Turtle Removal

[Bosun11 537]

3 minutes ago, Wolfdog91 said:

Funny you should mention grabbing lol. That's actually a popular method of catching the bigger ones!  Basically you walk around a body if water bare foot and with a long pile and you try to fell for the shell. When you think you find one you tap it a few times to hear the hallow thud. Then you dive under work your hands around the shell and pull em out.

Also o hot buddies who duck hun Cyprus swamp. When their hunting their usually up to their chest standing in water with their wadders. They said it's not super rare during the winder to be shooting then all of a sudden where you where standing easiest up a bit and starts walking  or one if these big guys basically walks by bad almost knock you over lol

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9 minutes ago, Jonjon79 said:

f**k me - imagine that grabbing your foot

eh neh mind ya foot shouldn't like that bugger twixt my thighs

 

[Wolfdog91 7,375]

15 minutes ago, Bosun11 said:

Anything that can live for near 200 years should be protected IMO.

Well I'm just about eve ystate their native to they are . I think Louisiana is the only state that you can harvest them but that's just dude to the population of them they have. Even thing I think the limit is like two a person a day and only at a certain size

[Wolfdog91 7,375]

17 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

Some size balls you swamp folk, not for me

I'm not even in ways considered a swamp lol. It's a joke what I do compared to some actually swampers

[EDDIE B 3,166]

55 minutes ago, Bosun11 said:

Anything that can live for near 200 years should be protected IMO.

What you on about Willis?

[Wolfdog91 7,375]

 

22 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

Of all the mad shit you got over there, what do cause the most problems, but your hands are tied? One there it’s prob the badgers, well they protected an running riot, as far as reptiles go we got very few, couple snakes and few wee lizards. So they don’t cause a problem, they must do in numbers over there tho?

That's really somthin that's more of a state by state ( he'll sontimes county by county ) deal. Like here in MS we have a couple of problem specie but our laws are super laced so its no real big deal. Depening on where your at our main damage animals are feral/wild hogs ,beaver and coyotes. And I'm my county wildhogs do more damage than anything. Actually here's some of what they did the other night by my parents place

And that's probably in two or three hogs, I seen entire fields of soybeans and such turned over like that in a night or two by a full sounder of 30 or so hogs. 

But againdude to my states laxed laws I can shoot day or night, night vision thermal,dog hunt,trap, snare , and I think they just passed a bill allowing us to shoot them from helicopters last year. Beaver and c oyotes are about the same  and we can target all three year round.

Now in other places like out west it's mainly c oyotes and they take their control extremely seriously.  Talked to a trapper from Montana and they do everything from trap and snare to M44 ( basically is a little device that shoots a cyanide pill into the animals mouth with the bite and try to pull it out the ground) calling , denning ,shooting with decoy dogs ( these are dogs that are trained to go out find the coyote fight them for a little bit and get them to chase them back towards the shooter  ) and Ariel shootings out of planes  and helicopters.  Grizzly have become a problem with live stock predation though and their kinda got their hands tied on that.  I think their only allowed lethal removal of a couple dozen yearly and everything elese is live capture and relocation.

Then states like California they have banned all trapping and prefer hunting so they basically have mountain lions hunting people on running trail in parks ( and no I'm not kidding at all)  not to me tion c oyotes in inner cities area attacking and killing pets left and right but you'll get thrown under the prision if you try somthing

[Bosun11 537]

4 minutes ago, EDDIE B said:

What you on about Willis?

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[EDDIE B 3,166]

2 minutes ago, Bosun11 said:

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If there is an overpopulation of any species which are having a negative affect on an environment, then that species needs to be managed. The fact that they can live for a couple of hundred years shouldn't be s factor. In fact, it should give more reason to manage numbers.

 Even in parts of Africa, elephant numbers need to be managed where numbers are high, due to them eating everything. The fact that they have a long lifespan, makes that an even bigger problem.

[Wolfdog91 7,375]

3 minutes ago, EDDIE B said:

If there is an overpopulation of any species which are having a negative affect on an environment, then that species needs to be managed. The fact that they can live for a couple of hundred years shouldn't be s factor. In fact, it should give more reason to manage numbers.

 Even in parts of Africa, elephant numbers need to be managed where numbers are high, due to them eating everything. The fact that they have a long lifespan, makes that an even bigger problem.

Well just dude to how much they range and their diet in an actual swamp ecosystem like the real big ones Louisiana it would talk a massive massive population boom for any effects to be noticeable 

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Enjoyed that fella

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There used to be a black market for snapping turtle.I think they brought $10 a pound but the feds shut it down.Dont cross a stateline or you will get a long vacation.

I know some hogdog boys in MS that would be glad to help with the hogs.I have terriers who will bolt or catch beaver.Give me a call this winter.I would be glad to thin em out for you.