I'm finishing up my own fish pond... any idea how long on a new man made pond, it takes before the turtles will find it ???
That all depends on how warm it is where you are, proximity to where they already live (if you are adjacent to swamps or other ponds) and how much they have to eat where they currently are.
And.... some turtles are more beneficial than others. Red-eared and yellow bellied pond sliders actually eat the green stuff and help keep the vegetation down and the muck from building up on the bottom, while softshells, and snappers (which are important aquatic scavengers, but they are also active hunters that prey on anything they can swallow) have gotta go! Maybe I should rename my wadcutter the "Snapper Buster"? Nah, I kinda like the ring of "Turtle Buster."
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BTW... I already have the "pack o coon" issues...
I understand about the coons. I turned on the outside light a couple 'nights ago, and there were 5 sticking to the side of the big oak by the back door, just staring back at me, looking like some weird raccoon totem pole. They had been doing chin-ups on my bird feeder, stealing my birdseed.
I don't have any outdoor animals for them to bother, so I just shooed them away. (this time
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.I've picked up molds over the years for just about everything I could ( I think I have 50 or so )
Now that is pretty impressive. 50 molds and you don't cast yet. Just imagine the size your collection will be, once the
fever sets in!
several are semi wadcutter hollow points ( do those count )
Yes those count! Especially pictures of those!
I'm a fan of the hollow point, even though I shoot only paper, cans and turtles. And while I like
any bullet or ball, I tend to lean toward the look of the HP.
