I have a snapping turtle, and frankly I feel like we are in a foreign country eating a dog, snapping turtles are capable to being trained, mine is trained very well so obviously they are capable. things such as this are what caused them to become threatened for a while
Things like this are not what caused them to be threatened. Snapping turtles were caught commercially and canned and sold in the southeast in the early 20th century and during that time too many were caught. This was the first time in about 15 years that we caught any and ate them (3 of them) out of a private farm pond. There are loads of others left in the pond.
Love snappers, got to be the best tasting meat ever. Cant wait to start trapping again, last season my buddy and I trappes almost 100 in 1 day. Had them all cut up by the end of the day.
I have not had turtle yet but I plan to , I made a friend years ago up in Northern Mn who swore big snapping turtles were about the best eating animal you could find, he said they have about 5 or 6 different flavors, from parts that taste like beef liver to parts that taste like lobster.
Snappin turtle taste wonderful. Havent had it over ten years. Im quite fond of reptiles, and tho i wil enjoy them and may possibly cook them if all ready cleaned, i couldn't see my self killing one, unless of coarse, im starving. (lol) great video sir!
i can say from experience at times after the inspector confirmed it was good to start the skinning, iv'e seen em lift their heads out of the 50 gallon drum barrel while half the face is hanging off, and pigs, jeez simular process except you didn't skin the pig, you'd have to take off the hair 1st which took place immediately after bled, which then began by placing them in a coffin shaped machine which was filled w boiling water to get most of the hair off, & surprise a shriek of agony followed
just for an example the process for killing cattle is first to bring into a larger kennel like structure where it has no place to go, then I would fire a shot into the brain w a gun that didn't use bullets but instead would shoot a spike into brain to put it into shock, and would take several attempts at times, once knocked out ya wrap a hook and chain around its legs, the killing is down by cutting the throat, and when assumed dead, the next guy would start by skinning the face off the beast
I'm with ya Cliftyman, 100% ignorant folk who don't know anything about what it takes to go from a live animal to food on the table to keep their mouths shut, for those who think this is impractical or those who feel any other animal is slaughtered a bit more humane have they're head stuck up their ass, i've worked in a few slaughterhouses, and if you knew how a cow or pig was prepared as approved by an onlooking usda inspector you'd be surprised
They don't take a very long time to reach that size. This was a 4-7 year old turtle and our ponds are full of them. Snapping turtles are very common, these are not alligator snappers.
Before making ignorant statements and calling people ignorant perhaps you should research things further.
Nothing wrong with killing animals for meat, but certain animals like turtles should not be on the menu. I've tried it, nothing special about it. Turtles take a very long time to reach that size and for the small amount of meat that you can get off of it, it's better off eating a chicken (more meat on a chicken than a turtle of that size). It's an ignorant novelty to kill and eat a turtle.
When you cut off the turtles head there is a lot of loose skin, turtles can really stretch their necks out far... you just stick the end of the hose in there, pull the skin up around it and clamp it. You aren't putting it down the turtles esophagus (and its tiny anyway). Watch the video, the water definitely pops the skin off the muscle... and when you filet the skin off there isn't any mess from inside the guts in there. Only gross thing about the turtle is the leeches attached to it.....
Second, would it be possible to put the hose in the esophagus, and "purge" the turtle. I ask this as I saw a bit on food TV where they prepared turtle by boiling the whole thing, making it easy to pick apart the meat from the rest. Of course, to make it all look not so revolting, they kinda skipped over any sight of guts on TV. Seems an easy way to prepare, but the thought of boiling meat with loaded guts doesn't seem clean, hence wondering if they can be purged of contents first this way.
First, where exactly are you sticking the hose? I would assume it's somewhere between the skin and muscle, and not down the esophagus. If down the esophagus, the only way it's gonna loosen the skin isn't good - it would have to rupture the guts somewhere, and wash out yucky stuff into the meat.
Dang it, I caught a 12 puond snapping turtle this afternoon While I was fishing. I caught it through its foot, it stripped the gears in my 30 year old real. I would have kept it if I had known how to clean the dang thing. I aint had turtle in years man. It sure would have taste good with beans cornbread, taters, and gravy. I bet my merinade, I use for fish would be darn good for this. I can't remember, I think it taste like gator tail.
other than the meat. you can also make money from snapping turtles there is a company in idaho they buy the frozen undamaged skulls from snapping turtles for $2 each plus $15 for the whole clean and intact shell so when you clean them I advise not seperating the top and bottom of the shell so it can put a little cash in your pocket. in my opinion the more you do with the kill the more respect it is toward the animal.
