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 What do you do with turtles ?
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07/29/09 10:32 PM
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What's Texas law say about killing turtles when you catch 'em? I believe alligator snappers are protected but is it legal to kill the other species (or do you just cut the line as close as possible to the mouth) ?
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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07/29/09 10:46 PM
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BossHawg
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What's Texas law say about killing turtles when you catch 'em? I believe alligator snappers are protected but is it legal to kill the other species (or do you just cut the line as close as possible to the mouth) ? Someone i know (not me of course) kills every one that is stupid enough to bite my bait 
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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07/29/09 11:12 PM
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CatfishMike
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In my younger years I would cut the heads off. But now days I either remove the hook and let it go back or just cut the line and let it go back.
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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07/30/09 02:25 AM
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PerchTrout
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I fish for Gar in the Mission River in Refugio and it never fails that I get @ least one of those big softshelled turtles...I cut the line right when I know what it is...
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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07/30/09 12:45 PM
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Believer
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Remove head first......then meat........ put in large pot to stew add seasonings to taste..... Enjoy w/ friends......
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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07/30/09 06:45 PM
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LRS
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I've always heard turtle stew is great stuff.
I hooked a big turtle about a month ago.
I got some long pliers, and with the same care you would use to defuse a teller mine, I got the hook out, and watched him skedaddle back to the water.
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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07/30/09 09:24 PM
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nethingthatbites
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hooks are cheap enough just cut the line if it's too deep
quick and easy and painless
unless you would be willing to post a pic with a turtle latched onto your finger
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
[Re: nethingthatbites]
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07/30/09 10:22 PM
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hooks are cheap enough just cut the line if it's too deep
quick and easy and painless
unless you would be willing to post a pic with a turtle latched onto your finger  No sir.
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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07/31/09 07:39 PM
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Kyle B.
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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07/31/09 09:54 PM
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I never ate turtle but after seeing some of the recipes here I might just give it a try. I heard they move around a lot when they're cookin'. Is that true?
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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08/01/09 04:55 PM
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Evan O'Brien
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make ice cream, duh.. 
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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08/01/09 05:24 PM
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I just watch them slide off the logs and splash in the water.
The snapping turtles I leave to them selves
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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08/01/09 05:40 PM
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kelkay
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I cut the line. I have no interest in a turtle latching on to my finger(s).
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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08/01/09 08:49 PM
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Set-The-Hook-Hollie
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Umm...cut the line before they try to bite you...or just shoot them 
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Re: What do you do with turtles ?
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08/02/09 06:17 PM
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PappyFish
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Soft shell Turtles are great eating! Find a China Restaurant that will fix them for you. Call after you catch one and take them in alive. Give the chefs time to do their thing and it is a great adventure. I ate them in China and it was a real hoot!
Catchem early!
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