Massive Snapping Turtle

[sirtalis]

This morning I woke up to this in my backyard 0_o. My only guess is that it crawled up from the river last night and somehow found its way to my house. Honestly I have no idea why it would choose my yard but I'm glad I found it instead of our idiot animal control officer. Note, it was missing one eye but the eye was healed which I thought was interesting
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[Albert Clark]

Nice catch!!! LOL!

[sattva]

Wow man! a one eyed turtle... Watch your fingers :shocked:

[macandchz]

found one the size of a dinner crawling toward the highway years ago. got a piece of re-cap that came off a truck and pulled it down into some grassy weeds. no way was i getting near those jaws.

[dave himself]

That is one big turtle

[sirtalis]

Thanks for the replies, while he his big, compared to a few others I have caught in the past he is relatively small haha :)

[SnoopySnake]

Nice find, nice to see it being held properly too