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    hey everyone,

    okay so i have been getting into frogs lately and i've been trying to catch one for a while but they seem to be impossible to sneak up on......

    anyways i was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to catch a frog....


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    Re: frog catching.......impossible?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mrgbb View Post
    hey everyone,

    okay so i have been getting into frogs lately and i've been trying to catch one for a while but they seem to be impossible to sneak up on......

    anyways i was wondering if anyone had any tips on how to catch a frog....


    thanks,

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    thanks...i think i know what im gunna wear next time..... now i just gotta worry about catching one.

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    Re: frog catching.......impossible?

    Quote Originally Posted by Mrgbb View Post
    thanks...i think i know what im gunna wear next time..... now i just gotta worry about catching one.
    Like most night time critters, things like light, movement, noise tend to spook frogs.. so I'd suggest move slow, use indirect light and be vewry vewry kuite..
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    Quote Originally Posted by Freakie_frog View Post
    Like most night time critters, things like light, movement, noise tend to spook frogs.. so I'd suggest move slow, use indirect light and be vewry vewry kuite..
    yea ive actually only tryed at night once.. over by my house they seem alot more active at dusk-ish time(you know what i mean?).. so i havent really needed a flashlight or anything of the sort.

    also ive been using a net.......is that good?


    maybe im just areally bad frog-catcher.

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    Re: frog catching.......impossible?

    Did you try a nice minnow net yet? If you skim with one of those, you will catch all kinds of cool stuff.

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    Re: frog catching.......impossible?

    Go out at night with a red spectrum flashlight... they don't seem to be able to see the red light (compared to the regular flashlight)

    sneak up slowly and grab quickly....

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    Re: frog catching.......impossible?

    I always just use my hand when catching frogs nifitier than a net, unless they are out of reach. Sneak up quietly and then snatch fast.

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    Re: frog catching.......impossible?

    It's all about the field of vision. If your quiet, and out of range (right behind them) then even using your hands is easy. Using a net is alot easier though. Just go right above them real slow until your pretty close, then BAM, a fast snatch up with the net should do the trick.

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    Re: frog catching.......impossible?

    Here is how I catch them: Walk home from work on the street. Walk up to it, grab it. I catch it.
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