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ORIGINAL: MNpurple

Late December bowhunt, snow was on the ground, walking to my stand in the afternoon. One of my properties of which I am the only one with permition borders a fairly busy state highway. From the highway the woods is on a very steep sidehill. I'm walking back to my stand just above the highway and notice 2 sets of boots prints in the snow coming up from the highway and going straight up this steep hill through one of the brushiest areas. Curious and thinking someone is hunting without permition, I follow the bootprints and they lead almost to the top of this hill, about 500 yards. I get to where the tracks end and there is a deep hole with an opening about the size of a beachball dug into the hill. THe hole was crazydeep too as I putabout a 5 foot stick down there and didnt hit bottom. The weirdest part was that laying around the hole was a ton of newspaper pieces crumpled up into balls. Many of the newspapers where strewn about except for a number laying right next to the hole were covered in blood and the snow surrounding the hole was covered in blood. I had a flashlight on me soI nervously shined it down into the hole but couldnt make out anything. The same two boot tracks left the hole but were now dragging something behind them through the snow, all the way back down to the highway! AT that point I backed out, and called the county sheriff who came out and took a look and some information and that was the last I ever heard of it.

Far and away the freakiest thing I ever came across hunting.

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ORIGINAL: whitetailbowhunter

I had a bird in the branches on top of me have a dump on my head.. Thank god it was only a little bird.

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