Help! I'm having an invasion

[bassin_bug]

This is not anything that will ever appear on tv news but I'm still in need of help. I have a lake, that is at least 70 years old, about 300 feet from my back porch. Have never had any trouble with turtles until this year. They are coming into my yard and digging holes to lay their eggs and are leaving piles of loose dirt. I try to watch for them and send them back to the lake but they seem to be winning the battle. We had an alligator that ate the turtles up until this year. He either left in search of a lover or someone has killed him.

Does anyone on this board know what I can do to stop the turtles from coming into my yard? All information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[GeoFisher]

This is not anything that will ever appear on tv news but I'm still in need of help. I have a lake, that is at least 70 years old, about 300 feet from my back porch. Have never had any trouble with turtles until this year. They are coming into my yard and digging holes to lay their eggs and are leaving piles of loose dirt. I try to watch for them and send them back to the lake but they seem to be winning the battle. We had an alligator that ate the turtles up until this year. He either left in search of a lover or someone has killed him.

Does anyone on this board know what I can do to stop the turtles from coming into my yard? All information will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

They are PROTECTED.......so you can pretty much do nothing.

[kygorski]

Black top! or a south western garden,[a whole lot of rocks and weeds]

[HURRICANEBOB]

Black top! or a south western garden,[a whole lot of rocks and weeds]

BLACKTOP....really? Comon man?!?!??!?!!?!? I got roaches. You want me to blacktop my basement?

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Did you know turtles are actually female bartenders?

[kygorski]

How can you tell them apart?

[DJD]

The "turtle man" can come down there!!! He prolly needs some new material! Have you seen that show bug?? Animal Planet I believe?
What kind of turtles?? I never even thought about freshwater turtles laying eggs like saltwater turtles???? Hmmmm I never had a reason to even consider that.....

[bassin_bug]

The "turtle man" can come down there!!! He prolly needs some new material! Have you seen that show bug?? Animal Planet I believe?
What kind of turtles?? I never even thought about freshwater turtles laying eggs like saltwater turtles???? Hmmmm I never had a reason to even consider that.....

They are mostly brown mottled color and are ALL about 10-12 inches in diameter. Before the alligator came to hang out in the lake, it looked like there were at least a hundred of those suckers lying around on stumps and fallen trees in the water. Oddly, they never came into the yard until this year. The 'gator had a feast crunching and eating turtles and removed most of them. Geo said they are protected but I don't understand why because there is definitely no shortage of them.

I have seen the "Turtle Man" show a few times but am not sure I could handle much of that screeching that he does. lol

[mhall]

they are mostly brown mottled color and are all about 10-12 inches in diameter. Before the alligator came to hang out in the lake, it looked like there were at least a hundred of those suckers lying around on stumps and fallen trees in the water. Oddly, they never came into the yard until this year. The 'gator had a feast crunching and eating turtles and removed most of them. Geo said they are protected but i don't understand why because there is definitely no shortage of them.

I have seen the "turtle man" show a few times but am not sure i could handle much of that screeching that he does. Lol

ye ye ye ye ye ye ye......live action

[HURRICANEBOB]

How can you tell them apart?

Scratch and sniff.

[mhall]

Miss Bug I had two or three doing that in my back yard for several years in a row. I have a small creek that borders my property and those Snappers would come and do that. I just kept covering the hole they made up and eventually they moved on. Not sure there is much you can do Dear except grin and bear it.

I was amazed at the size of the hole they would dig.

[HURRICANEBOB]

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[DJD]

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Ohhhh hale yeah!!!! Love me some firepower!!!! Makes me think of night range time with tanks at Fort Hood!!!