RE: Have you ever been swooped while bow hunting!
 

not a hawk but i had a bird come in to to try and land on my hat . i flinched at the last second and felt the swoosh from the wings . last year i had a squirrel that was ready to jump to my stand about 3 feet away . gets your heart racing. cool experiences anyway

RE: Have you ever been swooped while bow hunting!
 

I've never been swooped, but I've watched Red Tails swoop and snag squirrels and chipmunks while hunting. Awesome to see! It really is amazing how they weave through the trees at such high speeds.

RE: Have you ever been swooped while bowhunting!
 

Didn't have time to walk to my tree stand, so I made a gorund blind close to camp where I found some fresh sign.
Standing there and I caught something out of the corner of my eye.
A big ole Hawk flew bye and was so close his wing knocked my hat cock-eyed, scared the bejesus outa me

RE: Have you ever been swooped while bowhunting!
 

Yes I have, by hawks and owls.

RE: Have you ever been swooped while bowhunting!
 

Yes I have been swooped,I had a small hawk pitch off a steep side bank toward me when sitting in a stand on a flat.It crossed over my knees like a rocket.I have had owls fly past me a number of times but not at blazing speeds.

RE: Have you ever been swooped while bowhunting!
 

Same here, many times and it's not pleasant when it's a suprise. Think about it, many times we stand there motionless except for out heads turning. Yeah, that looks small enough for a bird of prey.[&:]

The worst one I had was one morning I had my front to the tree looking around it, I hear this swoosh and turn just in time to see talons coming at me, I jump it veers and the wings barely clear me as it reevalutates it's prey. [8D]

I had a small sparrow hawk come at me 3 times one day. I couldn't convince him I was much too big for him. ;)

RE: Have you ever been swooped while bowhunting!
 

I've had some close calls. Only one though do I feel was a mistake for prey, the others were just coming to land on branches real close to me.

RE: Have you ever been swooped while bowhunting!
 

I've never been swooped but have had hawks and owls land in the tree.I've seen squirrels get hammered by hawks. I'm always amazed when I see a big old red tail or an owl silently glide throughthe woods.

RE: Have you ever been swooped while bowhunting!
 

I was in a stand last year, about 50 yrds from a creek and near a marshy area, when a flock (20,000) blackbirds decided to land in my tree and the trees surrounding me. It was like a hitcock movie. I was all camo'd out and the birds literally landed on my leg. I just clapped once and they moved about 50 yds, but when you hear 20,000 birds take off at the same time its a sound like a helicopter blade makes!

RE: Have you ever been swooped while bowhunting!
 

i had a hawk land in the tree i tried to get the carema and he took off the second i moved