HOLY SHIT!!! i have a pet snapping turtle and i thought this was how to clean the shell. WTF!!! HILLBILLIES LOL, but it is a necessary part of life. Pretty cool
If I was killing them for the heck of it I'd agree that'd be bad... but we eat all we kill, that's how I justify it. We put them out of their misery quick by shooting them in the head with a .22 after we catch them. The .22 kills them instantly and then you can stretch their necks out easy and cut them off with a filleting knife.
I understand your speil; but it still makes me sad. I mean, I really love turtles and consider them pets. I don't feel that way toward pigs, cattle and fish. Also, it takes years for a snapping turtle to become a good size. Killing them reminds me of cutting down a redwood tree.
That having been said, how do you cut their heads off? I mean, they retract their heads in and it would take one brave individual to be willing to pull on the head of a snapping turtle.
@veelalynne - i also love little pet-store turtles, but the ones that live outside my door can permanently disfigure the children here in the campground. we have to take the large snappers out for their protection. we also kill the poison snakes, not the non-poison. i have raised both snakes and turtles, but it is a must to keep control of them- or our guests go home from vacation without toes and fingers! (or dead)
@veelalynne For pulling their heads off, If it's aggressive (usually by grabbing it's tail and giving it a good yank), just stick a stick or twig in front of it. It'll usually snap on and you can pull it's head out. If not, you can get some sort of clamp to latch to it's bottom jaw and pull it out as well. Then you can proceed with the kill...
@veelalynne i usually use long pliers or one of those fishing hook removers that clamp down to grab their bottom jaw. then i put weight on their shell and pull the head out far enough to get a clean cut. for safety reasons some people cut between the top and bottom jaw so they can't clamp down.
daman that beats the hell out of skinnin it with a knife. Just picked up a big one off the road and its hanging now ill just go that now. thanks for the vid
hmm never thought of doing it that way....by best friend and i trap every year for a couple to eat and just skin them but that looks pretty slick. nice going good to see another turtle man out there
@coffeeexmachina - haha! i tried! all i got to do was cool the meat down, though! i had 4 grown men around, and none of them were going to help me, so i tied it upside down from my kid's jungle-gym, and dressed it out myself! Hubby came home from work and helped me to butcher it after it chilled outside for a while.
You have to get that hose clamp really tight around its neck or the hose will blow out when you turn the water on... if you get the clamp tight it'll blow the skin right off the meat though!
My dad worked in a shipyard with a steam locomotive crane. There was a steam hose on the boiler that was used for cleaning snapping turtles back then. They'd just steam clean them. Worked great.
wow thats pretty cool...i've been thinking about trying to catch, clean and cook myself some turtle...i have no clue what to do but what, in your opinion, is the best tasting turtles...also how are you supposed to clean it?
In the state of KY u can't catch aligator snapping turtles but you can catch regular snapping turtles. If you do what we did in the video it will seperate the skin from the meat, you can use game snippers to snip both sides of the shell on the bottom... take a fillet knife and cut the bottom part of the shell off... then you can get to the meat on the neck and the legs.
Great idea and time saver
swfishing1 2 weeks ago
I have a snapping turtle, and frankly I feel like we are in a foreign country eating a dog, snapping turtles are capable to being trained, mine is trained very well so obviously they are capable. things such as this are what caused them to become threatened for a while
lol6thkid 2 weeks ago
Things like this are not what caused them to be threatened. Snapping turtles were caught commercially and canned and sold in the southeast in the early 20th century and during that time too many were caught. This was the first time in about 15 years that we caught any and ate them (3 of them) out of a private farm pond. There are loads of others left in the pond.
Cliftyman 2 weeks ago
Pretty cool.
SurvivalistWannabe 3 weeks ago
Love snappers, got to be the best tasting meat ever. Cant wait to start trapping again, last season my buddy and I trappes almost 100 in 1 day. Had them all cut up by the end of the day.
gf3030 1 month ago
i wonder how it taste doesnt look clean or safe to eat tho
MrBully117 3 months ago
Taste is very good....a little tough if you don't prepare it properly though. As safe as eating catfish if you clean it properly.
Cliftyman 2 weeks ago
I have not had turtle yet but I plan to , I made a friend years ago up in Northern Mn who swore big snapping turtles were about the best eating animal you could find, he said they have about 5 or 6 different flavors, from parts that taste like beef liver to parts that taste like lobster.
