Seems that this site is an excellent way to not only get valuable advise and information, but actually continue the hunt in your mind after you' re out of the woods, which for freaks like me, is cool. Just wondering what the most bizarre or unique things people have seen in the woods.

This of course preceeds a funny story that happened to me the other night: I was nestled in my stand being the tree listening for deer and of course, after an hour on stand, the squirrels had me about insane. Then the magic happened. I heard a heavier animal than a squirrel making it' s way through the open grass clearing in the middle of the woods. I knew it was a deer. I was looking through the trees into the grass area trying to spot the beast and finally, yes, brown legs just on the other side of the clearing 80 yards out. He was heading away from me so I hit the grunt call. To my amazement the critter turned and walked back into the clearing as I' m thinking, " wow, he' s going to come back this way!" When he emerged from the thick brush into the clearing I saw the biggest deer I' ve ever seen in the wild. After shaking my head several times in amazement, I realized it was in fact, a horse. After 24 years of hunting, I never expected that.

I am also an owl magnet - no matter where I hunt, the owls find me. Most often landing in the tree I' m in or dive bombing me to get a closer look. I once had a 5 minute conversation with a great horned owl who landed on the limb next to my stand less than 10 feet away. He told me I wasn' t fooling anyone.

I' d like to hear your stories. Shoot straight and God Bless.