This guy's name wouldn't be Robin?

[Big Muddy rancher]

http://www.wimp.com/snappingturtles/

:wink: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Justin]

:lol: might be....

 

[RobinFarmandRanch]

i doubt its me. ( i cant watch it cuz im at work) but i did see snapping turtle in the title and it made me remember that i need to go check my turtle trap and start cleaning the one I already have in my stock tank. hes right at 46 lbs. woooo turtle soup and turtle sauce picante next week :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[leanin' H]

You gotta see the video as "real men" dont use traps! :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[RobinFarmandRanch]

You gotta see the video as "real men" dont use traps! :lol: :lol: :lol:

i gotcha. we still catch them that way when we running crawfish traps. you just got to make sure you find the top of the shell and follow the scales the right way. then just grab above the neck and above the tail. but if they do get you, ive always heard a snapper wont let go until it hears thunder.

 

[Justin]

You gotta see the video as "real men" dont use traps! :lol: :lol: :lol:

i guess i'm not a real man, because the trap sounds like a pretty good option :wink:

 

[leanin' H]

You gotta see the video as "real men" dont use traps! :lol: :lol: :lol:

i guess i'm not a real man, because the trap sounds like a pretty good option :wink:

Heck I'm not even man enough to try turtle soup! :shock: :lol: :wink:

 

[Justin]

You gotta see the video as "real men" dont use traps! :lol: :lol: :lol:

i gotcha. we still catch them that way when we running crawfish traps. you just got to make sure you find the top of the shell and follow the scales the right way. then just grab above the neck and above the tail. but if they do get you, ive always heard a snapper wont let go until it hears thunder.

hey turtle man, what happens when you step right in front of or on its head before you get to the shell and identify the scale pattern :shock: :? probably nothing major, just lose a toe or something, right? :lol: :wink:

 

[RobinFarmandRanch]

You gotta see the video as "real men" dont use traps! :lol: :lol: :lol:

i guess i'm not a real man, because the trap sounds like a pretty good option :wink:

Heck I'm not even man enough to try turtle soup! :shock: :lol: :wink:

cmon now. snapping turtle has some of the prettiest white meat ive ever saw. boil it in chicken broth and add rotel, onions, bell peppers and jalapenos with some hot sauce. mmm so good youll want to go home and kick you mama.

 

[RobinFarmandRanch]

You gotta see the video as "real men" dont use traps! :lol: :lol: :lol:

i gotcha. we still catch them that way when we running crawfish traps. you just got to make sure you find the top of the shell and follow the scales the right way. then just grab above the neck and above the tail. but if they do get you, ive always heard a snapper wont let go until it hears thunder.

hey turtle man, what happens when you step right in front of or on its head before you get to the shell and identify the scale pattern :shock: :? probably nothing major, just lose a toe or something, right? :lol: :wink:

We have what we call turtle hooks. with the muddy bottoms down here you can always tell when something is moving under the water becasue of air bubbles that come up. usually its one of two things 1. a turtle or 2 an alligator. if you hit the gator with the hook it will leave in a hurry. a turtle wont. you then use the turtle hook to find the front and let them bite down on it. believe me, youll know when they hit it. then just reach down for the shell and find the scales.

a snapping turtle will not reach out to grab anything, you have to hit their tonque to make them snap so if you are just walking by they wont even bother you.

 

[leanin' H]

i guess i'm not a real man, because the trap sounds like a pretty good option :wink:

Heck I'm not even man enough to try turtle soup! :shock: :lol: :wink:

cmon now. snapping turtle has some of the prettiest white meat ive ever saw. boil it in chicken broth and add rotel, onions, bell peppers and jalapenos with some hot sauce. mmm so good youll want to go home and kick you mama.

Those exact same thoughts probably enter a Gators head when he sees some crazy cajun walking through a swamp chasing turtles! Mmmmmmm! Take-out! :cowboy:

 

[RobinFarmandRanch]

Heck I'm not even man enough to try turtle soup! :shock: :lol: :wink:

cmon now. snapping turtle has some of the prettiest white meat ive ever saw. boil it in chicken broth and add rotel, onions, bell peppers and jalapenos with some hot sauce. mmm so good youll want to go home and kick you mama.

Those exact same thoughts probably enter a Gators head when he sees some crazy cajun walking through a swamp chasing turtles! Mmmmmmm! Take-out! :cowboy:

:lol: maybe, but he better know he's fair game too

 

[cowhunter]

Aka, aligator turtle. We got them here to. There good fryed to but I leave them alone. There kind of scarce. We eat a lot of softshell cooter. They got a long neck and will bite the she I t out of u. We got a place on a clear spring river. The water temp stays 72 degrees all year long. I was tryin to spear some bass years ago. (Highy ilegal) for a fish fry. We get these manatee up in there sometimes. I was wearin a mask and seen somethin comein fast about 20 yards up river. It kind of scard me a little thinkin it might be a big gator. Then it got right to me and stoped. A big snapper. We were kind of havein a stand off when here came a nother one and grabed the first one and the love makin comenced. U never seen such rolein around. All of that is true but I got a nother part I ad to it to make a good joke out of it. If u won't to hear the rest, pm me and I'll tell u.

 

[burnt]

You gotta see the video as "real men" dont use traps! :lol: :lol: :lol:

i gotcha. we still catch them that way when we running crawfish traps. you just got to make sure you find the top of the shell and follow the scales the right way. then just grab above the neck and above the tail. but if they do get you, ive always heard a snapper wont let go until it hears thunder.

That could be bad news for H if one got a hold of him out there in the desert . . . :wink: Stay away from them mud holes there 'H!! It may not thunder for a while . . .

 

[leanin' H]

You gotta see the video as "real men" dont use traps! :lol: :lol: :lol:

i gotcha. we still catch them that way when we running crawfish traps. you just got to make sure you find the top of the shell and follow the scales the right way. then just grab above the neck and above the tail. but if they do get you, ive always heard a snapper wont let go until it hears thunder.

That could be bad news for H if one got a hold of him out there in the desert . . . :wink: Stay away from them mud holes there 'H!! It may not thunder for a while . . .

I can pretty much guarantee that while the old turtle might not hear thunder, he'd hear some good cuss words! :shock: Rattle snakes are bad enough. Ya'll can keep your snappin turtles, gators and other mean creatures! Feel free to send me some crawdads! :wink:

 

[RobinFarmandRanch]

i gotcha. we still catch them that way when we running crawfish traps. you just got to make sure you find the top of the shell and follow the scales the right way. then just grab above the neck and above the tail. but if they do get you, ive always heard a snapper wont let go until it hears thunder.

That could be bad news for H if one got a hold of him out there in the desert . . . :wink: Stay away from them mud holes there 'H!! It may not thunder for a while . . .

I can pretty much guarantee that while the old turtle might not hear thunder, he'd hear some good cuss words! :shock: Rattle snakes are bad enough. Ya'll can keep your snappin turtles, gators and other mean creatures! Feel free to send me some crawdads! :wink:

i wish i could. test traps aint lookin to good right now. and with lent comin up its gonna be tight to make quotas around here.

 

[Justin]

we had a lot of snappers back where i grew up. but we hunted them the ol' fasion way.....caught them when they were crossing the road. :wink:

 

[RobinFarmandRanch]

we had a lot of snappers back where i grew up. but we hunted them the ol' fasion way.....caught them when they were crossing the road. :wink:

thats the best way. they are easier to catch in your element than in theirs.