I was crow hunting one morning from a blind when a crow came in to my decoys, I popped up and shot it as it crossed in front of me about 25 yards away. In my peripheral I saw another large bird coming in behind it, I swung the gun towards the second bird assuming it to be another crow. I quickly lowered the gun when I realized it was a red-tail hawk coming in to snatch up the crow that I had just shot as it bounced off of the ground.
Unforgettable experiences in nature while hunting
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been out fishing on the sask river and a bear on the opposite bank decided to jump in and swim
right past me.
during deer season i caught two bucks rutting with each other.
i managed to walk straight across the field within 100yds and plug one
right past me.
during deer season i caught two bucks rutting with each other.
i managed to walk straight across the field within 100yds and plug one
I had a big whitetail buck chase me across a field once, he started coming from about 300 yards away, and got within about 15 yards of me when I shot my crossbow at him, but missed. It was enough to make him do a sudden stop and turn away.
South of Fort McMurray, near the House River I watched a large black bear sleeping on a log which spanned a very wide creek. He stayed there as long as I watched, even if I’d had a tag he would have been safe.
I can recall as a single digit kid fishing the Anderson River with Ol`Paw.
Him on one side, me, t'uther.
He whistled which mean, drop and run.
Ma bear just below him stuck her head out of a bush.
Cub just below me on my side.
I bewt skewted to dry ground and skurried back to the truck direction.
Paw was behind me not too long afterwards.
Shortly after that, I was designated carrier awf the old 92, 44-40.
Lernt oww tuh load'n shewt'er real gooder.
Still a'ver today.
Him on one side, me, t'uther.
He whistled which mean, drop and run.
Ma bear just below him stuck her head out of a bush.
Cub just below me on my side.
I bewt skewted to dry ground and skurried back to the truck direction.
Paw was behind me not too long afterwards.
Shortly after that, I was designated carrier awf the old 92, 44-40.
Lernt oww tuh load'n shewt'er real gooder.
Still a'ver today.
Was sitting on a ridge looking down in a small basin blacktail hunting, this huge owl comes up the draw and lands above me about 20 feet in the tree I’m leaned against below I watched him for a few minutes and thought about how awsome this is I went back to looking down the draw, He then took off from the branch he was on and the branch broke came down and smoked me on the head lol.
Watched an eagle come in to fast on a branch on the side of the ocean he grabbed the branch with his claws and did a spin on it and broke the branch and the eagle and branch were falling to the ground, eagle got out of it though.
Had a black bear in a full out blizzard ackwardly slide/stumble down a bank onto the road and slowly walk towards me, i calmly started talking to him and at about 8 feet he was just standing their trying to figure out what I was, he finally took off
Watched a hawk smoke a teal at full tilt in the air while duck hunting, talk about a feather show
Had an immature eagle attack a robo duck and also have had an eagle try and take a decoy, lifted off the water till the sting got tight, can still hear his claws scraping the plastic decoy, laughed pretty hard for the rest of the day
Took my dads buddy’s kid out hunting had him sitting 15 feet from me in a little brush blind he had a doe and dawn walk right by him, the doe actually stopped and stuck her head between the brush and sniffed his jacket,
Watching my buddy almost crash his mountian bike hitting a buck while we were cruising down a steep logging road back to the boat,
Good idea for a thread keep em comming
Watched an eagle come in to fast on a branch on the side of the ocean he grabbed the branch with his claws and did a spin on it and broke the branch and the eagle and branch were falling to the ground, eagle got out of it though.
Had a black bear in a full out blizzard ackwardly slide/stumble down a bank onto the road and slowly walk towards me, i calmly started talking to him and at about 8 feet he was just standing their trying to figure out what I was, he finally took off
Watched a hawk smoke a teal at full tilt in the air while duck hunting, talk about a feather show
Had an immature eagle attack a robo duck and also have had an eagle try and take a decoy, lifted off the water till the sting got tight, can still hear his claws scraping the plastic decoy, laughed pretty hard for the rest of the day
Took my dads buddy’s kid out hunting had him sitting 15 feet from me in a little brush blind he had a doe and dawn walk right by him, the doe actually stopped and stuck her head between the brush and sniffed his jacket,
Watching my buddy almost crash his mountian bike hitting a buck while we were cruising down a steep logging road back to the boat,
Good idea for a thread keep em comming
was sitting in a cheaper single ladder stand hunting deer one morning with my crossbow, was bleating and grunting, heard what sounded like a tree falling behind me, turned and looked to see a small bull moose walking through the thick Bush.
kept calling and he turned to come towards me. next thing, he's next to my stand smelling my feet.................. kinda unnerving as he was smelling my boots and his eyes are looking into mine within a few feet. I was amazed at the size of him even though he wasn't a monster bull. don't see many around these parts and never shot one so it was an experience............ hope I never forget about that encounter.
kept calling and he turned to come towards me. next thing, he's next to my stand smelling my feet.................. kinda unnerving as he was smelling my boots and his eyes are looking into mine within a few feet. I was amazed at the size of him even though he wasn't a monster bull. don't see many around these parts and never shot one so it was an experience............ hope I never forget about that encounter.
Trying to catch up to a fisher chasing a squirrel through the trees. Never did get a decent photo of a fisher.
