Moon's Graden

I feel your pain...
We are also trying to net out two male bullfrogs.
So far we caught one female.
They seem to hear us, so we are now trying to be quiet.

(Males have yellow throats and larger ear drums, females have white throats and
ear drums only as large
as thier eyes.)

I am waiting for a real warm weekend night and will try
again. The warmer the weather the quicker they will come to the surface when
they head back down.
Prime breeding water temp for these fellows is 76 degrees.

The males will always (well that is the working premise right now) to the same
spot as they are defending territory as well as calling the female. Females
don't call except for a release call and alarm call.

Have you tried big sport fishing nets? They really tangle up the frog well -
but if you turn the frog on its back
it will play 'dead' and you can remove all the little tangles of the net from
their  cute little paws.
I am about to get another sport fishing net, a half a dozen flashlights and
shangai the ***age boys (and two of my own) in the neighborhood to help (free
pizza and pop - beer works for ***s... in fact Brett of Texas insists on it!)

If the frogs grew up as tadpoles in your pond they may leave the friend's pond
4 blocks away and come back...
they seem to have a homing device for the mother pond.

A further plan (I *always* have backup plans...) is
to buy HUGE chunks of ice. The colder the frog the slower it moves. That is why
on cold nights they don't call as much. Is why they go torpid in the winter.

Predator for big bullfrogs are herons, big mouth bass and alligators...
hmmmm. I wonder if that crazy crock guy from TV would come and lay in wait by
my pond and catch the frogs. I think he would actually leap in the pond (and
wouldn't need any beer encouragement...)

Let me know what works for you...

K30A
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http://www.moonsgarden.com/

Doug