Frog Season

[landtracdeerhunter]

Believe it starts June 15th. Got my eye on some nice ones. Anyone going?

[PREDATE]

Do you gig them? I have a gig and have been meaning to give it a try. I used to catch them for bass bait, but never got enough for a meal.

[landtracdeerhunter]

Do you gig them? I have a gig and have been meaning to give it a try. I used to catch them for bass bait, but never got enough for a meal.

Yes. Same one when I use to spear fish with, back in the early 70"s.

[bowaholic]

I'll be out! Nothing like slopping around late at night with some friends for a fun catch! We use our hands which makes it more of a challenge and even more fun if its possible!

[landtracdeerhunter]

Shine a flashlight in their eyes. Walk right up a pet'em on the back, LOL.

[bowaholic]

haha I dont know who can't find that fun?! Id much rather do that than spend all my money at the bar! plus I dont know a single bar that serves fried frog lets

[Woodjr55]

When I got out I stick them my brother uses a blowgun

[Elmo]

Try to go after them last summer with the airguns but the only ones I saw were barely the size of my thumb.

[RangerClay]

Last year I visited the frogging grounds of my youth only to find nothing.  Must be the acid rain got them.

[landtracdeerhunter]

They start crooking, in the back yard, about 7. They echo right into the kitchen through the night. . That is where their going to end up, LOL.

[crappyice]

Found a great pond loaded with monsters...only problem is it was when I was with my golf team on a swanky westcheter club. Images of the robertsons from duck commander and the cops running thru my mind. Asking for permission for something like frog gigging is like asking for the first born child of the clubs president-

[landtracdeerhunter]

Found a great pond loaded with monsters...only problem is it was when I was with my golf team on a swanky westcheter club. Images of the robertsons from duck commander and the cops running thru my mind. Asking for permission for something like frog gigging is like asking for the first born child of the clubs president-

 

OMG, u could start your own tv program;" Chasing Frog."

 

[Woodjr55]

Anyone going out for opening night?

[HighlandLofts]

My last trip to Upstate New York I went to the Dinasour BBQ Resturaunt in Syracuse ith my oldest son and had an order of their Frog-Legs,I din't care for the thick breading they put on them, The ribs were excellent. After we were done eating I seen them take an order of "Fried Green Tomatoes" to the table next to ours, I wished I would of seen them on the menu sooner. Looking forward to them on the next trip back there in New York.

[NY Region 3 Trapper]

I went for the first time last year. Had a lot of fun. Tasted great two. Only problem I have to figure out is what to keep them in while actively hunting them. I've been carrying a 5 gallon bucket with a hard lid buts it's a pain to lug around. You crack the lid to put one in and one gets out. I prefer to dispatch out of view. Any suggestions?

[landtracdeerhunter]

I went for the first time last year. Had a lot of fun. Tasted great two. Only problem I have to figure out is what to keep them in while actively hunting them. I've been carrying a 5 gallon bucket with a hard lid buts it's a pain to lug around. You crack the lid to put one in and one gets out. I prefer to dispatch out of view. Any suggestions?

 

I've used a clean burlap bag, in a pinch.

 

 

Mine are already expired, so a small foldable cooler/ strap with a little ice works well.

 

Edited June 25, 2013 by landtracdeerhunter

[robw]

Haven't frogged in a couple years as the population has disappeared in the creeks around the house.  Used to use a .22 (never miss an opportunity to hunt something, and can pick off an occasional woodchuck) or air rifle. Put on the hip boots and wade in the center of the creek, and shoot back into the shoreline, under the bushes and overhangs.

 

Always carried a pair of gardening shears, blade on one side, flat on the other, and snipped the legs off right after I shot them.  Carry an old fly fishing shoulder bag with me, with a gallon zip lock with a couple frozen dixie cup ice chunks in it to keep them cool until I get home to skin them.

 

Always left the feet on, just to make my wife grimace when I fry them up She calls them hands!

 

I've cooked them like chicken wings, both breaded and not, with hot sauce, and have made chinese legs, with teriakyi or a general Tso's-like sauce.

[HighlandLofts]

I went for the first time last year. Had a lot of fun. Tasted great two. Only problem I have to figure out is what to keep them in while actively hunting them. I've been carrying a 5 gallon bucket with a hard lid buts it's a pain to lug around. You crack the lid to put one in and one gets out. I prefer to dispatch out of view. Any suggestions?

 

If you use a five gallon bucket you can get a bait lid for one on e bay, I used them for fishing down in Florida.

Just punch in "5 gallon bait bucket lid" and hit search on e bay, they go from $4 to about $8. You can also get the smaller size bait buckets to put the frogs in until it's time to proccess them. The smaller ones are about a gallon size which you can find on e bay also.

[NY Region 3 Trapper]

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Thanks for the tip on the 5 gallon bait bucket lids.  Didn't know they existed  Order placed. 

[Woodjr55]

I like to use a mess laundry bag it's deeper then a 5 gallon bucket and they have no way of jumping out

[landtracdeerhunter]

With all this wet weather, the frogs are all over the place, even in the fields. Frog legs in the freezer this year. Yummy.