Snapping turtle

[Traveler]

I’m not familiar with snapping turtles. Is this really what their crap looks like or is it something else?

 

[GARLICSALT]

Quick smell test and you're done.

 

[Jakeb]

It’s digging a nest to lay eggs in, they pee on the dirt to soften it for easier digging. Shes gonna cover it back when done.

 

[wyosteve]

Caught one when I was young and made soup out of it. Won't happen a second time!!

 

[SuperDUECE22]

Caught one when I was young and made soup out of it. Won't happen a second time!!

you must have did something wrong, snapping turtle is awesome table fair IMO, did you bleed it out prior to cooking ?

 

[JGross1]

I’m not familiar with snapping turtles. Is this really what their crap looks like or is it something else?

Looks like it had a late night of Strohs and Taco Bell

 

[wyosteve]

It's been so long I don't remember, but my best guess is that I didn't bleed it out!

 

[RocketRob16]

Awesome picture, not something you see every day.

 

[highcj5]

Yea. Looks like she is nesting? Have seen them at my pond and also the little yellow belly slider turtles nesting.
Better to eat a turtle that has cleaned its system out. When caught, throw them in a 55 gallon drum. Feed them cat food for about a week. Change the water in the drum every day. That will really clean the meat up.

 

[Mcfish]

you must have did something wrong, snapping turtle is awesome table fair IMO, did you bleed it out prior to cooking ?

Flushing it out over several days with clean water before killing it is a huge part of the process.

 

[SuperDUECE22]

Flushing it out over several days with clean water before killing it is a huge part of the process.

agreed, can be zero days if caught in a nice clean stream/river or up to a week if caught in a nasty stagnant swamp

 

[Jesse Jaymes]

Looks like it had a late night of Strohs and Taco Bell

Stroh's.....they still make that schitt? You must be old(er). lol

 

[mjh]

This one is an old one. Shell is at least 3ft front to back. Those are boulders all around not little rocks.

 

[49ereric]

Never cleaned out a turtle just butchered and usually in the crock pot or the elder lady down the road
Baked em… Good eats…

 

[doc holiday13]

you must have did something wrong, snapping turtle is awesome table fair IMO, did you bleed it out prior to cooking ?

Funny thing to hear someone say that when their username is SuperDUECE22......

 

[SuperDUECE22]

Funny thing to hear someone say that when their username is SuperDUECE22......

if that was an insult, you're going to have to dumb it down a bit for me to understand

 

[Q child]

Huh, it's never occurred to me to eat a turtle. We don't have any here. I'd give it a try. Is it a white meat?

 

[Team4LongGun]

Yea. Looks like she is nesting? Have seen them at my pond and also the little yellow belly slider turtles nesting.
Better to eat a turtle that has cleaned its system out. When caught, throw them in a 55 gallon drum. Feed them cat food for about a week. Change the water in the drum every day. That will really clean the meat up.

Interested in why.....and what does cat food do?

 

[doc holiday13]

if that was an insult, you're going to have to dumb it down a bit for me to understand

The joke was that you'd be taking super dueces after eating a turtle.....

 

[KsRancher]

Huh, it's never occurred to me to eat a turtle. We don't have any here. I'd give it a try. Is it a white meat?

It reminds me of eating frog legs. Kind of rubbery. There is white meat and some almost red meat in turles. Each muscle group has a different color