We have had a couple very large snappers die this year. What do you recommend to clean and seal them with??? My wife wants to use the shells as decorative bowls....
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Clean them out and scrape the meat off. Bleach the insides well. Lacquer or shellac the outsides with several coats. A friend of mines Dad has several on the wall that weighed well over 100 lbs. One of which I shot as a kid that approached 120 lbs. I wish now I had never done that -
I would love to have a great ol big snapper shell and a cleaned up skull but not interested in killing one
Post up some pics when you get them fixed upComment
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Just curious on why not killing one? Endangered or something? Just cool?Comment
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The species is in venerable status. Almost endangered. They do not reproduce till the age of 12 13. I haven't seen one in a few years. Similar to the horned lizard.Comment
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Gotcha.Comment
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^^ThisOriginally posted by KIETHSTONE View Post
I would not fault anyone for killing one, just think they are slowly disappearing
I saw one 2 years ago in a pool off of the main river near the house, not sure how big it was but it's head was big enough I never even thought turtle. Was looking at it thinking it was a stump about 8" across and looked away and when I looked back it was gone. Took my brain a few minutes to register snapperComment
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The alligator snapping turtle is actually a protected spp in TX. The common snapper is not.Comment
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I'd like to see the finished product bet it looks pretty awesomeComment
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