Had a squirrel do about 4 passes along a log that was about 2 feet behind my head, before he suddenly stopped and tried to figure me out. So hard not to laugh, but didn't want to get busted. Same spot, had the top half of an old cottonwood come off and land, about 50 yards away. Yes, a tree that falls in the forest, makes a HELL of a noise! And, based upon my observations there, there is ALWAYS something around that can hear it.
Stepped over a fallen log and woke the buck that was sleeping on the other side. Dunno which of us had the higher heart rate!
Quite literally, scared the poo out of a coyote. Was leaning on the fence post, he came out of the adjacent treeline and was busy marking his territory and passed about ten feet from me. Then I jumped up and shouted "BOO!" at him. He lightened up on the exit....
Watching prairie chickens dance at first light.
Watching a doe sheet-wallop her fawn into line, as they headed for cover at dawn.
Watching and hearing, about a million geese come off of Buffalo Pound Lake at dawn.
Lots.
Had a squirrel do about 4 passes along a log that was about 2 feet behind my head, before he suddenly stopped and tried to figure me out. So hard not to laugh, but didn't want to get busted. Same spot, had the top half of an old cottonwood come off and land, about 50 yards away. Yes, a tree that falls in the forest, makes a HELL of a noise! And, based upon my observations there, there is ALWAYS something around that can hear it.
Stepped over a fallen log and woke the buck that was sleeping on the other side. Dunno which of us had the higher heart rate!
Quite literally, scared the poo out of a coyote. Was leaning on the fence post, he came out of the adjacent treeline and was busy marking his territory and passed about ten feet from me. Then I jumped up and shouted "BOO!" at him. He lightened up on the exit....
Watching prairie chickens dance at first light.
Watching a doe sheet-wallop her fawn into line, as they headed for cover at dawn.
Watching and hearing, about a million geese come off of Buffalo Pound Lake at dawn.
Lots.
Yep, same thing happened to me. Little guy came out of a hollowed out log. Took a quick pic with my cellphone as I’d never seen one before and didn’t know what it was.
This isn't as unusual now as it was several years ago, but end last weekend in November after an exceptionally snowy and cold fall, saw a grizzly in full sprint though 2' of snow on open prairie. Saw it carry on for over a mile.
The part that isn't unusual nowadays is a grizzly on open prairie.
The part that isn't unusual nowadays is a grizzly on open prairie.
One more I just remembered.
I was muzzleloader hunting mule deer at the farm. It was a hellacious windy day but not a cloud in the sky. I was driving to the house for lunch when I spotted a whitetail buck laid out flat on a side hill only a hundred yards from the road. I assumed he was dead, likely hit by a vehicle, so I grabbed the muzzleloader and walked up to him to check out his rack. As I stood next to him I noticed he was breathing, still very much alive and not a scratch on him. I poked him in the ass with the muzzle and his head immediately swung up and around. That deers eyes were as big as saucers when he jumped up and nearly turned inside out as he peeled out of there.
Turned out he had just found a cozy place on the Lee side of a hill to have a relaxing afternoon nap in the sun. I bet he never slept for the rest of his life.
I was muzzleloader hunting mule deer at the farm. It was a hellacious windy day but not a cloud in the sky. I was driving to the house for lunch when I spotted a whitetail buck laid out flat on a side hill only a hundred yards from the road. I assumed he was dead, likely hit by a vehicle, so I grabbed the muzzleloader and walked up to him to check out his rack. As I stood next to him I noticed he was breathing, still very much alive and not a scratch on him. I poked him in the ass with the muzzle and his head immediately swung up and around. That deers eyes were as big as saucers when he jumped up and nearly turned inside out as he peeled out of there.
Turned out he had just found a cozy place on the Lee side of a hill to have a relaxing afternoon nap in the sun. I bet he never slept for the rest of his life.
Was up on a mountain and heard a big commotion below me. A ram was chasing a ewe, they got to the level I was at and she ran straight towards me with the ram in pursuit. She stopped in her tracks about 15 feet from me, she looked at me with eyes just about popping out. The ram looked at me, looked at her, then jumped on her and she took off like a rocket down the hill a few feet from me with him chasing her.
Once, during a rain storm, I sought shelter in a thicket. I had to get on my hands and knees to crawl into it. When I'd gotten into a more-open area, and stood up, it took a moment for my eyes to adjust to the light, and - as they did - the day bagan to turn dark, like a solar eclipse. I was confused, thinking "Nobody said anything about any eclipse today." And then, just like Batman, the owl swooped past, grazing my head in the process, down past my head and then upward (in a cautionary fly-by), and then perched in front of me before swivelling his head (backward) to look directly at me.
the wife and i were in the boat fishing close to shore,super hot day,this deer comes out of the shoreline brush and walks into the lake and proceeds to dip his balls in the lake.i laughed my ass off over that one.some things are universal.
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Late January in the freezing cold, walking along frozen and bare ag fields hunting jackrabbits in the late afternoon. Large depression in the field maybe 10 acres worth where all the water puddled-up and froze solid. There was a very light dusting of snow overnight and shortly after, a hare had walked right across it. A very light wind was blowing that morning, all the snow on the ice had blown to the edges, almost all that is... Anywhere the hare had stepped on was packed and left a clearly defined "outdent" of the hare's path right across the pond. The sun was so low that the tracks themselves were casting a shadow on the clear ice.
Floated pass a sow grizzly and 2 Cubs in a tin boat, maybe 15ft away. My dad and brother and I, was amazing and yet and the same tine, there was a part of my brain praying we didn't scrap on a rock.. It was like we didn't exist to them, thank god lol
