Last week a Copperhead, this week an ENORMOUS snapping Turtle

[homer302]

I think this is a snapping Turtle. Not sure. It was HUGE though. Neat to see it. It was not scared at all. He also had a traveling companion (offspring maybe)? I turned him loose with his pal. I just moved them further from the road to a safer spot. They went down to the creek and on their way.
It was a neat encounter.

 

[PhLoBuS]

Nice! I used to have 3 of them and once they got big enough I released them where they were first born.

 

[SNCBOOM]

Yep, common snapper and a baby.

 

[hunterp]

Hope you still have all your fingers

 

[jpro]

They make good soup...so I've heard.

 

[VirtualSVT]

nice

 

[SRNA]

They call them snapping turtles for a good reason. Glad you didn't get a finger or toe near the business end. They have a bite that's unbelievable.

 

[homer302]

I respected him and left him alone for the most part. He was in the road so I did move him. I was just amazed at the huge claws on his feet and the "dinosaur" spines on his tail. Man, I wonder how old he was?

 

[JIMS SVT]

Look at the big old leech on the back of that guy.

 

[65fastback2+2]

I respected him and left him alone for the most part. He was in the road so I did move him. I was just amazed at the huge claws on his feet and the "dinosaur" spines on his tail. Man, I wonder how old he was?

iirc you count the tiles on their shell or something like that and it gives you a close age

 

[MachME]

we got one right off a dock before at a private lake that was bigger, mean sob.

Called the care taker, he came down and put a big stick on top of its head and hit it down with a hammer to kill it because it eats baby fish.

I am scarred for life, haha.

 

[supercarkiller]

holy shit dude! u might as well live in the ****ing rain forrest for christ's sakes.

 

[SNCBOOM]

holy shit dude! u might as well live in the ****ing rain forrest for christ's sakes.

That one isn't even that big.

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[Paulinator]

lol damn 150lb snapping turtle.

 

[4valvemach]

Im glad to see you did not kill it :thumbsup:

















SNAKE KILLER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Gallows]

I'd sooner cross paths with that turtle then a copperhead.

 

[VenomousDSG]

DAMN, i would have told that thing to GTFO!

 

[jtm]

cool turtle. looks like a snapper. put a stick near its mouth and you can tell. it break it in two. watch your fingers!!

 

[mustanginky]

we had one in our grandpas pond about that size. mean sucker. while fishing he would always eat our bait and we'd end up reeling him in or him breaking off a line with a hook in his mouth.

 

[ls1eater]

ya lookslike a small alligator snapping turtle...bastards dont play....