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Post about turtles on the tales section made me think of some Civilians I worked with while stationed at Ft Leonard Wood. Was talking about snapping turtles and a couple of them said they'd go turtle hunting and raech back into holes to grab them (same with catfish). Not the kind of folks you wanted to doubt, but I always wondered.
Were they BSing me?

Dave
 
I never knew of anybody that stuck a hand into a snappers mouth and returned with all of his digits. When I was a kid my Dad and uncle would use a 2x4 or hickory stick. The snapper would bite down on the board and they would pull them out of the river.
 
my grandad used to "turtle" quite a bit. he used a steel rod, about 1-4 inch in diameter, about 5 ft long with a small hook on one end. wading in the water, you work along riverbanks and treefalls tapping with the rod. when you hit a turtle, it would make a hollow sound. you then quickly stepped on the turtles back pinning it to the bottom and work the rod around to find the head. it would bite at the rod. then slide your hand down your leg to feel the back of the shell. the snapper has a rough back and the "points" face the rear of the shell. you would then reach back to grab the tail and pull the turtle out. he taught us how, and i have done it a few times in my younger days, but i dont anymore.
 
Some places call it "noodling" and others call it "loggin". And yes, the person wades into the water, finds a hollow log and reaches into it hoping to grab a big cat fish.

There's not enough gold in Ft. Knox to pay me to do that.
 
When I was a kid the neighbor boy and I found a snapper along the creek. He was teasing it with his tennis shoes and eventually it latched onto his big toe. I was walking away and when he started screaming I turned around to see him dragging the turtle around by his toe, sreaming bloody murder. I don't remember if the turtle did any damage to his toe, but he was in a panic for awhile.
 

My uncle used to noodle all the time on the Mississippi for catfish... Not sure what all else they caught.

One picture from one night's fishing showed 50-60 big old cats hanging from a line about 40 feet long strung between two trees...

HH
 
I wasn't using my noodle one summer day when I stuck my hand into an exposed clay drain tile that was trickling water into the creek. I rather surprised a crayfish and my reflexes were so good the critter ended up a few hundred feet away! Leo
 
Dave I'm surprised that they did not ask you to go coon hunting while riding mules.Went on one in the Carthage, MO. area back in the early 70's. Not something I want to do again. We use a seign to get our snappers as we really like our fingers right where they are.
 
(quoted from post at 14:38:25 05/28/10) Dave I'm surprised that they did not ask you to go coon hunting while riding mules.Went on one in the Carthage, MO. area back in the early 70's. Not something I want to do again. We use a seign to get our snappers as we really like our fingers right where they are.
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Had a buddy there that had a mule (bout pony size). It would jump into the pickup like a dog. Never had the oportunity to go coon hunting, but did take a lot of trainees snipe hunting :roll:

Dave
 
I was stationed at Ft.Lost in the Woods in the late 60s,drove thru that part of the country
last year and could'nt believe how it had changed.
 
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