Turtle Rescue

On a Portage River canoe trip last spring I noticed a big snappin' turtle stuck in the bottom of a farmers woven wire fence trying to get to the river.He'd been there awhile, wedged tight, trench dug, dehydrated, and not happy. No way was he letting me extricate him without a fight, so I used my trusty Sawyer 52" Venture straight shaft and 50" Venture  bent shaft paddles to; one, hold the bottom of the fence with the T-handle grip and then use the other T-handle to push the turtle back out of the fence. The instant he was freed he tumbled down the bank into the water and swam away. And my trip the rest of the day felt better because I saved an animal's life and couldn't have done it without my Sawyers.

Jeff Knowles