Snapper Turtle Soup

Anyone ever try to catch or make the soup ? I tried catching one years ago with no luck, the bait was gone every day and no turtle, one day the wire line with my hooks was gone that I had tied to the tree so I said the heck with this. I used old screen door wire overtop the bait, livers,roghten smelling fish and a large deep sea hook, and the buggers would still take the bait. Just hoping the turtle would take the whole thing into it's mouth, not nibble it off.

I may try this method once all my teeth fall out and loose my marbles, I would be afraid of loosing my tally wacker, need a good athletic cup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gn8EQ0azXpQ

Its not bad at all
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AA130FIREMAN wrote:Anyone ever try to catch or make the soup ? I tried catching one years ago with no luck, the bait was gone every day and no turtle, one day the wire line with my hooks was gone that I had tied to the tree so I said the heck with this. I used old screen door wire overtop the bait, livers,roghten smelling fish and a large deep sea hook, and the buggers would still take the bait. Just hoping the turtle would take the whole thing into it's mouth, not nibble it off.

I accidentally caught one when I was about eight years old. He was a monster, his shell was over 2' in diameter. The thing charged up the bank at the three of us kids and it opened its mouth and hissed at us. His mouth had about 10 hooks stuck in it and we ran all the way home! I'll pass on the soup.

And me too my young friend.

It's not so scarey going into the swamp to catch snappers. You see, they will never bite you while they are under water. They have no enemies while submerged so they figure why bite? That being said, that turtle man video.... they must have the lazy snappers down South. If you pick up a snapper in Maine you'd best be prepared for a fight. They will thrash the hell out of you and constantly snap at the air until you drop them. They only ones I've ever caught were the ones I accidentally came across while they were crossing a road or out in the woods. I do not know how they are trapped.

I`ve seen some trapped here, it seems that if you stake down an old tire in the shallows, put some rank chicken pieces inside the turtle will go in for the meat & if the right size get stuck in the tire. Don`t imagine that it`s in any way legal but I`ve seen a few trapped. But like Freddy in my area if you keep an eye out they cross the road quite often, & you are in for a fight. I`ve seen a few that could probably chew right through a tire & rip it off a car to boot.

.22 to the head?

Just sayin'. Though I've never had turtle soup before. I have had rabbit and squirrel stew and found it to be quite delicious.

I tried to save a few snappers attempting to cross the street. Scary animals. They move quite a bit faster than I remember being told growing up as a kid.

samhill wrote:I`ve seen some trapped here, it seems that if you stake down an old tire in the shallows, put some rank chicken pieces inside the turtle will go in for the meat & if the right size get stuck in the tire. Don`t imagine that it`s in any way legal but I`ve seen a few trapped. But like Freddy in my area if you keep an eye out they cross the road quite often, & you are in for a fight. I`ve seen a few that could probably chew right through a tire & rip it off a car to boot.

Use to trap them out of farm ponds. Take a couple of empty milk jugs with heavy line, bait with grizzly meat and throw in pond. Check every day and when jugd move you have one, just hook it and pull it in and let the battle begin.
Would put them in a water tank with clean water for a few days to clean them out before cutting their heads off and hanging them up to bleed out.

No desire to eat any turtle soup, but I am game on keeping them out of ponds. I do shoot them while they are basking in the sun. The best way I have found to trap them with a #1 leg hold trap.
Take a piece of 2x12 say 15" long or so. Attach the trap to the board some what tight, it does not have to be real secure. Wire a junk of meat on the pan. Float trap upside down in water and secure chain to a tree, stake, whatever. Traps are onl spring loaded on ones side, that side will remain flat on hte board. The other side will hang straight down. When the turtle comes up to get the meat it will trip teh pan and the trap will close and break it's neck. It works great. The only thing I have go wrong is if the turtle comes in under the one side of trap that is hanging straight down, it will still spring the trap, but he will be under the leg holds.

That thing is a hard shelled Hoot Grouse. Cut his head off and
bake it like a turkey. If you can, shove a small onion up its' butt first.

Careful how you go about it.
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The crazy turtle man is going to be on the boob tube (tv) tonight at 10 on APL, animal planet.