Turtles

[Cross-7]

#4 turkey loads does the job

 

[Caustic Burno]

Overkill 410 with 8's works well unless you are just the into blowing them up

 

[cowboy43]

We talkin turkey or turtle?

 

[True Grit Farms]

And all this time I thought a 223rem was over kill.

 

[TN Cattle Man]

I prefer the hollow-point .22 myself... The catfish will take care of them afterwards! I have always been concerned with putting lead into my ponds (that is where most of turtles hang out).

 

[Cross-7]

Overkill 410 with 8's works well unless you are just the into blowing them up

I started with 7-1/2 dove loads but didn't think I was getting the job done.
The #4's leave no doubt

 

[greybeard]

About 4 years ago, I had a big population of various types of turtles in my pond--mostly cooters and sliders and they'd come from every part of it when I fed the catfish day and night. I got tired of the theivin sobs and went down one evening about 2 hours before sunset with a .22 and 50 rounds and the Night of the Great Turtle Massacre took place. Sometimes, I'd hit one and it must have paralyzed one side, because they'd just swim in tight circles, with flippers on one side making that quick flp-flp-flp-flp noise and I'd hit em again.
Next afternoon, I had to take the little boat out and scoop all the nasty stinking things out with a dipnet and throw em over behind the dam. :yuck: Their population has never recovered. (I have since 'heard' that it is illegal to kill some of them.)

 

[Cross-7]

With a 12ga and #4's some of the pieces float but most sink

 

[Cross-7]

Is the CT approved for turtle eradication ?

 

[ga.prime]

Why ever in the hail do any of you shoot turtles?

 

[Margonme]

You guys are depraved. Turtles? Snakes I understand. But not TURTLES. My dad wanted to kill everything but never seen him kill a turtle.

Edited: Unless you are eating them. I have had cooked snapping turtle. Good.

 

[littletom]

Last summer they nearly ruined the bag on a cow. Pretty much chewed one teat off.

 

[dun]

You guys are depraved. Turtles? Snakes I understand. But not TURTLES. My dad wanted to kill everything but never seen him kill a turtle.

Edited: Unless you are eating them. I have had cooked snapping turtle. Good.

Snappers go, others I leave alone.

 

[ga.prime]

Last summer they nearly ruined the bag on a cow. Pretty much chewed one teat off.

If that cow was dumb enough to stand there and let that happen....

 

[dun]

Last summer they nearly ruined the bag on a cow. Pretty much chewed one teat off.

If that cow was dumb enough to stand there and let that happen....

All it takes is one chomp for it to lose a teat

 

[callmefence]

You guys are depraved. Turtles? Snakes I understand. But not TURTLES. My dad wanted to kill everything but never seen him kill a turtle.

Edited: Unless you are eating them. I have had cooked snapping turtle. Good.

For those of us who raise fish in our ponds .
For the same reason a sheep rancher shoots coyote's. Turtles play he'll with nesting fish.