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Snapping Turtles
I have a bunch of snapping turtles in my pond (I've caught two distinct
ones already). I caught a catfish in my pond the other day and it had part of its intestines exposed. I would really like to get rid of them. I used to take an old milk chug, tie two hooks about a foot from each other on to it, catch a creek chub or a small blue gill, cut it in half, put the ends on each hook, and throw it in the water. Unfortunately, due to recent flooding, creek chubs have been hard to come by. What else would work good in attracting snapping turtles so that they can be "humanely" disposed of. It can't be something that falls off the took too easily or be slowly picked at by small fish. |
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Snapping Turtles
chubs have been hard to come by. What else would work good in attracting snapping turtles so that they can be "humanely" disposed of. It can't be something that falls off the took too easily or be slowly picked at by small fish. Chicken livers...the more rotten the better. |
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Snapping Turtles
"Booser" wrote in message hlink.net... I have a bunch of snapping turtles in my pond (I've caught two distinct ones already). I caught a catfish in my pond the other day and it had part of its intestines exposed. I would really like to get rid of them. I used to take an old milk chug, tie two hooks about a foot from each other on to it, catch a creek chub or a small blue gill, cut it in half, put the ends on each hook, and throw it in the water. Unfortunately, due to recent flooding, creek chubs have been hard to come by. What else would work good in attracting snapping turtles so that they can be "humanely" disposed of. It can't be something that falls off the took too easily or be slowly picked at by small fish. Chicken liver or shrimp. You might want to wrap it in cheese cloth to cut back on the little nibblers |
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Snapping Turtles
On Sat, 22 May 2004 23:10:24 GMT, Booser
wrote: I have a bunch of snapping turtles in my pond (I've caught two distinct ones already). I caught a catfish in my pond the other day and it had part of its intestines exposed. I would really like to get rid of them. I used to take an old milk chug, tie two hooks about a foot from each other on to it, catch a creek chub or a small blue gill, cut it in half, put the ends on each hook, and throw it in the water. Unfortunately, due to recent flooding, creek chubs have been hard to come by. What else would work good in attracting snapping turtles so that they can be "humanely" disposed of. It can't be something that falls off the took too easily or be slowly picked at by small fish. A worm or minnow on a hook below a bright orange bobber. |
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Snapping Turtles
"GrannyGrump" wrote in message ... chubs have been hard to come by. What else would work good in attracting snapping turtles so that they can be "humanely" disposed of. It can't be something that falls off the took too easily or be slowly picked at by small fish. Chicken livers...the more rotten the better. Ask these guys... http://tinyurl.com/2poa6 BV www.iheartmypond.com |
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Snapping Turtles
A piece of cooked chicken as bait in a turtle trap is very reliable at
picking the turtles off one by one. The bait attracts the turtle into the cage, the tug on the bait closes the trap door, kerchunck, one healthy turtle, in the trap, waiting for room service Set out two traps, and you can dawdle from trap to trap at a leisurely pace, collecting turtles. You might want to create an enclosure if you collect numbers, to separate out the 'nice' turtles like painted turtles, from the snapping turtles Turtles are very sensitive critters, a bait of chicken in a trap when they can here and feel there is nobody hanging is quite effective at tempting them into a simple cage Regards, andy http://www.members.aol.com/abdavisnc/swglist.html What else would work good in attracting snapping turtles so that they can be "humanely" disposed of. It can't be something that falls off the took too easily or be slowly picked at by small fish. |
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