Hunting frog's

[Dom]

How many of you hunt them i have and is alot of fun.And yes i do eat them they do not taste like chicken like some say.

[Fletch]

Used to a lot when I was a kid. Better than chicken!!

[Doc]

Yes, I have hunted frogs when I was a kid, and they are delicious. I also had frog legs down in an Alabama restaurant a few decades ago. I also used to "harvest" (....lol) snapping turtles. My Uncle used to make some great turtle soup. Tried to make turtle burgers too ...... Don't ever do that. It was just like little chopped up rubber bands.

[pistolp71]

I did when I was a kid. Spear and 22's. I think they do taste like chicken a little.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I love frog's legs. I never hunted them alway took them by hook. Used to use a long fly rod with like 6#line with a fliy attached. Walk the bank and dangle it above them and they jump right up and grab it thinking it is a bug. No need to get wet getting them...lol.

Pinch the barb closed and they come off very easily

Edited January 25, 2012 by Culvercreek hunt club

[Dom]

Yes, I have hunted frogs when I was a kid, and they are delicious. I also had frog legs down in an Alabama restaurant a few decades ago. I also used to "harvest" (....lol) snapping turtles. My Uncle used to make some great turtle soup. Tried to make turtle burgers too ...... Don't ever do that. It was just like little chopped up rubber bands.

Turtle soup is great when done rite.

[Skillet]

We have a pond at camp. After we get a bunch of fish from Honeyoe lake, I'll go up to the pond and kill a few bullfrogs to add to the fishfry. They are really good, and fun to "hunt" with my old longbow or BB gun.

[bigbuck14]

how would you hunt them ? at night ?how do you spot them?

[hunter49]

I hunted them when I was a kid with spear & 22, was good fun & tastey too! My neighbor makes the best tasting "Reptile Rague" (turtle soup) ever !!

[Elmo]

how would you hunt them ? at night ?how do you spot them?

I'm curious about that as well. And even the ones I do see are barely the size of a quarter.

Frog legs are great though.

Edited January 26, 2012 by Elmo

[Paula]

any frogs or bullfrog? is there a difference?

[Pygmy]

any frogs or bullfrog? is there a difference?

Paula... The only frogs big enough to monkey with are green frogs and bullfrogs. The larger green frogs have hind legs that have enough meat to be worthwhile, but the bullfrogs are really the best and have the most meat..Kinda like comparing red squirrels to grey squirrels..

Dust them in flour, salt and pepper and sautee in butter until golden brown.. That is indeed LIVING LARGE....YUM !..

Snapping turtles are excellent, also, although they are MUCH more trouble to prepare for the table..A few years ago a few friends and I got together and got a bunch of snappers and had a "Turtlefest" at my house...We had turtle cooked 8 different ways.

My favorite way is roast turtle...Clean and disjoint the turtle . You will end up with 4 legs and the neck ( which is all white meat and the biggest piece of meat on the turtle). Dip the pieces in egg and Italian bread crumbs and brown in butter in a skillet. Then place the browned pieces in a roaster in a medium oven and roast until fork tender and nicely browned..Good stuff.

[jusputtn]

how would you hunt them ? at night ?how do you spot them?

There are rules in the DEC syllabus. I think it's no firearms at night.

[Geno C]

i used to catch frogs on lure while bass fishing, mostly floating baits along lilly pads and stuff... how do frogs taste anyways? seems now a days everything tastes like chicken lol

[bigbuck14]

where would you hunt them near a pond or what?

[Dom]

where would you hunt them near a pond or what?

Yes that is where i get most of mine.Some times i use my pellet gun,but mostly use fishing rod with hook and piece of red cloth for bait.

[Skillet]

I only bother with the bullfrogs, they get to a nice size at camp. I think there is 1 or 2 species that are protected in NY.

[Dom]

I only bother with the bullfrogs, they get to a nice size at camp. I think there is 1 or 2 species that are protected in NY.

I think you are correct and will go back to book and find out.

[SteveNY]

I used to catch bullfrogs and leopard frogs all the time when I was a kid. I would catch 500 of them a summer! There is a very small pond, about 30 feet across, maybe 2 feet deep in the middle. Thing is ALWAYS filled with frogs in the summer. They get REAL BIG too! I'm talking 18-21 inches with the legs!

The pond gets so loud with them in the summer you can hear them nearly a quarter mile away. If you walk in there at night it is LOUD, like, you have to speak up so people can hear you. If you throw a rock in the middle of the pond, it is SILENT for about 5 seconds, then they get going again. It's funny to do...

I used to take some home as pets, they only last about 6 months in captivity tho...

Never ate them tho, just never thought about it... Now after reading this thread, I think I'll get back to my ways when I was a kid, catch some big bullfrogs and cook em up this summer!

[Elmo]

If the "everything taste like chicken" is ever true, frog legs is where that saying comes from. It's the closest to chicken since, well...chicken.

[Suilleabhain]

I haven't seen a bullfrog in years, lotsa pickerel frogs

[Fletch]

We also used a rod with a red piece of cloth on a hook, 22's or a spear. Not too many things funner when you are 10 or so spending the day with a buddy sloppin up an old slow creek bed or small pond fillin up a string of bulls for Grandma to fry up!

[Dom]

When the temps wrm up i would like to go with/join up and catch them.It is a whole lotta fun.

[Elmo]

When the temps wrm up i would like to go with/join up and catch them.It is a whole lotta fun.

I'll join in if a spot is available. Something I never got to experience.

[Dom]

Allway's room for anyone that want't to go.