turtle traps
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Wichita Kansas USA
Posts: 699
turtle traps
unrelated to bow hunting but I am sure some one has seen the traps made out of a barrell or some other configuration to remove turtles from a pond. any help on how to build a trap would be appreciated.
#2
#3
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Jersey
Posts: 71
RE: turtle traps
As a kid I made so many " floating traps " . I would look out over the pond and when you seen a turtle sitting on the wood you would run out and try to scare it in side the trap .
Kept a 8 year old busssyyyy all day long lol .
Kept a 8 year old busssyyyy all day long lol .
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: A flat lander lost in the mountains of Northern,AZ
Posts: 3,171
RE: turtle traps
ive caught more turtles on trot lines then i can remember, Id say setup a trot line but use a bait that turtles will eat and fish dont like. the trick would be finding a bait that fish wont go after just the turtles. maybe chunks of chicken, but even that might attract a catfish or two. or set the trot line shallow enough so only the turtles can get to the bait. good luck.
#9
RE: turtle traps
I use nylon twine with a big hook baited with a whole bluegill , The twine is tied off to either a bunch of cattails or a nearby tree trunk . About the only other critter that will try to eat a whole 'gill is a big catfish , and somehow I don't have a problem with that .