he guys i have a big problem i have a 50 foot by 50 foot pond in in my back yard and i have more turtles the fish!
i cought a few with hook and line here are some names of turtles i cought
soft shell spiny turtle snapping red eared slider and the floridan chicken turtle
i need help please
any body have plans to make traps or capture them and move them to a diffrent lake
turtles
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I am in a fishing club and we have the same problem in our pond. No one does it but the best is to get rid of them as they are not native. I have caught a few but it is not fast and so of no use to you. If you have catfish in the pond they will eat the carcasses, i recommend either a strong airsoft gun or a firearm and to take them out while they are sun bathing or on the surface. If you have a boat you would take a big hand net and just fish em out as good as possible and kill what you can't get.
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"Did you ever stop to think that out of the seven deadly sins envy is the only one which doesn't give the sinner even momentary pleasure"-George Will
Well, anything with a springloaded door and some food with a string will do to trap them.
But whats wrong with too much turtles? I suppose they wont play loud music at night?
But whats wrong with too much turtles? I suppose they wont play loud music at night?
I had this problem once in a small bass fishing pond I used to visit. John has the right idea (or, at least, that's how we got rid of them).
i rather catch them with a trap but i have expensive koy in the pond
all the traps i have seen cost 200$ dollars i have the money but should i just take them out
the alligater snapping turtles are nasty bugers they eat all my koy
ps if i catch them i will release them into a diffrent lake
pss all the species ive seen are native
all the traps i have seen cost 200$ dollars i have the money but should i just take them out
the alligater snapping turtles are nasty bugers they eat all my koy
ps if i catch them i will release them into a diffrent lake
pss all the species ive seen are native
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How many are we talking here? Under 50 i say trap and shoot the rest over 50 i say just take em all down and trap some with a net. Its not worth the Coy to be animal fan here, but a trap is easily built like a fish trap(if you want i can show you how) just above water, or you can always just put a bucket weighed down with stones into the water with bait and the turtles fall in and are trapped.
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Or just leave them be and wait for them to die of natural causes...
It should take no more than 150 years...
It should take no more than 150 years...

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if you did not have kois I would of suggested a net to eb put ont eh surface of their sunning spots, but maybe a trap like the one i discribes is your best bet, along with killing a few.
"Did you ever stop to think that out of the seven deadly sins envy is the only one which doesn't give the sinner even momentary pleasure"-George Will
bad news i cant kill any of them just cought a couger turtle witch is endangerd i called fish and wildlife they said to trap them only i asked if they could and they said they were busy
ps do turtles sleep on land cause if they sleep i can capture them then
btb they will reproduce
ps do turtles sleep on land cause if they sleep i can capture them then
btb they will reproduce
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