Keep an eye out for those protective dogs! They really can get themselves in trouble if a snapper does decide to come across your yard--they won't have any preconditioning, intinctual or otherwise, to realize the danger that poses to them. As the daughter of a vet, I grew up seeing almost...
But the problem with setting turtle traps when the swans go to nest is that here at least, in NE Ohio, the turtles aren't in our pond yet! At least not the dangerous snappers. We have loads of lovely painted turtles, but they're not the threat.
Female snappers go "on the move" here--like...