AWESOME encounter

ICALL2MUCH · 02-02-2009, 08:02 AM

Folks,

My parents were driving this past Saturday and came across this beautiful eagle. Has anyone ever seen an eagle eat a deer on the side of the road like this? Very neat.

Click here if you want to see the pictures and more about it

This time of year, we see lots of eagles along the river.

Have a good one!

ZachCL · 02-02-2009, 08:08 AM

I have never seen one eat a deer, but Oklahoma State University owns a lake about 12 miles west of Stillwater, I live about 1/2 mile from the west side of the lake and I guess they have put some pairs of bald eagles out there. I was coyote hunting last year and was able to throw my binocs up on one flying, wow what a bird. This past fall I was riding in the pasture behind my house and I am pretty sure I saw another one flying didnt have my binocs to be 100 percent sure but I dont know what else looks like that. From what I hear in the classrooms I guess that some of the eagles have moved to a smaller lake near the lake that OSU owns, its a pretty cool deal I guess.

ICALL2MUCH · 02-02-2009, 08:16 AM

Zach,

Cool deal man. Agree with you, a stunning bird for sure.

130woodman · 02-02-2009, 08:51 AM

I saw 1 about 5 years ago on the side of the road. It was the first bald eagle I ever saw in person in the wild.

Mottz · 02-02-2009, 09:41 AM

See quite a few of them around here. Awesome bird and completely amazing how big they really are.

Huntinman23 · 02-02-2009, 11:34 AM

cool encounter Willie that is really awesome, did they stop and grab the antlers?

jkcmerg · 02-02-2009, 01:07 PM

Very Cool...up here in Wisconsin we see them all the time...i have an eagles nest about 300 yards from my house...i once saw an eagle come down and kill a rabbit..it was truely an awesome sight....Great Pics bud....

ksfowler · 02-02-2009, 01:30 PM

Cool pictures. i see a few eagles every week. we have so many ducks and geese around the eagles are always flying around looking for woundies. last week i saw two sitting on the ice eating a duck they look huge when they are sitting.

TGRIZWALD · 02-02-2009, 01:45 PM

we have about 6 around the farm we hunt. we see them all the time when we are in our stands

wingchaser_labs · 02-02-2009, 02:06 PM

I've held a fully mature one before. Caught him one day canoeing in the spring taking pics of the spring waterfowl migration. Came upon him sittin on a log and went to get closer and noticed he was sick. Hoped out ran him down and caught him. Rushed him to raptor rehabilitator at vet clinic 30 min away but the specialist was gone for the weekend so they IVed to buy time till she returned him but still couldnt save him. He died 2 hours after I dropped him off.... We see tons of them daily here living right off the Mississippi. WCL