RighteousBigot4u 3 months ago
Snappin turtle taste wonderful. Havent had it over ten years. Im quite fond of reptiles, and tho i wil enjoy them and may possibly cook them if all ready cleaned, i couldn't see my self killing one, unless of coarse, im starving. (lol) great video sir!
Struggle2015 4 months ago
i can say from experience at times after the inspector confirmed it was good to start the skinning, iv'e seen em lift their heads out of the 50 gallon drum barrel while half the face is hanging off, and pigs, jeez simular process except you didn't skin the pig, you'd have to take off the hair 1st which took place immediately after bled, which then began by placing them in a coffin shaped machine which was filled w boiling water to get most of the hair off, & surprise a shriek of agony followed
TheToecutter79 6 months ago
just for an example the process for killing cattle is first to bring into a larger kennel like structure where it has no place to go, then I would fire a shot into the brain w a gun that didn't use bullets but instead would shoot a spike into brain to put it into shock, and would take several attempts at times, once knocked out ya wrap a hook and chain around its legs, the killing is down by cutting the throat, and when assumed dead, the next guy would start by skinning the face off the beast
TheToecutter79 6 months ago
I'm with ya Cliftyman, 100% ignorant folk who don't know anything about what it takes to go from a live animal to food on the table to keep their mouths shut, for those who think this is impractical or those who feel any other animal is slaughtered a bit more humane have they're head stuck up their ass, i've worked in a few slaughterhouses, and if you knew how a cow or pig was prepared as approved by an onlooking usda inspector you'd be surprised
TheToecutter79 6 months ago
They don't take a very long time to reach that size. This was a 4-7 year old turtle and our ponds are full of them. Snapping turtles are very common, these are not alligator snappers.
Before making ignorant statements and calling people ignorant perhaps you should research things further.
Cliftyman 6 months ago
@Cliftyman how fast did you kill it
SvddenDeth 2 months ago
22LR to the head, died instantly
Cliftyman 2 weeks ago
Nothing wrong with killing animals for meat, but certain animals like turtles should not be on the menu. I've tried it, nothing special about it. Turtles take a very long time to reach that size and for the small amount of meat that you can get off of it, it's better off eating a chicken (more meat on a chicken than a turtle of that size). It's an ignorant novelty to kill and eat a turtle.
Savetheturtles80 6 months ago
When you cut off the turtles head there is a lot of loose skin, turtles can really stretch their necks out far... you just stick the end of the hose in there, pull the skin up around it and clamp it. You aren't putting it down the turtles esophagus (and its tiny anyway). Watch the video, the water definitely pops the skin off the muscle... and when you filet the skin off there isn't any mess from inside the guts in there. Only gross thing about the turtle is the leeches attached to it.....
Cliftyman 6 months ago
Second, would it be possible to put the hose in the esophagus, and "purge" the turtle. I ask this as I saw a bit on food TV where they prepared turtle by boiling the whole thing, making it easy to pick apart the meat from the rest. Of course, to make it all look not so revolting, they kinda skipped over any sight of guts on TV. Seems an easy way to prepare, but the thought of boiling meat with loaded guts doesn't seem clean, hence wondering if they can be purged of contents first this way.
nepawoods 6 months ago
First, where exactly are you sticking the hose? I would assume it's somewhere between the skin and muscle, and not down the esophagus. If down the esophagus, the only way it's gonna loosen the skin isn't good - it would have to rupture the guts somewhere, and wash out yucky stuff into the meat.
nepawoods 6 months ago
Dang it, I caught a 12 puond snapping turtle this afternoon While I was fishing. I caught it through its foot, it stripped the gears in my 30 year old real. I would have kept it if I had known how to clean the dang thing. I aint had turtle in years man. It sure would have taste good with beans cornbread, taters, and gravy. I bet my merinade, I use for fish would be darn good for this. I can't remember, I think it taste like gator tail.
isamtator 7 months ago
good idea!
