[AT] Some ads from the 8/12 Lancaster Farming

[Steve W.]

We had a baby snapper wander across our lawn just after the flood water 
dropped. I figure he either got washed out of the area near the nest or 
had decided that enough was enough and wanted to move. He was about 3" 
or so but his claws and beak worked pretty good. Put him in a box and 
took him to a nice swampy area that should make him a nice home if he 
can survive. My wife says that when she was small they had a large 
female that would wander from a swampy area across the road over to the 
lawn and camp out a couple days and then go back. Maybe this one was a 
relative looking for a reunion?

-- 
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York

Pacifism - The theory that if they'd fed
Jeffrey Dahmer enough human flesh,
he'd have become a vegan.


Larry D. Goss wrote:
> I think my BIL still sells snappers to a local restaurant in eastern
> Ohio on occasion.  Fishing for them is simple -- one dead fish on a
> treble hook tied to an empty milk jug with steel leader.  If the milk
> jug changes its position, you have a snapper.  The last I knew, he was
> getting $10 each.
> 
> What do you suppose the story is on the Boa Constrictor?
> 
> Larry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Bob McNitt
> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 6:36 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Some ads from the 8/12 Lancaster Farming
> 
> Mike -
> 
> "Snapper Soup" was popular for generations (and still is in some areas)
> but 
> when the same contaminant testing done on various fish species was done
> on 
> snapping turtles, tests revealed soaring levels of mercury and PCBs due
> to 
> the species longevity and tendency of lying and hibernating in the 
> contaminated silt and mud on the bottom. Prepared properly, the soup is,
> 
> indeed delicious, but I certainly wouldn't eat it more often than maybe
> once 
> or twice a year.
> 
> As far as buying one ...??? When/If I wanted one, I'd just go catch it.
> All 
> that's needed is a dead fish for bait and a snapper in the area.
> 
> TTYL
> Bob 
>