That would be a snapping turtle - they eat ducks. Well, they eat just about anything actually..
I’m gonna give it what-for!
Nah... eat them instead. They are delicious.
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Of course, if you grab your culprit, it will not be canned, so you will really need THIS recipe...
Thank you very much! They cover the field dressing in the second recipe but not the capture. A friend told me that terrapins aren’t edible. Do you have any experience with those? There are recipes online so somebody must be able to process them properly.
Will research capture and c/w elderly neighbor (pond-owner) to be sure it’s OK with him (am certain it will be—last time we found a terrapin, he said we should have iced it.) Am really beginning to resent those turtles. Will also look up whether or not they benefit the pond (maybe they eat snake eggs or something—we have water moccasins and copperheads here). I don’t want to screw up the balance of nature disastrously.