A Snapping Turtle and a Spotted Turtle
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How can that snapper in the photo weigh that much? No way! How big was he Guy? In the photo, I estimate maybe 13" long, am I wrong? Am I being fooled by perspective?
A 28lb snapper isn't really that big. In the old days they were much bigger. Like I said, I have this great picture (a newspaper clipping) from around 1953. It shows 2 snappers held by their tails by two locals. Not sure how to go about searching archives to bring up the story as well as any other photos.
My friend is 65 years old and has trapped snappers his entire life. I am going to get a tape recorder and tape interviews with him. He is the one in the newspaper clipping holding the snapper. From him I will find out how much money a 28lber brings, and how heavy the ones in the photo are. I definately need to get a scanner. I have some really great pics of him about 15 yrs ago with some real big ones!
My friend is 65 years old and has trapped snappers his entire life. I am going to get a tape recorder and tape interviews with him. He is the one in the newspaper clipping holding the snapper. From him I will find out how much money a 28lber brings, and how heavy the ones in the photo are. I definately need to get a scanner. I have some really great pics of him about 15 yrs ago with some real big ones!
BobM said:
I am not sure how big he actually was in length. Here is my only other view. Check out the claws. He needs some clipping!
http://www.njpinebarrens.com/teegate/main.php/download/392-1/IMG_3433.jpg
Guy
In case anyone is interested...years ago a snapper sold for .50 a lb after gutting it. After gutting it, it would weigh half as much...so the 28lber paid around $7-$8.00. My friend said the biggest snapper he ever got weighed
45 lbs.
45 lbs.
The snapper in the picture looks old, thus having claws that long. It looks like he/she has one eye as well.
As for the snapper season, I heard from October till the season ends on Jan 1,
the snappers are hibernating, thus buried in the mud. It doesn't make sense to me to even have a season during this time. Sounds like something "they" put on the calendar just to sound fair.
As for the snapper season, I heard from October till the season ends on Jan 1,
the snappers are hibernating, thus buried in the mud. It doesn't make sense to me to even have a season during this time. Sounds like something "they" put on the calendar just to sound fair.
I would have loved to seen that snapper! Of course it was well fed, and all the protection...all it had to do was lay around and get fat. Snappers in the wild don't stand a chance like that.
suresue592003 said:
Ohhh, then we got a contender for the title Sue! I spoke to the guy who knows the guy who caught the one at Lakehurst. He caught it about 8 years ago (I think) and it was 36 pounds then. He caught it again recently and it now weighs either 42, 44, or 46 pounds, I was not listening well. I should have the photo tomorrow.......
suresue592003 said:
Sue
Check my earlier post. I gave the exact season information and the Fish and Wildlife link to the season and bag limits.
Scott
Here's the big snapper. When first caught it weighed 39 pounds. He recently re-caught it (or one just like it in the same pond) and it weighs 42 pounds as of a couple years ago.
http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=241&pos=99
http://forums.njpinebarrens.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=241&pos=99
Bob, who is the guy in the picture? And thanks for the pictorial truth on just how many lbs a snappers can grow to be.
His name is Chuck. I don't want to give his last name on the internet Sue. I did not get his permission to.
bob
bob
That is a big snapper. The one I saw was perhaps a little larger. Definitely not any smaller than the one in the photo. It is tough to try to put it in perspective from memory with this photo. I would tend to guess that the snapper I saw is probably closer to the 42lbs that this snapper in the photo weighs now.
Jeff
Jeff
Guy, guess what...
Hey Guy, guess what!
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I dug up some great info on those trucks of yours...
Those are pulp wood trucks. Apparently, those trucks were quite common in the pines. The town folk used them to run all over the woods and cut pulp (pine) wood, take it to the road and stack it. Once they accumulated alot, a hauling truck would come and take it away. It was hard work back then, considereing the wood had to stacked and loaded several times. I was told, the wood was hauled to Philadelphia or Gloucester, sawed up in mills and used for paper. The batteries were always removed, because back then they were considered great value and often were stolen. These men would used what ever they could to make up these trucks, weather the front of pickups, cars or tractors. There is even a murder mystery behind one of those trucks you pictured...but I am leaving that for my book.
Hey Guy, guess what!
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I dug up some great info on those trucks of yours...
Those are pulp wood trucks. Apparently, those trucks were quite common in the pines. The town folk used them to run all over the woods and cut pulp (pine) wood, take it to the road and stack it. Once they accumulated alot, a hauling truck would come and take it away. It was hard work back then, considereing the wood had to stacked and loaded several times. I was told, the wood was hauled to Philadelphia or Gloucester, sawed up in mills and used for paper. The batteries were always removed, because back then they were considered great value and often were stolen. These men would used what ever they could to make up these trucks, weather the front of pickups, cars or tractors. There is even a murder mystery behind one of those trucks you pictured...but I am leaving that for my book.
Sorry everyone, I posted this in the wrong thread. It belongs in the thread about Sim Place. I guess I will have to send Guy on another wild goose chase!