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« on: April 25, 2005, 04:44:25 PM »


Caught in bvr run during spring trapping
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« Reply #1 on: April 26, 2005, 02:43:07 PM »
Man, He sure gets around.I seen that turtle all the way over at Dobbins.
OK TURTLE GUYS
I can tell what sex the turtle is.
Can any body else sex this turtle from the picture ?
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« Reply #2 on: April 26, 2005, 04:27:33 PM »
female
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« Reply #3 on: April 27, 2005, 02:36:32 AM »
Newt,from now on ,we will leave it up to you--to determine the sex of all snapping turtles on this forum.
 We will even allow you to do skunks,porcupines,and ardvarks.
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« Reply #4 on: April 27, 2005, 03:55:04 AM »
Loks to me like one of them "stretched" 330s would be a better choice for turtle trapping.
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« Reply #5 on: May 03, 2005, 05:29:08 PM »
Once and awhile I get one under the ice in #330s, too. Weird to pull one up in winter, but I get them with enough consistency that I am starting to rethink just how much they spend truly "hibernating" through the winter.
Anyone else nab one in winter with your #330s?
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« Reply #6 on: May 04, 2005, 09:53:27 AM »
Did you eat him?  Pretty partial to snapping turtle myself...
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« Reply #7 on: May 04, 2005, 10:29:30 AM »
Same here Jim. I've lost count of snappers I've caught in 330's set at bank lodge entrances, under ice in late winter. I don't believe they hibernate at all. Some of them really stink in the winter. I have no clue why but the smell is awful. Anyone know why that is?
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« Reply #8 on: May 04, 2005, 12:17:00 PM »
I love that smell ! It tells me spring is in the air!!!!

I nead a song to go with that
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« Reply #9 on: May 05, 2005, 04:03:24 PM »
"I'm singing in the rain, just singing in the rain, what a wonderful feeling I'm having again..."
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« Reply #10 on: May 06, 2005, 01:48:22 AM »
Hmm Run out of scotch again Wacky and resorting to peyote buttons again.... ....... ...... Newt just likes the smell of turtles LOL
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« Reply #11 on: May 06, 2005, 03:01:07 AM »
OK, I said it was (Is) a male turtle. Any body know how I can tell ? Lets here your guesses any how even if you dont know.

I'll let y'll know on Sunday
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« Reply #12 on: May 06, 2005, 02:08:24 PM »
He is not talking on a phone. :roll:
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« Reply #13 on: May 06, 2005, 02:25:24 PM »
No, Wacky---
No--- No Wacky----
But your think'n---
 your think'n---- and thats good.
You are quit bright aint you!
Now we know why your father called you sun
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« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2005, 09:22:23 AM »
Here we go again NJ against NM.......
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« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2005, 12:48:10 PM »
Forgot to answer Newts question on the superb speciman of Chelydra.  The snapping turtle seen in picture is a female.  To the uninitiated  snapping turtle  fans to make sure:  you turn turtle over and look at  the distance the vent is from the carapace.  The male tail is longer and thicker than female and vent is further from edge of plastron than of the female snapper.
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« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2005, 04:00:39 PM »
I figured that Newt knew because he butchered it and knew whether or not it had a johnson.

That is how I know what gender snappers are.

Many other turtles are easy, but snappers....
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« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2005, 04:23:55 PM »
I'm goin home!  Newt hurt my feeling again.  If the dang thing was rolled over a fellow could maybe seen ifin had teets.
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« Reply #18 on: May 08, 2005, 02:08:19 AM »
Tis spring time in the desert and time for peyote ( whoops ) mushroom hunting. la da dee  and checking turtles for teats..... wooo...woo and da white rabbit lives oooooooonnnnnnnnnnnn.
    Did you know that a turtles  wind pipe is located in the middle of his tongue?   Thought i would throw some hard evidence in  here as subject is starting to float a bit with Slimey Newt and Wacky dackers (whoops) Quackers  feeling their spring time oats..................
   Tom how is your take on snappers  in your spring bvr sets up your part of country???
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« Reply #19 on: May 08, 2005, 02:47:36 AM »
RdFx, you pull'n my leg ?
That turtle in the picture is a Male. That is from what I can see in the picture.
1- Your right about the tail.A female has a smaller an shorter tail.
2- also you are right about the vent
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3-The points of the shell on eather side of the tail.Most f the time a male points up, A female points down.
4-The face a female turtle has a shorter face than a male. Just like you can see in Red Fox where the vixins snout is shorter than the dog fox
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« Reply #20 on: May 08, 2005, 06:40:53 AM »
Lee,not a lot of snapper movement in the north country when I am there.
 It might have something to do with the ice still floating around.Even the day it hit 85,there was still some ice on one shore ofone of my lakes.
 I think I have a grand total of 1 caught and released in the spring.You must remember almost all of my sets are castor mounds--I have to play the otter avoidance thing as much as possible,so I dont set any narrows or pinch points.
 Ever seen two snappers playing natures game in the shallows?Looks and sounds like a couple water buffalo doing water gymnastics.
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« Reply #21 on: May 08, 2005, 07:30:41 AM »
I have.
There easy to catch when they are do'n the water dance. Just run the boat right up to them.kill the engine, and jump in. Hopfully you'll land next to them.Grab'm up quick and hope the boat did'nt go too far. It's hard walking back with a snapper in each hand. Forget try'n to swim. If the waters that deep you have to let at least 1 go.Some times both of them.BUT what a Adrenalin rush even if you have to turn them loose.
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« Reply #22 on: May 08, 2005, 09:24:40 AM »
I didn't even bother trying Newt.Season wasn't open,our state is making so many new restrictions on harvesting.Bottom line--they really don't want you to take them,let alone sell them.
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« Reply #23 on: May 08, 2005, 02:17:18 PM »
Thats realy a sin. They are try'n to make it imposable to make a "Honist" live'n out in the woods/water. Just why would they think the snappers are on the brink of extincton.
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« Reply #24 on: May 08, 2005, 02:53:05 PM »
Newt i would think that Minn doesnt have any data on snappers in thier nbrs fm past yrs or harvest data so they are trying to cover thier butts.  I doubt if they will put any money toward research but still handcuff the few trappers or people that do harvest turtles..
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« Reply #25 on: May 08, 2005, 04:12:10 PM »
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Ever seen two snappers playing natures game in the shallows?Looks and sounds like a couple water buffalo doing water gymnastics.


I have video.
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« Reply #26 on: May 08, 2005, 06:12:41 PM »
So twas a male I figured as much.  And RdFx went right along with Slimy on the scam.  Youins two are a pair that'll beat three of a kind in any game :x
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