Can I Catch 10 TURTLES in ONE DAY_!

There we go. That is our first snapping turtle of the day. Welcome to Dragon Tails, guys. You've seen me catch hundreds of snapping turtles, but this is a little bit different. My personal record is six snapping turtles in a single day. Today, I'm gonna try to catch 10 between four locations. What's awesome about this is that snapping turtle is a female and is officially our first turtle of the day. All right, let's get the adventure started. Nine more to go. Oh, look at this environment. This is awesome. This is just completely a green, algae mess of ooze. Perfect snapping turtle habitat. But it does make them a little difficult to see. We're gonna move out and around this tree. Be really tough to catch anything right here. Is that a turtle? It is a turtle. How are you gonna get it? Tucked back in those logs. I'm gonna have to dive all the way back in there. Are you good? Oh, he's moving. Oh, no, he's moving. I lost it, I lost it. He's gonna go. You see where it is? This way. Oh, oh, under me, under me. Right there, right there. Right there, go around. Did you feel him? No, I didn't. I'm pretty sure that was him. That was so close. So close, a catch and a miss. I had the back of its shell and then it propelled itself forward and pulled right out of my hand. Well, I'd say that's it for this location. Okay, we're on to our second location. There's some huge turtles in here, but they're very tough to catch. I actually see one that's up against the side of the pond. Might be able to get this one by hand. Is that it? Yeah. How deep is it? Really deep. All right, we're going to the kayak. I can't catch that turtle. Yes, got one. Yeah, there we go. That's a good turtle right there. Wow. Okay. In the boat with you, buddy. This is definitely the most difficult part right here. Getting a turtle in your boat and then getting it back into a controlled setting. Not the biggest turtle in here, but we got one. Check that out. Definitely bigger than the first turtle we caught today. This turtle is actually named Winston. Only the second time I have ever caught this dragon. And look at the nose. The beak is a little worn down, but this is still a very, very healthy common snapping turtle. All right, we have seen three turtles. We have caught two. I think it's time that we move on to the next location and see if we can up our numbers. All right, let's get this guy back into the water. Okay, location number three. One of my favorite spots in Gahanna, Ohio. And I already see a snapping turtle out there moving in the mud. We're going straight into this. There he is. He's going to start moving. Oh, and just like that. Wow. There we go. Turtle number three. And this is one of the most famous turtles here in central Ohio. His name is Homer. I have named all the turtles in this location after mythological Greek gods. And this is one of the most dominant reptiles in this spot. Now, not as big and as heavy as some of the other turtles that we see in other locations, but definitely just as angry. Well, how about that? Walking right up. And that is turtle number three of the day. Very, very sharp claws on this turtle. Okay, let's see who else we can find. Looking good, buddy. There you go. All right. That's a great start for this location. Okay, we're heading back into here. See if we can find some more turtles. This is really good for our numbers, right? That is great. That is a perfect start. I mean, for our time. Yes. Here's another turtle right here. Right here. That is Hercules. Woo, Homer and Hercules back to back. Look at that. This turtle is the biggest turtle that lives in this location. How about that? Back-to-back turtles right next to each other. Oh, that is great. What a beautiful common snapping turtle. And I am very happy to see that he is healthy and doing well. Hi, buddy. How are you? He's like, oh, hey, Coyote. How are ya? All right, that is four turtles now. I'm gonna place him right back here. Watch your toes. And we'll see who else we can find. All right, off you go. How about that? Our numbers, just like that, are back in our favor. I'd say that's pretty good for this location. We caught two of the three turtles that live in this very small urban swamp. That brings our total count up to four. We're almost halfway there, and we still got the best location to come. That was huge. That may be the fastest I've ever caught two very sizable snapping turtles back-to-back. All right, guys, last location. Do you believe in miracles? Can I catch six turtles in the next two hours at this location? Only time will tell. We got one time around the pond. Here we go. Oh, the sunlight is definitely helping us right now. I can see right down to the bottom, so if there's a turtle hunting or moving, I should be able to see it. There's one, right there, right in front of you. Oh, he's a big one. Oh, the water's deep, completely getting swallowed in water. That is cold, but that is a huge turtle, one of the biggest turtles that lives in this location, the turtle known as Big Daddy, and that is, wow, officially our fifth turtle of the day. I'm just gonna let him go. We gotta keep moving. Here we go, moving on. See you later, big guy. Wow, what a catch. Yes. Man, my waders are completely full of water. I might need to drain them. Yeah. Snapper, right there, turtle, turtle, turtle. It's Hubert. No, not, look at this guy. Yes, look at that, turtle number six. Wow, I don't know what this turtle is. I've actually never caught it before in this body of water, but that is turtle number six. I've officially tied my personal best. Six turtles in a single day. We've only got four more to go. How awesome is that? That is one stinky snapping turtle right there. All right, put him right back in, and let's see if we can get number seven. Oh, we're heating up now. What's exciting about this is that if I catch a seventh turtle, that will be my new personal record for most turtles caught in a day. Got a snapping turtle right here, hunkered down, just hiding. Come here, buddy. There we go, look at that. Turtle number seven. Wow, there we have it. That's seven, that's my new personal record in a single day. Not a huge turtle, but that is number seven. Wow, this is a really good looking little turtle. Some of the claws are kind of nubbed off in the front, probably from fighting with another snapping turtle at some point. Okay, this guy's going right back down into the mud. See ya, buddy. Don't bite me. Feisty. Okay, turtle number eight. Let's find it. It's tough because I want to go as fast as possible because we're running out of time, but you really have to glide slowly when you're looking for snapping turtles because if you drift too far past one, you'll have no chance of catching it. Big turtle right there, it's Oscar. It's Oscar. Here we go. Big, big, big turtle right there. Woo! There we have it. That is an absolute gigantor. It's Oscar. Oh my goodness, it's Oscar. This is the largest snapping turtle in this body of water. And he means business. Look at the size of him. Holy mackerel. That is turtle number eight right there. Hold on, I'm losing him. Oh, he's so slippery. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. Look at the size of that dragon. Oh my gosh. He is so incredibly heavy. Is that the biggest one so far? This is the biggest one without question. This is the largest snapping turtle out in this body of water, and he is as prehistoric as it gets. All right, guys, there it is. Turtle number eight. Nine and 10 is all that's left. All right, guys. We are almost out of light. The water is perfectly calm though right now. Can we catch turtles nine and 10? Let's see what happens. What's crazy about this location is there's probably 30 turtles, maybe more, that live in here. Sun's behind a cloud. That's definitely hurting me right now. Between that and the fact that I cannot, even the shallow water is extremely murky. Man, if our conditions were just a little bit better, I think we would have gotten it. All right. We'll go back up through here. Think that'll do it. Valiance effort. Ah. This close. We topped out at eight turtles today. Oh, I look back at that one turtle that I missed, and we could have made it to nine. But in the end, I did beat my personal record, which was six turtles in a single day. And I can't be too disappointed. Not only did we catch Big Daddy, we also caught Oscar, the largest turtle that lives here at the Roe Lake. And that's the story of snapping turtles right there. The legend. You're always going after the next big turtle. In this instance, it was, can I catch 10 turtles in a single day? I was close, so close. I feel like if the conditions had been just a little bit better, if the water had been a little clearer, if there may have been a little less wind and a little more sun, we may have pulled it off. But hey, eight turtles in a single day isn't bad. I'm Coyote Peterson. Be brave. Stay wild. We'll see you on the next adventure. All right, that's the day.