Snapping Turtle Removal

[whistlepig]

Snapping turtle tastes like frog legs to me. It has a mildly sweet flavor. They don't smell like fish. They smell like turtle. After you get done cleaning a turtle you will know what a turtle smells like.

 

[farmgirl19]

I like frog legs!

Ummm, but this brings up another issue. CLEANING? Can't one just cook it until it falls off of the bone, like cooking chicken? Maybe you are just referring to the "gutting".

I'm pretty tough, and can survive pretty self sufficiently, but cleaning fish is not something I like to do. How is this compared to cleaning fish? Maybe I can flirt enough to get someone else to do it for me, especially if I throw in a 6 pack of beer!

 

[bcp]

Interesting turtle/rat trap idea here:

Turtle trap from Popular Mechanics

Bruce

 

[DT86]

I "caught" about twenty last summer with a Glock 27. Seemed pretty effective.

 

[farmgirl19]

I "caught" about twenty last summer with a Glock 27. Seemed pretty effective.

Yes, that is why I say a .22 for target practice. I have both handgun, and pump r****. Helps to keep me proficient with both, if shooting the turtles. Might have to "catch" them for that soup though! :licking:

 

[DT86]

Turtle soup tonight Pawpaw! Here we go! -Shelby Stanga

 

[joshuabardwell]

After you get done cleaning a turtle you will know what a turtle smells like.

:laughing:

Truer words were never spoken!

 

[Dan Hunter]

So what do you do with the turtle once you've caught it??

Ask them politely to leave the premises.

 

[DT86]

Ask them politely to leave the premises.

Let us know how that works out.

 

[creekbend]

My father in law and I trapped snapping turtles in the lake on our pond and we ate them...Turtle soup...Try it...Google for a recipe...don't waste those turtles...Take a stick and let him bite it then cut off his head with a hatchet...now your safe and then go from there...Good Eating..[/QUOTEMy Father and Grandfather used to tap Fish and Turtles on the Holston River. I love the Meat, but I don't "Give a Hoot" for the eggs. Both My Father and Grandfather loved the Eggs. They are about the size of marbles, and they whisked them like making scrambled eggs. They have quite an odor. Both of them ate the eggs with Pork Brains.