jim, thanks but no thanks........that man is few bricks short. as for knowing turtle men............as a kid growing up on the boarder of PA/ W.VA. we lived out in the country, and had a bar. bout a 1/4 of a mile from a "creek." these guys use to come to the bar park their car, have a few beers, grab some burlap sacks out the truck of their car and head for the "creek." now these guys remind me of "the turtle man. BUT...these guys take it one step dumber......along the creek, right at water level, seems turtles will dug a burrow into the bank. these guy would walk i the creek, looking for these burrows. NOW THE IDIOCY BEGINS ...they would bend over, and sometime get their head under water to reach in these holes....AND GRAB THE 20 to 100 POUND...snapping turtle BY THE TAIL............and pull him out!!!!!! needles to say, most of these guy did not have 10 DIGITS!!!!!!! guys told me the turtle is dumb(i felt they wasnt much smarter)& they go head 1st into the burrow. and i asked how did they lose their fingers? guy said SOME TIMES........they back in!!!!!!!!! hahahahahahahahah
but if you never have ate TURTLE SOUP.......seems the turtle has 7 different tasting meats in that shell. and it really is wonderful tasting.
:Big Laugh