TheXJthatCould 9 months ago
other than the meat. you can also make money from snapping turtles there is a company in idaho they buy the frozen undamaged skulls from snapping turtles for $2 each plus $15 for the whole clean and intact shell so when you clean them I advise not seperating the top and bottom of the shell so it can put a little cash in your pocket. in my opinion the more you do with the kill the more respect it is toward the animal.
beavthetrapper 9 months ago
"it's gonna blow up in a second all over me" lol. good eatin'.
ndgv2 9 months ago
no problems with this....you kill it right off then eat the meat....go check out the other videos of uncivilized cultures eating turtle meat.......!
moonratter 10 months ago
HOLY SHIT!!! i have a pet snapping turtle and i thought this was how to clean the shell. WTF!!! HILLBILLIES LOL, but it is a necessary part of life. Pretty cool
wyattthompson1 10 months ago
never was quiet sure how to clean one father use to take and out and clean cut there heads off then clean it after disposing of the head
birdfire0011 10 months ago
If I was killing them for the heck of it I'd agree that'd be bad... but we eat all we kill, that's how I justify it. We put them out of their misery quick by shooting them in the head with a .22 after we catch them. The .22 kills them instantly and then you can stretch their necks out easy and cut them off with a filleting knife.
Cliftyman 10 months ago 5
I understand your speil; but it still makes me sad. I mean, I really love turtles and consider them pets. I don't feel that way toward pigs, cattle and fish. Also, it takes years for a snapping turtle to become a good size. Killing them reminds me of cutting down a redwood tree.
That having been said, how do you cut their heads off? I mean, they retract their heads in and it would take one brave individual to be willing to pull on the head of a snapping turtle.
veelalynne 10 months ago
@veelalynne - i also love little pet-store turtles, but the ones that live outside my door can permanently disfigure the children here in the campground. we have to take the large snappers out for their protection. we also kill the poison snakes, not the non-poison. i have raised both snakes and turtles, but it is a must to keep control of them- or our guests go home from vacation without toes and fingers! (or dead)
christy032866 9 months ago
@veelalynne For pulling their heads off, If it's aggressive (usually by grabbing it's tail and giving it a good yank), just stick a stick or twig in front of it. It'll usually snap on and you can pull it's head out. If not, you can get some sort of clamp to latch to it's bottom jaw and pull it out as well. Then you can proceed with the kill...
OmegaBlades 9 months ago
@veelalynne i usually use long pliers or one of those fishing hook removers that clamp down to grab their bottom jaw. then i put weight on their shell and pull the head out far enough to get a clean cut. for safety reasons some people cut between the top and bottom jaw so they can't clamp down.
beavthetrapper 9 months ago
@veelalynne you from cali? watch a kosher meat packing plant compared to anyother on utube,and turtle is great .
TheBAMARAMMERJAMMER 9 months ago
i cant stop throwing up
AfghanKnight007 11 months ago
daman that beats the hell out of skinnin it with a knife. Just picked up a big one off the road and its hanging now ill just go that now. thanks for the vid
Dburke3000 11 months ago
thanks for info,,,,,and you are right about people being squeamish and silly,.
wesawebi 11 months ago
hmm never thought of doing it that way....by best friend and i trap every year for a couple to eat and just skin them but that looks pretty slick. nice going good to see another turtle man out there
canadawicket 11 months ago
Hot damn, I would never thought of that!
Great vid!
BlueOx2277 1 year ago
Hehe, 0:46 "We need to do a deer like that..."
coffeeexmachina 1 year ago 5
@coffeeexmachina - haha! i tried! all i got to do was cool the meat down, though! i had 4 grown men around, and none of them were going to help me, so i tied it upside down from my kid's jungle-gym, and dressed it out myself! Hubby came home from work and helped me to butcher it after it chilled outside for a while.
christy032866 9 months ago
You have to get that hose clamp really tight around its neck or the hose will blow out when you turn the water on... if you get the clamp tight it'll blow the skin right off the meat though!
Cliftyman 9 months ago
My dad worked in a shipyard with a steam locomotive crane. There was a steam hose on the boiler that was used for cleaning snapping turtles back then. They'd just steam clean them. Worked great.
mechmusicman 1 year ago
haha this is great, Thanks! id like to see the rest of the cleaning process.
ikeepitreal10123 1 year ago
That's awesome, I'm gonna have to show my uncle that one, he uses a straight razor and takes him like 30 minutes a turtle.
jerryboy219 1 year ago
wow thats pretty cool...i've been thinking about trying to catch, clean and cook myself some turtle...i have no clue what to do but what, in your opinion, is the best tasting turtles...also how are you supposed to clean it?
DjKenetics4rmMI 1 year ago
In the state of KY u can't catch aligator snapping turtles but you can catch regular snapping turtles. If you do what we did in the video it will seperate the skin from the meat, you can use game snippers to snip both sides of the shell on the bottom... take a fillet knife and cut the bottom part of the shell off... then you can get to the meat on the neck and the legs.
Bon Appetit!
Cliftyman 1 year ago