Big Loggerhead Turtle.............

Big ol' dude right there.

I saw a woman that looked like that the last time I went to the beach...yikes!

Alligator snapper? Assuming it was caught in fresh water.

Ya definitly not a loggerhead but still a monster!

Alligator snapper is the only thing it could be.

Things are built like tanks. I gigged one with a flounder gig in the neck once and dragged it ashore. Tried to smash its head with a rock the size of a softball, and the dang thing just kept bouncing off.

Finally gave up and let it go.

X2

That would make some good soup.

wow

That dude has to be 150 years old. You could donate it to a Zoo? That is to old a critter to shoot.

Great pic! When I was a kid a guy brought one into town he caught on a trotline and dispatched with. .30-30. I swear it was 3 feet across the shell. Went in the local paper-biologist from SFA said it was over 100 years old.

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eff holdin that thing...

i was driving up a hill one day by tawakoni and there was one standing in the road at the top, it looked like a dog its legs were so long.

Snapping turtles come in two varieties. A relatively smooth shell, called loggerheads. If it has a very ridged shell it's an alligator snapper.

I'd fry that bad boy up, I'd also say I had some gator in me. My kids shot a big snapper during bird season this year, not that big though

I cant remember where I got the Pic, but it said it was a loogerhead caught in Alabama.....

Crazy big!!! Pretty cool

Alligator snapping turtles are loggerheads. Common snapping turtles are the smooth(ish) shelled ones.

I guess I should also say there are loggerhead sea turtles too

Whatever kind it is, that dang thing looks like a mean motor scooter !

I am sitting here thinking all the creeks an ponds we played in being kids, that thing could of eatin me for supper ! LOL

What a dinosaur!! Very impressive

Hope you let it go as that species is listed as a Threatened Species in the State of Texas

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wil...herptiles.phtml

That turtle was probably over 100 years old, minimum.

that old dude is huge.

That thing is huge, its a alligator snapping turtle aka loggerhead snapping turtle. Its head looks like a log, while its sticking out of the water! Regular snappers don't get big, like the alligator variety.

He doesn't look none to happy

damn that looks prehistoric

Loggerhead Turtle

I agree... My brother and I caught one on a trotline years ago, at Toled Bend. It probably weighed 40-50 lbs. We drug it behind the boat until Dad told us to cut the line and let it go.

cool.

big ol boy, nice!

You forgot to add snapping in your search, Just google loggerhead snapping turtle,