Crawfish are unique in that when heavy rains come and during mating season, they will travel miles to get their freak on with lady crawfish. Last June during Boy Scout summer camp, just outside of Tishimingo OK. we had a deluge for five of the seven days. The tropical depression stalled over Wichita Falls and dumped 22 inches of rain in 5 days. You may recall the Red River was flooded, and we were afraid we would be stranded in a foreign country.
During the rain, crawfish were so plentiful along the roads and walking trails, I sent some the boys out with a five gallon bucket to collect as many as possible. (bored wet Boy Scouts are always looking for something to do) They brought back about 75 of the critters and we had an old fashioned crawfish boil. Most of the boys had never eaten them so I had to demonstrate the proper procedure.(I was very thorough, I demonstrated on about 10 or 12 to make sure everyone knew what to do
) I also showed them how to make crawfish traps which we used to catch more the next day to put into a camp stew.
I have seen crawfish in places a long way from water, they do not require water to get oxygen, they have both gills and lungs, in fact they can actually drown if submerged in water with a low oxygen content when they can't get to the surface.
If you've never eaten them, I'll be glad to come over and demonstrate the procedure.
