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Common Snapping Turtle #6276034 07/10/18 12:55 AM 07/10/18 12:55 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 10,488 Northwestern New York(Elder) Jonathan OP "Wilson"
Jonathan OP "Wilson" Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 10,488 Northwestern New York(Elder)	Saw one on the move in the gravel yesterday afternoon near a lane not far from a pond. The total length of its shell was estimated at 10 inches. I wasn't able to confirm if it was a male or female. The video after the photos may be more revealing to member turtle trappers for sex determination. Jonathan VIDEO https://flic.kr/p/28UQYzh Camera Gear: Canon EOS 7D-MK-II, Canon EF-S 10-22mm, EF 28-135mm, EF 100-400mm and EF 400mm lenses.

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Jonathan] #6276039 07/10/18 01:30 AM 07/10/18 01:30 AM
Joined: Jul 2018 Posts: 41 SC H Highoctane trapper
Highoctane trapper H Joined: Jul 2018 Posts: 41 SC	It's hard to ID the sex from that pic. Usually the male has a longer, thicker tail and the vent will be farther away from the the end of the plastron. Nice pic tho.. Last edited by Highoctane; 07/10/18 01:30 AM.

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Jonathan] #6276051 07/10/18 02:14 AM 07/10/18 02:14 AM
Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 26 mchigan G gary Collins trapper
gary Collins trapper G Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 26 mchigan	females have shorter thicker nails for digging nests it looks like a male to me. the girls nails are thicker .

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Jonathan] #6276053 07/10/18 03:30 AM 07/10/18 03:30 AM
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 2,672 Ohio W Willy Firewood trapper
Willy Firewood trapper W Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 2,672 Ohio	The underneath shell is slightly concave on a male turtle. It is slightly convex on a female turtle to allow extra room for eggs. Also, the females usually have their nails painted. Last edited by Willy Firewood; 07/10/18 03:31 AM. FRAC LIVES MATTER

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Jonathan] #6276066 07/10/18 05:10 AM 07/10/18 05:10 AM
Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,125 AK F FL cracker in AK trapper
FL cracker in AK trapper F Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 1,125 AK	Yum! Psalm 34:6

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Jonathan] #6276071 07/10/18 05:25 AM 07/10/18 05:25 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,255 Port Republic South Jersey N Newt trapper
Newt trapper N Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 5,255 Port Republic South Jersey	Cant run video From the pictures I would say male South Jersey Trapping and Snaring School January 19-20-21 2024 NEWT -----------------OVER---------------- www.snareone.com

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Jonathan] #6276096 07/10/18 06:31 AM 07/10/18 06:31 AM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 453 ky R Redsleeves trapper
Redsleeves trapper R Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 453 ky	It's a bull the vent was back past the end of his shell and you can see the bump were his penis lays male Colt Last edited by Redsleeves; 07/10/18 06:32 AM.

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Jonathan] #6276133 07/10/18 07:40 AM 07/10/18 07:40 AM
Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 43 Ottawa, ON, CDN T ThisIsNotaStep trapper
ThisIsNotaStep trapper T Joined: Mar 2018 Posts: 43 Ottawa, ON, CDN	Concave plastron on male helps it to spoon on top of the female when breeding, longer claws to hang onto the rim of her shell. Female has large semi-circular indent over tail to allow the males tail to lock in and around to her ..

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Jonathan] #6276143 07/10/18 07:54 AM 07/10/18 07:54 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 10,809 Philippines, s.e. asia,ohio west river rogue trapper
west river rogue trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 10,809 Philippines, s.e. asia,ohio	most yrs i remove one off a road somewhere,we dont have many in the waters near me. http://philippinebolomachete.weebly.com/ missing S.E. Asia a bit https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=lefties43332 im steve

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Jonathan] #6276234 07/10/18 10:36 AM 07/10/18 10:36 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 17,824 N.W. Iowa T Tactical.20 trapper
Tactical.20 trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 17,824 N.W. Iowa	Ok you guys know too much about turtle sex, lol jk

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Tactical.20] #6276272 07/10/18 11:42 AM 07/10/18 11:42 AM
Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 1,798 IA T teepee2 trapper
teepee2 trapper T Joined: Jul 2017 Posts: 1,798 IA	I'd say male also, on account of the thick tail. Would have to look a the bottom of it to bet the house.

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Jonathan] #6276438 07/10/18 05:53 PM 07/10/18 05:53 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,829 Lower Alabama (Daleville) L LAtrapper "Professor"
LAtrapper "Professor" L Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 3,829 Lower Alabama (Daleville)	Reference: https://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/31339.html Snapping turtle season will soon be open. Open Season: July 15 through September 30 Daily Bag: 5 Season Bag: 30 Hunting Hours: Any time of the day or night. Note to self- Engage brain before opening mouth (or hitting the ENTER key/SUBMIT button). Ron Fry

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Jonathan] #6276446 07/10/18 06:02 PM 07/10/18 06:02 PM
Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,417 claysville, pa imiller trapper
imiller trapper Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 2,417 claysville, pa	im sayin female. they have longer back nails for digging nests, they dont use their front feet for this. and the males have longer front nails. a quick google search confirms this

Re: Common Snapping Turtle [Re: Jonathan] #6276468 07/10/18 06:30 PM 07/10/18 06:30 PM
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 453 ky R Redsleeves trapper
Redsleeves trapper R Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 453 ky	Turtle females will have slightly longer nails some times but in Rocky creeks and bottoms they all ware down Young turtles will have sharp nail and long nail male and female, soft bottom dweller don't ware as much, so it's not 100% I can tell you after a turtle is sexually mature the vent on a male will be past the bottom edge of the shell females will be even or inside the edge. Colt

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