Softshell Snappin' Turtle {Catch Clean Cook} Alligator Crushes a turtle at our feet!!!!

Hello, what's up, happy people? I'm Robert Arrington, this is venison for dinner and we're doing our best to maintain social distancing. We're here in the middle of a farm getting ready to

catch

some big old

turtle

s, lots of you. You guys just watched the video I made earlier this week where I took arya and emma and set some hooks but all we caught was a little

turtle

but my mouth was watering and I thought, you know what we're going to do? go fishing for some bigger ones? because I want to

cook

soft shell turtles now these are my two friends here Casey and Braden and we're here we have some salt pork it's better if you use the salt pork that's not cut yet that's the skin that's is what we are After a piece of skin, that is exactly what we are looking for and you are ready to fish.

Good. We put our bait in the water. Angle it like this and then set it down. level let's never take it out let's keep fishing y'all see that's where an

alligator

just crawled up and went with the wind in the water right here the

alligator

actually came here can't he go here? I can see his footprints going like this he arrives right here and decides no I don't want to go that way so he comes this way now let me here that's a perfect clue that's his that's his the palm of his foot those are his three main toes that gets up to here it slides into the water oh there you go winner winner we have a turtle for dinner we've put out seven baits now I'm going to grab my binoculars and try to find a big one and go track them down and stalk them hey look like we have one oh yeah got a little salty, bring it here, just a wee one, okay, great, look, we use barbless hooks, it will literally regurgitate this hook in five minutes, done, okay, we're looking for a good one, not a. the little guy checked our first bait, we have a little turtle, let him go now, all we have to do is just go around the circle, you don't even check the bait, just look, if you have one, throw it, if not, keep rolling . oh we got one, bring it here, damn, that's a good one, that's a good size turtle to eat, but I got all you yahoos over here, I think we should let it go and

catch

a little bigger one, get there, okay, hear this.

It seems to be a hot spot, we've caught two here and uh, I don't know, I want to catch a really big one, okay, about the second time, look at the size of that one, that's what I'm talking about, oh my gosh, go easy. go easy on them now that the joker is biting you you're going to know something okay wow wow you're losing that's gigantic you're doing worse than me with my fish come on casey come get it come on yeah buddy that's what I'm talking about let's bring him back here, wait, take it out of what's okay, so what we're going to do here is let it go.

I have a cooler full of ice here, we're going to throw them away. there now the blood of a reptile is like gelatin if the gelatin is warm it flows very easily if the gelatin cools it coagulates literally you could freeze this turtle freezing it it would be totally dead as it warms it would come back to life and what are we going to do? do is let the ice cool them down slowly it's totally dark, cool them down slowly and then we'll dispatch them humanely oh oh wait a second bro wait a second hoho another giant oh we got it.

Are you kidding? Are you kidding? No way that's so sick that the alligator just crushed him that's crazy what do you think about that that was so dumb like he only went 1000 miles an hour and it's funny because you think the alligator is just trying to grab? He didn't, he specifically grabbed him by the head and killed him. Now he's just sitting there, I guess waiting for us to leave so he can eat it. That's enough action for one day. I can't believe I've never seen a turtle get eaten by an alligator, let alone a turtle we're catching, so it was just that the alligator got there so fast and crushed it, that was crazy, but it's okay, let's

clean

it up. these shoots to see how this turtle. he actually got burned on the ice, that ice slowed him down like he was still perfectly alive but totally slow, it looks like it's a big female that has eggs and you know the last thing I want to do is kill a female with eggs even if I I'll eat it, go ahead, there it goes, now you can see it right here, it'll find a sunny area, it'll get up, it'll sunbathe, it'll be fine, that's the name of the game after you. take like a dispatch 22 the turtle you want to hang it so that it bleeds well while it heats up all that blood will come out so we are going to

clean

them like alligators and swordfish, these jokers live in the mud and so we really want to wash them as best as possible in the front and the back and these reptiles so that they have a large amount of nervous reflex.

Soft shell turtle, the back of its shell is very flexible like leather, you just go over this edge. here I promise you that this turtle is in fact dead, it has no head and it is completely incapacitated, it was immediate and that's it, you see how you get to the bottom, you can get all this skin while while the quarters are still attached and that prevents it from they move so much. What are you doing honey? There you have it, once you have your quarter, you want to make sure you cut all the fat out of this.

I do not know why. It's just things like alligators and turtles and all that, yeah, biting turtles in my truck, you'll put them in your truck and take them home, yeah, okay, we'll do it now, I have to clean the front when you cut the hind quarter you do it from the bottom up when you do the front quarter you do it from the top down now what we are going to do we are going to do the same on this side and take out this front quarter it is already skinned there go, go, dad, oh, thanks honey, take out that front quarter here, that's it, so let me explain this to you, that's the neck.

Great, you always want to cut all the fat, all the waste and I know beef fat is great. I love eating meat fat. Thanks love. You don't want to eat turtle or alligator fat. Many times when I do this, I take out a small strainer. I put it there. I put all that meat. You've probably noticed it. cleaning that turtle no blood just good healthy meat go show mom some sweet vidalia onion four cloves of garlic and ginger a good amount of ginger start to fall in love with you and what that will do is it will really flavor all of this take a We're going to throw a little bit of this meat right there.

We're going to take a little bit of salt, pepper and everglades original everglades, I know it seems like a lot, but that will be the season for the entire dish. I wanted it to be nice and spicy, light it up. you're your truck so you don't smoke in your house we have four eggs we're going to throw them right here let it start to

cook

take this right here and let it start to crack we have to make the magic happen that we were trying to preserve this is a little of leftover rice from last night that we put in the refrigerator, let's throw it in there, take this thing and start breaking it up now we take our egg, throw that right in there, let's last but not least, let's put some soybeans over here .

Now we have some chopped fresh basil. Now let's get some for your brother. Amen, do not shake me during our prayer. Well, guys, this big part of our life is being. I am grateful for everything and today we were able to bring all these children. We had a great day. I got to see my friend Joey Hiluska and now I get to see what the kids think about their first time eating fresh turtles. That's good, isn't he so crazy? The other day he ate crab for the first time. It was a little weird because he's only three years old and he's starting to feel the texture.

Emma is a garbage disposal. We can put anything in front of that girl. She's going to eat it. Arya has to feel it. to herself like if you put this in front of me without telling me what it is I would never expect it to be a turtle it's really cool and you know what people think all the time oh why do you go out and do that? I'm not doing this because it's weird or because it's going to cause shock and awe. I do it because it smells great and it's a great way to go out, spend the day, have fun, and enjoy a great meal in the end.

It worked out perfect. The girls are happy. I am happy. The boys are happy. Jordan is hungry and he's filming so that's all I have for you, take care, God bless you.