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Snappers and Snakeskins
gstoneberg:
That's what my grandma had us do too. I'd chuck them in a metal stock tank for a couple weeks and would shoot sparrows with the pellet gun to feed them. They tasted a lot better that way...I know because we ate one right after we caught it once and it was terrible.
George
BowEd:
One thing too about those turtles.If your ambitious enough.The skin on the neck and around the legs kept intac stapled flat and fleshed is really supposed to make some very good bow string.Tough,tough,tough.Cut in strips an inch wide and flemish twisted.My solution for butchering turtles is just a very thick stiff sharp blade and however I get er done is good enough.I've always tried to leave the bottom shell on.Made a canteen once.Filled in the holes with sewn rawhide and glazed the inside with beeswax.Worked great.Lot of work though.
BowEd:
I'm on the same page with Stringman about those snake skins.PM me about any type of trade you would want to do.Those copperheads are beautiful IMO.LOL.
FlintWalker:
When I was a little boy we'd have "turtle cleanings" at my grandaddys house about twice a year. We'd clean 50-75 at a time! No easy way to do it. Grandpa had 5 sons and a bunch of us grandkids and everybody had a different approach. I cleaned one a couple years ago and for what meat I got...it wasn't worth it!
In the late spring they'll be full of eggs that look like yellow paint balls. Give em a day or so to get ripe and bomb your sisters >:D Or...chase em around the house with a handfull of beating turtle hearts!!! Ahhh....the good old days!
Don't forget to take some side cutters and snip away the plate of bone running down the center of the shell on the inside. The strips of meat under there are GOOOOD. ;)
johnston:
Just gotta say how much I appreciate the help. I have gotten some great stuff here and in emails that makes me
anxious to set the hooks next night off. Will try to get pics but it'll just be me and a 20 lb turtle in the boat so I
ain't making no promises. But if I catch a big one it's on.
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