Big Nasty Snapping Turtle!!

[Bearcarver]

Big Nasty Snapping Turtle!!

This is one of the biggest we've seen here (39 pounds).
Thought you guys would like to see it.

We didn't want it for eating. Our Son was at our house, and his wife called him, and told him there was a Snapper at their front door, and Deisel was barking at him. So he went down, and took him out with a .22 cal handgun.
There has always been at least a few in his pond, but since he stocked some new fish, he's been trying to get the numbers down. This one is definitely one of the biggest yet.

That thing could have put a serious hurt on his Chocolate Lab Pup, or anybody else!!


That's about it,
Bear



Very Big Snapper!!
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN0640.jpg.html




Flip-Side:
http://s836.photobucket.com/user/Bearcarver_2009/media/DSCN0642.jpg.html

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[chef willie]

Wow.....good looking big ass turtle. Turtle soup? Sausage?

 

[bluewhisper]

Makes me reconsider the wisdom of wading barefoot.

 

[fwismoker]

The meat would have been tough but i would have tried to eat it...soup if nothing else. 

 

[smoking b]

That's a decent sized snapper Bear 

  I'd be cooking that thing up! 

 

[daveomak]

I've killed and processed snapping turtle ...... breaded and deep fried is AWESOME........ 7 different meat muscle groups that have different flavors and textures..... Find someone that will eat it and not waste it.....

 

[paulyetter]

That is one brute of a turtle!

 

[Bearcarver]

 
Wow.....good looking big ass turtle. Turtle soup? Sausage?

I can't do them any more, and my Son is too busy.

He gave it to a Buddy of one of his climbers.

Bear

 
Makes me reconsider the wisdom of wading barefoot.

Exactly!!!

Don't need to let 'em make a 3 legged Dog either!!

Bear

 
The meat would have been tough but i would have tried to eat it...soup if nothing else. 

Yup---I used to catch them for a restaurant, when I was a kid.

All they ever made was Snapper soup, but it was Great !!

Bear

 

[mneeley490]

Oh no! GAMERA!

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• mneeley490
• May 21, 2014

 

[jirodriguez]

Should of called in Godzilla to battle it in the middle of town!

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• jirodriguez
• May 21, 2014

 

[bluewhisper]

The Ohio Game Fishing board had a thread about a white snapping turtle, it was an ongoing drama of Man vs. Turtle; Turtle eventually wins after snacking on a lot of bait. It's a long thread but the farther you get into it, the funnier it gets

http://www.ohiogamefishing.com/community/showthread.php?t=181863&highlight=white+turtle

ed called said one of my jugs was crusing around so i stop with fishing rods and some circle hook to add 2 more juge aand there was a cat on it but it was12in and the trebble hook was smash so there had to been some thing bigger at first;ok now jug are set up eith cicrle hooks,7pm and i get 2 gills cut in half set jugs then here comes theys little bubbles along the shore im looking and bam it his big white ,ss i catch a nother gill quick and knock a bit off life out of him look and see where he is toss the gill out 4 foot with bobber bam he on it fast i watch him wait pull the tip a bit his nise comes to get air half the gill gone just that fast hes moveing i see him again toss the half out he gets it sits there now im thinking hesgoing to swallow this little jig hesd om 12lb,then what,well i cant see his mouth just his back,then mt bobber comes uo gone.so got a nother gill real quick and put on a stright shank woom hook on my flipping stick with bobber and 40lb,braid toss it to him he grabs it and heads for the hills i gave 40 yard of line and tried to set the hook blanked man this thing is dame smart or im dumb,ass cow pow well will check later but i think this is going to be a tought catch.

 

[Bearcarver]

 
That's a decent sized snapper Bear 

  I'd be cooking that thing up! 

Yup, He was a good-un!!

If I was younger with energy!!

Bear

I've killed and processed snapping turtle ...... breaded and deep fried is AWESOME........ 7 different meat muscle groups that have different flavors and textures..... Find someone that will eat it and not waste it.....

I never had any other than in Snapper Soup, and I liked that a lot!! 

This one was probably real tough. I see if I can find out how the guy liked it.

Bear

 

[Bearcarver]

 
That is one brute of a turtle!

LOL---Yup, He wouldn't have won any Beauty contests!!

Bear

 
Oh no! GAMERA!

Gamera_Gamera_Still0101.jpg

• mneeley490
• May 21, 2014

That thing actually looks like him!!!

Bear

 
Should of called in Godzilla to battle it in the middle of town!

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• jirodriguez
• May 21, 2014

LOL----Then we'd have trouble getting rid of whichever one wins!!

Bear

 

[Rafter H BBQ]

Big ole boy there, don't think we have em that big around here !

 

[Bearcarver]

 
The Ohio Game Fishing board had a thread about a white snapping turtle, it was an ongoing drama of Man vs. Turtle; Turtle eventually wins after snacking on a lot of bait. It's a long thread but the farther you get into it, the funnier it gets

http://www.ohiogamefishing.com/community/showthread.php?t=181863&highlight=white+turtle

ed called said one of my jugs was crusing around so i stop with fishing rods and some circle hook to add 2 more juge aand there was a cat on it but it was12in and the trebble hook was smash so there had to been some thing bigger at first;ok now jug are set up eith cicrle hooks,7pm and i get 2 gills cut in half set jugs then here comes theys little bubbles along the shore im looking and bam it his big white ,ss i catch a nother gill quick and knock a bit off life out of him look and see where he is toss the gill out 4 foot with bobber bam he on it fast i watch him wait pull the tip a bit his nise comes to get air half the gill gone just that fast hes moveing i see him again toss the half out he gets it sits there now im thinking hesgoing to swallow this little jig hesd om 12lb,then what,well i cant see his mouth just his back,then mt bobber comes uo gone.so got a nother gill real quick and put on a stright shank woom hook on my flipping stick with bobber and 40lb,braid toss it to him he grabs it and heads for the hills i gave 40 yard of line and tried to set the hook blanked man this thing is dame smart or im dumb,ass cow pow well will check later but i think this is going to be a tought catch.

LOL---Pretty good conversation!!!

I like the one guy using one of my old tricks. I used to cut up a bluegill if I ran out of bait.

Bear

 

[disco]

That was a brute, Bear. You should have taken it to a taxidermist! It would make a great ottoman.

Disco