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I think it's a cultural thing. I was taught to do it when I was a kid I was given a BB gun and a bunch of rounds and told to shoot at turtles. I doubt we ever killed one. But it was a way to distract us while my dad did work at the ranch.

Unfortunately the practice continued once we got our first .22. The reason we were told was the same as other members have said, they eat up fish eggs and deplete the population. So I think this was instilled somehow to our fathers and grandfathers along the way.