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« on: May 22, 2011, 09:57:59 PM »
How do you kill a snapping turtle if you want to mount it? I would normally cut its head off to kill it, but I have a feeling that would not be good to mount it. How can I SAFELY kill it without messing it up?
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« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2011, 09:59:54 PM »
Put it in your freezer
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« Reply #2 on: May 22, 2011, 10:32:57 PM »
I think this is becoming a weekly question.  LOL   Grin 

All reptiles are best put in a freezer ALIVE.  They go to sleep and eventually stop breathing. 
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« Reply #3 on: May 22, 2011, 10:35:07 PM »
Quote from: psycho on May 22, 2011, 10:32:57 PM
I think this is becoming a weekly question.  LOL   Grin 

All reptiles are best put in a freezer ALIVE.  They go to sleep and eventually stop breathing. 

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« Reply #4 on: May 22, 2011, 10:46:55 PM »
So how exactly am I gonna grab a hold of it with out it tearing a finger off?
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« Reply #5 on: May 22, 2011, 10:52:05 PM »
Quote from: 7-Point on May 22, 2011, 10:46:55 PM
So how exactly am I gonna grab a hold of it with out it tearing a finger off?

By his tail brother.  Grab him by the back of his tail and walk with him away from your body holding him out away from you.  Place him in a 5 gallon bucket or Tupperware container with a lid and put his butt in the freezer.   Wink
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« Reply #6 on: May 22, 2011, 10:54:21 PM »
I froze mine in a burlap sack placed in a box just big enough to fit him.  
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« Reply #7 on: May 22, 2011, 10:57:41 PM »
Thanks guys, I'm just trying to keep from getting bit. Losing a finger or two would ruin my day. Never mounted one, and want to try sometime.
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« Reply #8 on: May 22, 2011, 10:58:03 PM »
That a work too.  Just remember after about 3 to 5 days take him out and put him in plastic trash bags and double bag it just like anything other critter.  Dan
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« Reply #9 on: May 22, 2011, 10:58:50 PM »
Don't try to lip him like the fish in your Avatar.   Wink
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« Reply #10 on: May 22, 2011, 11:14:02 PM »
lol  best advice yet Dan!   Never got to the re-bagging part. Blaine's freezer died and that was one of many things we lost!  Got one on my "to find" list this year though.
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« Reply #11 on: May 23, 2011, 12:53:39 AM »
Quote from: jimhow on May 22, 2011, 11:14:02 PM
lol  best advice yet Dan!   Never got to the re-bagging part. Blaine's freezer died and that was one of many things we lost!  Got one on my "to find" list this year though.

That guy should invest in a $10 freezer alarm from Jim Allred.  LOL   Wink   Grin
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« Reply #12 on: May 23, 2011, 01:04:00 AM »
lol  I'm sure that thought crossed his mind too!
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