Is it illegal to catch and eat feshwater turtles?

Question

I know this is asking for a little much, because i tried looking for this info.

Answer 1

Here is the regulation that applies to freshwater turtles in Florida:

"Wildlife regulations (68A-25.002(9) Florida Administrative Code) allow turtles to be taken manually or by baited hooks, bow, dip nets, traps so designed that any freshwater fish taken therein may escape, or by spearing only during daylight hours. They prohibit bucket traps, snares, and shooting with firearms for taking turtles. No person shall buy, sell, or possess for sale any alligator snapping turtle, box turtle, Barbour's map turtle, Escambia River map turtle, diamondback terrapin, river cooter, or loggerhead musk turtle, or parts thereof. No person shall possess more than two Barbour's map turtles, two Escambia River map turtles, two diamondback terrapins, two river cooters, two box turtles, two loggerhead musk turtles, or one alligator snapping turtle unless authorized by permit from the executive director. River cooters may not be taken from 15 April to 31 July. In addition, no softshell turtles nor their eggs may be taken from the wild during the period 1 May to 31 July, and no person shall possess more than 50 eggs taken from the wild in the aggregate of species of freshwater turtle native to Florida except as authorized by permit from the Executive Director."

Your State Deptartment of Public Natural Resources should have information on regulations for legal harvest. Some states do require a license.

Answer 2

depends on the state, WV is legal, but be careful easy to lose a finger. Folks here, actually hunt them by pulling them out of their holes or wading creeks good eating as long as they are snappers and not leather backs

Answer 3

its not illegal but kinda dangerous to eat them,reason..the older ones and the larger ones have alot of diseases and chemicals from way back that they cant get rid off..ddt is one of the chemicals,very dangerous.try eating something different besides a turtle.

Answer 4

I think it's ok for the traditional Australian Aborigines to do it, but only if they catch them using traditional weapons, you know, high powered hunting rifles with night-vision-laser-scopes.

Answer 5

did you ask your local Department of Natural Resources. each state may their own laws, but where we live it's OK

Answer 6

I hope so. That's terrible. How would you kill it, so you could cook it? Oh my god...yuck.