Posted on 10/01/2015 11:43:23 AM PDT by pabianice
CHILLICOTHE You know the tale about the tortoise and the hare? In beating the odds, thats nothing compared to a plucky snapping turtle in Chillicothe.
The critter was brutally stabbed through its shell and body, then survived for days teeming with blood and maggots before lumbering into a Chillicothe neighborhood Saturday. There, Paul and Diane Tuttle spotted the turtle a yellow screwdriver sticking out of its green shell, yet persistently plodding upon the pavement.
Who would do such a cruel thing to an animal? Paul Tuttle, an 18-year Peoria police officer, says the stabbing was no accident no instance of hunting gone wrong.
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They were quite the thieves of stringers of fish though... if you didn't keep your eye on the bluegill on your stringer the next time you glanced over you could see the stringer being pulled into deep water along with your catch. Or you'd pick up your stringer and find a fish or two with big bites taken out of them.
When there were too many they were a real pain so we'd thin them out by catching them with a lure and a three prong rake and take them to a neighbor who liked turtle soup. Most of the time they were OK since they preferred bluegill to other fish and you can never overfish the bluegill.
Bluegill can overpopulate a pond to the point that none of the fish ever grow big, so having them thinned down was a benefit to other species and improved the size of the bluegill too.
Haw... AbNorm circles in like a buzzard to do (unspeakable).
Well I is a buzzard hawk red neck. Nonsense begs to be called out. This little game of AbNorm is getting OLD.
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