Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Wildlife Management snapping turtle

Thanks for the comments. Looks like we all have a hard shelled friend. As far as trapping, my father-in-law use to trap snappers in the northern lakes here in Michigan. He used the stinkiest stuff he could find. Example, buy whole chicken and let it sit in the hot sun for a few days and STINK! He put traps in the shallows near lily pads and set the traps with the stinky chicken parts. It worked well. Snapper turtle is suppose to have 7 different tasting meats in it, and that is why he trapped them. We often had Labor Day cook outs with snapper on the menu. I do know that when moving a snapper large or small, caution needs to be taken, I have seen people tease a snapper and break a good sized branch into two. We had a snapper a smaller one about three years ago, he came and then was gone, I hope this one does the same. While I have not seen him eat pellets our 3 or 4 mud turtles do and will visit the top of the water most feeding times.