Snapping turtle removal

Anyone have any suggestions on how to remove a big turtle from a window well? I own pomeranians, so I am definitely not manly enough to just grab it. It’s probably 20 pounds, and doesn’t seem very happy. Would animal control handle something like this? Or is there a turtle hitman I can hire? I’m in Arvada, Adams county side if that helps. I live across from a reservoir, so I’m sure that is where it came from.

 

Today is Monday. Not Friday.

 

Call wildlife in your area and they will take care of it.

 

Cool. I have no idea if that is a city thing or county thing, but I can Google that. Growing up in Denver always made that so much easier… I just wasn’t sure if it would be more of a “pest control” kind of thing.

 

https://wildlifeandpest.com/turtle-control.html

 

Idk about that, but this guy hates turtles. Might be your best bet?

 

Nice. Thank you! I never knew “turtle infestations” were a thing until now

 

Was that supposed to be a picture of Shredder?

 

@Puppypunter - you can always call Colorado Parks and Wildlife

 

It was…

 

Ernie "Turtle Man" Brown is the man to call!

 

You can always just shoot it.....

 

Hack - How to remove Turtle from Window Well. Fill the window well with water to the brim and let nature take over.

 

You can use a shovel or rake handle. Put the non-tool end down into the window well and let the turtle "snap" onto it and then lift it out. Getting it to let go of the handle is a bit trickier.
ETA: Get it close to the reservoir or a grove of trees and walk away for a while. Let it release and move on at its own pace. Retrieve the garden tool later.

 

I searched and it was the first one in the results.. so I posted it in here.

HA! I saw him at the bar years ago. He always tell stories about his catches..

 

This or the other link. Snapping turtles, they can be a handful especially in a confined space and when they are not happy. Their head can reach almost to their tail. Growing up on the east coast we dealt with then a lot and a lot of people went about it the wrong way and paid for it.

 

Given your manliness concerns, perhaps make a trail of lettuce leading up a makeshift ramp into the back of your Ridgeline. Then go let it free somewhere.

 

keep adding rocks/soil into the window well... as the turtle climbs onto it add more until it's high enough for it to walk out.
Or... you can just pick it up...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uELN6hUWF1g