Turtle Trapping Part1

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[@fishhuntben]

Very informative, proffesional videos. So helpful for a begginer. Thanks so much!

[@Meattrapper]

patch1 Thank you very much - glad it was useful.

[@frustratedmajority851]

Quarles turtle trap 100%. Ultimate method of catching turtles

[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

Thanks for this!

[@TimHaunFishing]

I like that you respect the animals and refrain from hook trapping

[@Meattrapper]

Timothy Haun Thank you. My personal rule is that if the turtle is smaller than the lid of a five gallon bucket I release them to swim another day. Thanks for watching.

[@TimHaunFishing]

Good rule, that's how we keep the population strong. I totally agree that snapping turtle is an unused resource

[@backyardmeat]

Very interesting! I think all of out turtles are protected here, but I'm looking forward to part 2

[@ssc5140]

Thanks Trapper, I always expand my knowledge base when I watch your videos. Where did you buy the floating trap from ? Thanks again !

[@Meattrapper]

+Larry Reece I bought my Quarles turtle trap from Newt Sterling at snareone.com/turtle.html. It's expensive, but It is a great quality, American made trap. Mine is many years old and I have never had a single problem or repair needed.

[@rockspoon6528]

Very good video, thanks!

[@whiskeyriver4322]

Great info-vid. Some of us hunter/woodsmen, like me, have never dealt with these dinosaurs. Thanks

[@TheKentuckyPatriot]

Great video!

[@MsDaddyrabbit1]

Excellent

[@jonbishop9062]

How big is the biggest length and weight weight?

[@randomeventstv]

what turtles are most ate in the US?

[@nickmilunovich9979]

I catch Snapping Turtles and other critters with my bare hands only. I rehabilitate animals too!

[@TylerDavis-gh1dy]

Any other suggestions for bait for the hook trap?

[@Savage3OO6]

Birds. They float and are easily seen by a turtle sitting on the bottom. Sparrows can legally be hunted year round just about everywhere in the US. Walk around a farm with a shotgun and you can have enough bait in no time.

[@Gonzo3780]

very cool and great information...I wanted to give it a try and bought everything for it but never made it out...I may try this year...Our season opens the middle of July...Good stuff buddy...

[@dalemyers9265]

i liked this video very much. it's been some time (i think it was in the late 60's or early 70's) sense i last eat turtle. this is also my first video of yours i seen. new subscriber, ding ding ding... so if you don't mind, i'm going to ask. do you make cooking video's too. sometimes it's how you cook them, that makes the difference between tossing the meat and preparing the meat for storage...or eating right then because some meat just doesn't store well, like blue fish. if you ever eaten the fish fresh or put it in cold storage then eaten it. there's a big "ol" difference.

[@Meattrapper]

Thanks for the kind words and for subbing! I do make a few cooking videos. I've done one on cooking beaver backstraps here: Cooking Beaver Backstraps and one on general tips on cooking wild game here: Wild Game Cooking for Dummies. as far as turtles go, I'm planning on another video on trapping locations and catches, and then a video on butchering and cooking. You are right about some meat not keeping well. Some fish are like that. I have yet to get a grennel to the table before it turns to cotton. Have a good day sir!

[@dalemyers9265]

thanks nice!!!

[@TheWorkingAussie]

I have no idea why I watched this...

[@MonicaWang-CPI]

Nice

[@wallaceviviansadventures2095]

good luck with the turtles

[@Meattrapper]

Thanks!

[@TUKByV]

Have you ever used mice or rats for turtle bait?

[@Meattrapper]

I have not, but I bet it would work good.

[@patelpavan5554]

Good

[@martinadejaquiz2482]

VG LIKED!

[@ddunnable1]

great vid i lov 2 eat turtle

[@dougantonucci8278]

It is now completely illegal to trap any turtles in New Jersey. Even though I have seen 45 lb snappers in my area. There all over the place.

[@ericspace7583]

It is not illegal to trap snapping turtles in New Jersey. Limit for a licensed fisherman is 1 per day in season. Very limited commercial snapping turtle permits.

[@dougantonucci8278]

@@ericspace7583 that's the thing Eric only 2 people still have permits to catch turtles in NJ. Once those 2 guys are dead, that's it. I went thru the trapping course 2 yrs ago and that's what the instructors told us.

[@cheyannemiller3687]

Thats mean turtle are wildlife and you killing them

[@aidenconley6080]

He kills them for food. If he were to just kill turtles for no reason, that wouldn't be right.

[@cheyannemiller3687]

Still I grew up catching them to play with them and let them go i didn't catch them with a hook I use my hands still pretty messed up i think

[@cheyannemiller3687]

And may I add he can catch fish or something different then a turtle that are a part of wildlife he need to just catch fish if he doesn't have money but if he has money them go and buy food not kill a turtle

[@Meattrapper]

What is the difference between killing a fish for food and a turtle? Who gets to decide which animal can be killed and eaten? You? Seriously Cheyanne, the simple fact is you do not get to decide what other people eat. You Do get to choose what you eat or do not eat, but you have no right to control others. I do not try to control you, I do now want to control you - yet you seem to want to have authority over me and you want to dictate what I am allowed to eat. That is not fair. You need to be fair. If you do not want to eat turtle - I respect that. But I do want to eat it and you do not get to control what another person eats.

[@aidenconley6080]

The Meat Trapper Thank you. Very well written.