- [Coyote] Alright guys this is it,
we got the first turtle of the year right here.
He's big, he's big, I'm going.
(aggressive drums)
What's going on coyote pack?
Well, spring is officially here,
and today I'm going to head out on the kayak
and see if I can catch the first turtle of the year.
Look at this.
There is the drone right there.
The drone is actually going to follow me
and hopefully get up close when I jump off the kayak
and catch a turtle.
Today is our first day of testing this out,
and then we'll see if this actually works.
Alright guys, stay tuned, I'm about to get to the kayak here
and get it unchained and out on the water.
(water splashing gently)
Water test block, okay.
Whoo that water's cold.
Alright guys, well, a lot of you have written in asking
"Coyote, when are we gonna see
new episodes of Dragon Tails?".
Today is officially the first day
of a new Dragon Tails shoot.
It's cold today, it's only about 63 degrees but it's sunny,
so there's a good chance we might see some turtles.
Now if you look this way, over my shoulder,
way down on the far in the lake,
there's no movement in the water.
That means there's no ripples.
Which means the turtles may be down there in the shallows
fighting for territory.
So what I'm gonna do is head out in the kayak,
see if we can catch a turtle,
and then I'll bring it back here.
Follow me with the drone.
We've also got these nifty walkie-talkies.
Mark, I see a turtle, can you hear me?
(beep)
- Check, Coyote, sending in the drone now.
- See, so now I can let him if I see a turtle
and then hopefully I'll catch him.
You guys ready to get muddy?
Alright, let's do this.
- We're gonna find this turtle before Coyote does.
Let's go fire up the drone.
(triumphant music)
Alright. Looks like we are ready to fly.
- [Robotic Voice] Take off.
(drone whirring)
The scouting potential of using this drone
is going to be incredible.
It's so much fun.
It's like all I wanna do now.
Chris, you're hired as the new camera man for the show.
I'm just gonna fly the drone.
- [Chris] Saw that comin'.
(laughs)
- [Coyote] I have not seen Cornelius in two years,
so I'm really hoping that we see him
this season on Dragon Tails.
He's my favorite turtle,
he's my big boy who lives out here on Thoreau Lake.
Alright guys,
let's mosey on into the shallows here
and see if we can find something.
I think I see a turtle, nope that's a log.
False alarm, false alarm.
Ooh, tough to keep your balance
while looking through binoculars.
Okay, let me read one to Mark.
Hey Mark, I've got no sightings on any turtles yet
but I'm gonna move in a little closer.
- Copy, go for it if you see it.
- But we are just about into Cornelius' zone
so I'm gonna actually stand up here
and see if we can get a cool shot.
(mumbling on walkie talkie)
Ooh, I just bumped something, might've been a turtle.
Shoot, uhm, I think it's okay, I think it's scared of heron,
but as long as you keep it high enough.
Hold on a second, I got a turtle, I see a turtle.
Come in straight towards me, I got a turtle.
100% a turtle, 100%.
Alright guys this is it,
we got the first turtle of the year right here,
off the edge of the boat,
he doesn't sense me coming in.
I'm coming right from the backside.
He's big, he's big.
Actually this might be Cornelius.
Alright, I'm making a go for it here.
Hasn't sensed me yet.
I'm going. (water splashes)
(grunts) There it is, that's Corny,
that's Cornelius right there. Yes!
Hey buddy! You're big and cold. Wow!
Okay, there it is, first turtle of the year.
He's very cold, he's just woken up,
guarantees he just came out today for the first time.
He's looking right at me, there he is.
That's Cornelius right there!
Alright! There we go.
It's Cornelius I got him!
Definitely Cornelius.
Really cold, he definitely just woke up for the year.
I'm bringing him in, follow me back.
- Got 'm.
That's awesome I mean that's the most famous turtle too.
This is Cornelius,
this is the infamous huge snapping turtle
that lives here in Blendon Woods, in Columbus, Ohio.
And it's awesome that he made it through the winter.
I'm sure Coyote is gonna be very happy
when he gets back to shore.
- [Coyote] Stay buddy. Woah boy, he's making a go at me.
Hold on, I gotta turn him back a bit.
Fist turtle of the year.
Hi buddy! Good to see ya! Yes! My big boy Cornelius!
Talk about calling your shot.
Literally the first turtle that I came up on,
and it is the big one
that we were hoping to come across this spring.
Ah this is great news because
Cornelius has not been caught in two years now,
and sure enough we have him up close for the cameras. Whoo!
How did I look on the drone?
- I did get a shot,
you can definitely see the turtle before you jumped in.
- Could you?
- Oh yeah.
- Wow, neat.
(drone whirring)
- Got it.
It's called a catch landing, it's for the pros.
- [Chris] Woah!
(water splashing)
- Come here buddy.
(grunts) That is a monster snapping turtle right there.
He's about 50 pounds.
A little light because he's just woken up
for his summer hunting.
We're gonna bring him up here and give him a good look over.
This turtle is absolutely enormous,
it's not often that you see snapping turtles
grow to this size.
He is in my opinion the most famous snapping turtle
in the world at this point,
and the thing that's most impressive about Cornelius,
look at the claws on his front feet.
Go ahead buddy, put a paw out here for us.
Look at that paw. Those claws are absolutely massive.
His paws are about the size of my hand, isn't that crazy.
I mean I'm not even kidding you, I said to the camera
"Alright, right now I'm moving through Oscar's territory,
just getting into Cornelius' realm",
and sure enough I can see a care of his
just kind of bubble at the surface,
and I wasn't certain it was Cornelius until I jumped in
and grabbed a hold on the back of his shell
and saw that tail.
- [Mark] I can't wait to go back and look at the drone shot.
- Yeah, you think there's something cool?
- Yeah, I got in there,
you could definitely see the turtle
before you jumped in the water
so that was really interesting.
That tells me that we really can use this drone to actually
scout locations for wildlife. - That's cool.
- Which is something we've never been able to do before.
So, could get interesting.
Tell us what you guys think of the drone footage,
and if you guys have any recommendations we're all ears so.
- Yeah, this is officially,
I guess now since we caught Cornelius,
probably gonna turn into
the first episode of Dragon Tails for 2017.
We got some really exciting episodes coming out,
basically we're gonna incorporate this new style of
running on camera, drones.
- Action. More action. - Action.
We wanna bring the action
right to you guys out there watching.
- Dragon Tails is back guys.
- Dragon Tails is definitely back.
- Nice catch today, that was awesome.
- Little mud for ya.
I'm Coyote Peterson, be brave, stay wild,
we'll see you on the next adventure.
Should I catch another turtle?
- Let's do it. (both laugh)
- Awesome!
- [Coyote Peterson Voiceover] If this is your first time
catching an episode of Dragon Tails,
make sure to go back and watch
the world's most famous turtle,
featuring an up close encounter
with the one and only Cornelius.
And don't forget, subscribe,
so you can join me and the crew
on this season of Dragon Tails.