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Cousin Teddy and the Magic Rag - Part II
- Thread starter bdahunter
- Start date
we had one that wintered in the swamp behind the house then would move down to the river each spring. We lived on a dirt road and the grader would roll up a berm on each side. The snapper had no trouble geting into the roadway but couldn't manage to climb back up the other side. My great-grandfather would go out with a barn shovel and help it up over the berm so it could head for the river. This was repeated each fall when the turtle would return to the swamp. One day, I saw the snapper trying to get up out of the road and being the smart lad I was 
I decided to help him myself. Not understanding that a shovel was the tool to use, I found a sturdy stick and was trying to poke him up over the road edge. Gramps saw me and came up yelling for me to clear out. When I asked why, he held my stick down and that snapper bit right through it. I got a good lesson and a new respect for snapping turtles that day!
Dave
I decided to help him myself. Not understanding that a shovel was the tool to use, I found a sturdy stick and was trying to poke him up over the road edge. Gramps saw me and came up yelling for me to clear out. When I asked why, he held my stick down and that snapper bit right through it. I got a good lesson and a new respect for snapping turtles that day!Dave
only killed one. I wanted to try to cook it and it was just not worth the effort.
It was a tough job getting that thing out of its shell and I could have still been cooking that thing. It was as tough as the shell.
It is silly of people though, in my view. Our lakes are full of them. I have seen them while snorkeling and diving. In all my years I have never heard of one biting a person that was not fooling with them.
In fact I have never heard of anyone ever being bitten that WAS fooling with them. Nobody is stupid enough to put their hand in front of their head anyway.
I saw one sink a rubber boat once but that will have to wait.
It was a tough job getting that thing out of its shell and I could have still been cooking that thing. It was as tough as the shell.
It is silly of people though, in my view. Our lakes are full of them. I have seen them while snorkeling and diving. In all my years I have never heard of one biting a person that was not fooling with them.
In fact I have never heard of anyone ever being bitten that WAS fooling with them. Nobody is stupid enough to put their hand in front of their head anyway.
I saw one sink a rubber boat once but that will have to wait.