...decent sized snapper walking across our road, stopped, threw him in the back of the pickup and put his dumb ass back in the creek lest he get Michelin'd. Shoulda taken his picture. Probably 25 pounds or so.

Now, having done my good deed for the day, I can gt back to using kittens for skeet with a clear conscience. :yahoo:

:yay:........snapping turtles are :cool:

If I can stop, I will save any turtle!!

...decent sized snapper walking across our road, stopped, threw him in the back of the pickup and put his dumb ass back in the creek lest he get Michelin'd. Shoulda taken his picture. Probably 25 pounds or so.

Now, having done my good deed for the day, I can gt back to using kittens for skeet with a clear conscience. :yahoo:

I hope you didn't take it too far from where you found it.

I hope you didn't take it too far from where you found it.

Well, do tell, what is the proper turtle repatriation radius? :popcorn:

Just thank Christ it wasn't an Alligator Snapper.....:jet:

:lol:

Well, do tell, what is the proper turtle repatriation radius? :popcorn:

:lmao:

...decent sized snapper walking across our road, stopped, threw him in the back of the pickup and put his dumb ass back in the creek lest he get Michelin'd. Shoulda taken his picture. Probably 25 pounds or so.

Now, having done my good deed for the day, I can gt back to using kittens for skeet with a clear conscience. :yahoo:
When we lived in Frederick, I would take Ijamsville Rd. when heading south. Old farm pond on the east side of the road had a resident snapper. BIG resident snapper. Shell woulda made a big bowl. Watched him for 4 years till one day he was a road smear.

When we lived in Frederick, I would take Ijamsville Rd. when heading south. Old farm pond on the east side of the road had a resident snapper. BIG resident snapper. Shell woulda made a big bowl. Watched him for 4 years till one day he was a road smear.

When I moved here in '88 we found a MONSTER, guessing 30-35 pounds and we messed with him, got him to destroy some sticks and let him alone. Next day he was in the road, dead. Really sad. He was magnificent.

I hope you didn't take it too far from where you found it.

Are you gonna answer? :tap: I know you're gonna teach me something I honestly didn't know.

Well?

Are you gonna answer? :tap: I know you're gonna teach me something I honestly didn't know.

Well?

I was working. Turtles are known to come back to the same area so either you take it FAR away or don't take it too far or it will try to come back to where it was and sometimes with not-so-good results.

This was the big girl Abbey found last summer. Ott moved her to the other side of the fence but he had to catch her, take her for a little car ride and then let her go. No way to get her to the other side of the fence. :lol: She was HUGE!

Just thank Christ it wasn't an Alligator Snapper.....

Or a velocisnapper :yikes:

This was the big girl Abbey found last summer.

If I saw that freakin' prehistoric creature in my yard, I would die of a heart attack.

Or a velocisnapper :yikes:

:smack: I know who told you to say that. :lmao:

I was working. Turtles are known to come back to the same area so either you take it FAR away or don't take it too far or it will try to come back to where it was and sometimes with not-so-good results.

This was the big girl Abbey found last summer. Ott moved her to the other side of the fence but he had to catch her, take her for a little car ride and then let her go. No way to get her to the other side of the fence. :lol: She was HUGE!

Looks a little bigger than the one I moved. Where I put him, he'll spend the rest of the week to get back to the middle of the road. Maybe he'll forget about the whole Willie Nelson thing?

Here's last years bigger model;

We..(rip, Papaw) have dressed them out at 80 lbs...and that was a small one............such sweet meat and great soup.

We..(rip, Papaw) have dressed them out at 80 lbs...and that was a small one............such sweet meat and great soup.

:yikes:

Here's last years bigger model;

Pffttt..that's nothing. :lol:

Did you know that there is not a single spot where you can hold them that they cannot reach to bite you?

Pffttt..that's nothing. :lol:

Did you know that there is no a single spot where you can hold them that they cannot reach to bite you?

I get 'em by the tail and just pay attention. Haven't come close yet. :buddies:

What about this one? Remember him from last year?

What about this one? Remember him from last year?

Yeah...it migrated to MY yard. :lol:

What about this one? Remember him from last year?

:faint: holy carp!

:faint: holy carp!

The fish story is in another tread. This one is about turtles.

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The fish story is in another tread. This one is about turtles.

:ohwell:

:ohwell:

You miss the joke? :tap:

You miss the joke? :tap:

No, Larry. :rolleyes:

It's what I say instead of holy crap.

No, Larry. :rolleyes:

It's what I say instead of holy crap.

Oh. Well, I thought it was funny. :neener:

Yeah...it migrated to MY yard. :lol:

:lol: As soon as I saw your posts, I remembered comparing turtles last year!! :buddies: Couldn't resist pulling him out of the old photo album one more time!!