Anyone here hunt snapping turtles? I'm from NY and it's illegal to trap them like i had planned. Looking for some techniques. Also the shell has to measure 12" not really sure how to tell when a turtle has only its head above water and you blast it with a .22 or how to retrieve a sunken one in a pond. I come across them all the time, but for whatever reason using hooks, nets and hands to capture them is illegal. thanks