Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 April 1890 — How to Catch Turtles. [ARTICLE]

How to Catch Turtles.

“I want a small shotgun that don't ose up much ammunition,” said a mid-dle-aged man to a Kearny street dealer in firearms. “Jaybirds bothering your orchardP 1 inquired the dealer as he was displaying his wares. “No. lam a turtle hunter. Get turtles and terrapins for the moiket, you know.” “Shoot turtles with a shotgun?” exclaimed the astonished dealer.dropping a fowling-piece on his pet corn, whici brought forth a howl of pain. "No. not exactly,” answered the tattle hunter. “It's just this way: IV* hunted the shell-backs for many y«an, and have got a little wrinkle ci mj own that everybody don’t know oi. 1 used to go for'’em with a scoop-net,likt city folks catch butterflies with, but uow I use a set-net. Of course I hav* to bait it My net is shaped like i wing-dam, on the fly-trap principle. I bait it with jaybirds, robins, sp. r.t>w» and such small birds. The turtles crawl up the wings of the net to fofcd, and when they start to crawl out they’re catched. see? The Frexmiajf in the restaurants in Sacramento, Stock to a and this city pay m-5 govt prices for the critters. I ship’em--t-K| turtles, I mean—in crates. I've caught turtles in all of the rivers in he cc in try, and traveled some. too. I'M fished for turtles in the Yu** all tkl way from its mouth to Siskiyou eemm try* I’ll take this gun. So ’long,”— Ban Francitco Mrjminef.