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[(Anonymous)]

This is a bit of an odd one, but, American posters, where in America can I go to be pretty much assured of being able to see snapping turtles in the wild? Visiting in August, in the central Appalachia region, so hopefully somewhere within reasonable driving distance of there would be good. Thanks.

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[kaijinscendre]

Lots of places, tbh. I grew up in South Carolina and people made snapping turtle soup. I live in Oklahoma and there are snapping turtles here. You will just need to find someone local who can help you. They don't really roam about.

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[(Anonymous)]

Find a swamp or some water and your chances are high. But honestly I'd ask locally. They aren't really something you can say a specific spot for, they're just everywhere.

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[(Anonymous)]

You might try state parks in places like Florida, or anywhere in the midwest. You generally don't see snapping turtles often because they spend most of their time lurking on the bottoms of murky ponds and the like.

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[(Anonymous)]

They live everywhere and are pretty common, but idk about "pretty much assured of being able to see one in the wild" as they aren't particularly friendly or outgoing - I live in their range and go hiking around water pretty often and have mostly only seen them in the wild when a neighbor is like "aughh help me get this snapping turtle out of my yard before it bites someone". Find a local nature park/wildlife refuge that has water in it, and ask the staff?

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[(Anonymous)]

Alternatively you could look at iNaturalist and see what public sites have had a lot of sightings reported although tbh in my area that's mostly just a map of human population density.

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[(Anonymous)]

seconding finding national, county, or state natural areas/wildlife conservatories/parks (as in the hiking and camping type, not the playground in the suburb type) with noted wetland or water features. It'll never be a guarantee but it will up the chances of seeing any reptiles.

it's still a very, very slim chance, unless it's a wildlife area in Florida or the southern tier of states, maybe a Carolina. slightly higher chance.

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[(Anonymous)]

Snapping turtles don't really bask like most of the other turtles do, so even if you're in an area with a lot of them, it's hard to be sure you're going to see them. That said, there are some nice state parks in that region with a lot of water and associated wildlife. Maybe try Hocking Hills.

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[(Anonymous)]

This probably isn't an appropriate comment on my part since you're, uh, likely a fan of snapping turtles but... if you're visiting America, highly recommend snapping turtle jerky. We make jerky out of anything and everything here and... yeah. Good stuff.

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[(Anonymous)]

As someone who has never eaten any jerky at all, does it have a unique taste? I just kind of assumed all jerky tatsed vaguely the same.

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[(Anonymous)]

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Where can I find that?! I’m in central Appalachia.

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[(Anonymous)]

You’re more likely to encounter them in state parks than say GSMNP. The rangers at GSM usually shoo them away from the most popular spots in August when the park is overflowing with European tourists. If you hike into the backcountry you might see them, though.
Wherever you go, make sure you’re at least a mile from the AT because the traffic there in the summers disrupts all the wildlife. At least in GA, TN, and VA. Idk about up north.