More turtles are hitting the road this time of the year and the DNR has some advice so you can avoid hitting them.

Now is the time most turtles dig nests to lay their eggs. But, they're pretty picky when it comes to where and won't stop for traffic. So, the DNR hopes you might stop and lend them a hand.

On a lazy day, turtles can spend hours lounging about, sunning themselves. But, when it comes time to lay their eggs, these turtles aren't afraid to take to the road.

"My girlfriend came home from work and came in screaming ‘I found a turtle, I found a turtle!” It was in the middle of the road," says Michael Wilson of Eau Claire.

Wilson and his girlfriend walked to the rescue just the other day.

"I kind of got kidnapped. I didn’t really want to go, but I kind of did. But, she made me come,” he says. “But, once we got there it was pretty cute, so I figured, I'll just help it out."

Turtles like nice, flat dirt. The problem is sometimes they have to cross city streets to get to it.

“They can travel a mile or more to lay their eggs," says John Dunn, a wildlife biologist with the DNR.

Dunn says if you come across one of the slow-movers, don't be afraid to help them pick up the pace.

"Help them get going in the direction they’re headed if it's safe,” says Dunn. “We want the turtles to live, but we don't want people stopping in traffic if it’s a busy road. If it's a snapper, you can drag it by the tail."

Even without busy streets, turtles already face a rough road to survival.

"Around five percent of the eggs in nest actually hatch and of that five percent usually only one percent survives to breed," says Dunn.

And, helping slow and steady win the race can make you feel pretty good.

Wilson says "I figure a turtle is a turtle. You usually see one by water, not in the middle of the street. It was pretty cool; a good deed for the day."

Dunn says there's another thing you can do to help turtles. If you see one digging a hole to lay its eggs, leave it alone. Then, after it leaves put a fence around that turtle nest to keep predators like raccoons, skunks and curious neighborhood kids out.