom, rat is right the hooks go around the out side of the board pointing in so when the turtle tries to leave he gets hooked. I had a old timer catch snapping turtles out of my pond for years. He would use a big hook and beef neck meat that the local slaughter house would trim from the neck after dressing a beef. It would still be bloody . It caught lots of turtles. He would tie the hook to a heavy line then to a fresh cut willow pole and push them in to the bank and ajust the line so that the hook and meat were just in the water. he would come back the next morning and gather the poles and turtles. Hope this helps.
There are those who say it cant be done;Those who wonder how it might be done, And the few who just go and do it.
Bearcat |
TOM LUMPKINS (Mr_sleepy)
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Post Number: 119
Registered: 5-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 6, 2002 - 12:11 am: | |
Thanks for the info, I will be rounding up some of them turtles in a few weeks and I will be sure and take Mrs Sleepy with me so she can get some picture's....I like the can idea
(((((((LIFE IS GOOD))))))) |
Davebob
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Post Number: 39
Registered: 7-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, September 10, 2002 - 12:43 pm: | |
Been catching lots more turtles than cats so I looked up how to clean them.
http://www.conservation.s tate.mo.us/conmag/1996/ju n/jn96john.html
That link should get you there.
Fish On! |
matt carpenter
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Post Number: 103
Registered: 8-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, September 16, 2002 - 5:31 am: | |
turtles taste good havent had some in a long time id rather eat frog legs yumm yumm |
John Preston Baze (Jpb72639)
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Post Number: 679
Registered: 3-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, November 2, 2002 - 12:01 pm: | |
ya can feed him fish , hamburger(raw),fix him a box with acess to water and warmth,you could set up a terrerium type deal with a 10 gal fish tank or larger at least till he gets to big for it,they'll eat bugs,fish guts,lettuce etc.Just don't let it get ahold of yer finger lol.
Tight lines and bent poles my bretheren B.O.C
Live and Let Live,Trust everyone but Keep your powder dry--It don't hurt to be a little paranoid either. |
Philip Holt Spradlin (Catfishplayer)
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Post Number: 32
Registered: 9-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 1, 2002 - 10:39 pm: | |
ive never eaten turtle or even heard of it how do you get the meat out and were and how do you prepare it i might go out and grab a 1 or 2 and try it
Holt Spradlin |
TOM LUMPKINS (Mr_sleepy)
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Post Number: 245
Registered: 5-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 9, 2003 - 6:33 pm: | |
I talked to My Dad this am about turtle hunting, I saw a old man on T.V pulling a big one outta the side of a mud bank and told the ol man about it, And I told him if I had some one to take me out and show me how to do it again that I might try it. He said this summer he will take me out and show me if he is still alive (he has had about 10 heart attacks) , I remember when I was a young boy me and My brother would go turtle hunting with the ol man and he tried to teach us then, But We were'nt brave enough. I am hoping to get my nerve up for the big hunt, I talked with CatJoe this am and told him about it and he wants to go with us, What do you think Whistler are you up for it....Tom |
TOM LUMPKINS (Mr_sleepy)
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Post Number: 249
Registered: 5-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, February 9, 2003 - 10:25 pm: | |
Whistler, If the turtle is cooked right, I would rather have it then Beef Steak. Man its some good stuff....Tom |
Tom Lumpkins (Canepole)
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Post Number: 140
Registered: 3-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 8:14 am: | |
Well Guy's I maybe missing a few finger's before the day's over,Me and my Dad are getting ready to do some turtle fishing, as soon as the wife gets my breakfast ready and I get out of here. I havn't had turtle meat in awhile so this will be a treat..
*****IN GOD WE TRUST******
TOM LUMPKINS:CLARKSVILLE,TN |
Josh Haskell (Josh_jess)
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Post Number: 337
Registered: 4-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, June 30, 2003 - 11:05 am: | |
What kind of turtle Canepole? Snapper? I don't even know how to clean them things, but should probably find out with as many as I have been catching lately.
God made us brothers, but catfish'n made us friends.
__________________Desoto,Kansas_________________
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Greg Bieker (Greg20)
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Post Number: 8
Registered: 6-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 1:39 am: | |
I dont think i am man enough to go turtle "catching" but i would like to try to trap one. Any of you guys know of any good traps or illustartions on how to build one? |
Barry Nelson (Rmhopper)
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Post Number: 58
Registered: 4-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 2:02 am: | |
Well Greg, one way to catch them is the shallow creek method. walk the bank or wade...see em , grab em. this works well but one must lack a certain amount of fear....usally a direct result of a brain contusion,.. in my case.Now i perfer to catch them on hook & line. Traps can be fashioned but i just like to reel em in.....Besides,...you still gotta get the ornary critters out of the trap......have fun....watch the fingers...the neck is longer then you think....and lighning fast....NO BULL...be careful if its your first time.... |
Jim Torchia (Tulsat)
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Post Number: 768
Registered: 12-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 2:12 am: | |
Hey Barry,
Your points about the neck being lightning fast and longer than you think are no BS, as you stated.
While I grew up catching and harvesting snapping turtles, it wasn't until I had the chance to take care of one (about 25#s) in an aquarium that I really came to appreciate how fast they were. I'd throw in some huge tadpoles, and that turtle would wait until one got in the corner, and then strike with a bite that could sever a finger with the speed of a ninja.
Tulsa, OK |
Barry Nelson (Rmhopper)
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Post Number: 60
Registered: 4-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 2:35 am: | |
Yeah Jim, They may lack in ground speed but they definitly are quick in the neck. Heres a true and funny story. Once , a buddy and i and our dates were ridin' a back road when we seen an old snapper crossin' the road.Well, i knew ol' tilly down at the bar would trade a 12 pack of your choice for a good snapper....(it'd be on the bar menu that night..turtle soup)...so I tail grabbed it and threw it in the trunk......but ten minutes down the road...my girl screams and theres ol' snappers head stickin' out of the speaker hole....from the back seat. Well we smacked him a time or two with a beer bottle and he went back in the trunk....made the trade...and later had a bowl of mighty fine soup.....tho it cost me a $1.25 |
Jim Torchia (Tulsat)
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Post Number: 769
Registered: 12-2002
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 19, 2003 - 2:41 am: | |
Funny story Barry.
A snapper in the trunk should keep any date on the watch, LOL.
Tulsa, OK |
Greg Bieker (Greg20)
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Post Number: 10
Registered: 6-2003
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, July 26, 2003 - 1:23 am: | |
Alright boys I have a little challenge. I have a pond where I find with a huge turtle in it. The head on this thing is about as big as my two fists put together. The pond has a lot of moss close to the bottom and is only about 4 ft deep. This leaves about 2 ft of fishable water. I have tried to use a bobber with a perch under it but have had no luck. What should I do?
and no i am not going wading in after him.haha |
joshua thomas eads (Eadsmidget)
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Username: Eadsmidget
Post Number: 1
Registered: 10-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, November 2, 2006 - 1:22 pm: | |
turtles r awesome. i have caught a 25lb. has anyone caught bigger. } |
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