The Great Turtle Adventure by GrandmaT

Photography • Animals • posted on Jul 17, 2016

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We had a great adventure this Saturday. Last week Ray discovered there was a snapping turtle in the Frog Pond (the reservoir for the non-functioning ornamental watermill). Fearing damage to small fingers and toes and potential hazard to our Koi if the turtle moved another 100 ft., we consulted the local Fish and Game department for advice. Since we didn’t own a shotgun (just kidding), we went for option #2: drain the pond, thus trapping it and then capture it for transport elsewhere. With the three younger grandchildren here with their mother, we managed to siphon the water out, locate the turtle and eventually shove him into a large bucket. After diner, we all loaded up and set off for my mother’s farm and turned him loose in the creek. He was covered in the sludge from the bottom of the pond and very disgruntled when he finally got into a shallow pool in the creek bed. I’m sure he is a lot happier today since he had eaten all the frogs in our place and now had a whole new area to forage in. Never a dull moment around here.

Comments (47)

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npauling

2:50PM | Mon, 18 July 2016

Sounds as though you all had a great time relocating the turtle. Great shots. 😀

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makennedy

4:42PM | Mon, 18 July 2016

Hope the frog population recovers, love those little guys...

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Windigo

6:56PM | Mon, 18 July 2016

What a wonderful moment to remember for all of you! Love what you have done!

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misumu

11:40PM | Mon, 18 July 2016

I love a good tale of summer, I remember catching snappers at summer camp, which we relocated to somewhere other than the lake we swam in. Thanks for the reminder.

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g1tip

8:58AM | Tue, 19 July 2016

Great photo sequence and story ! ! !

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flavia49

6:03PM | Tue, 19 July 2016

lovely

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Madbat

9:13PM | Tue, 19 July 2016

I've never seen one (too cold up here) but I hear they can take your fingers off.

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nefertiabet

2:44PM | Wed, 20 July 2016

Nice story and captures my friend!!!

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AidanaWillowRaven

4:08PM | Wed, 20 July 2016

I had a friend who lost a toe to a huge snapping turtle that lived in the man-made lake at our local state park. We were paddle boating and His feet were dangling over the boat into the cool water. The critter just swam up at bit his big toe off.

Ahhh ... Summer Camp memories ...

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beachsidelegs

5:20PM | Wed, 20 July 2016

Fantastic he got a new home lol love the pictures and story made me smile :)

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JeffersonAF

6:18AM | Thu, 21 July 2016

Great.

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Crudelitas

2:26PM | Thu, 21 July 2016

I'm glad you did you choose this option! For ourselves moths and mosquitoes are captured and not killed ... I believe in Karma ... Anyway, that all are so with your solution! Great photos and story, Teri!

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