I was climbing with my summit saturday morning about 4:30 am. About ten feet up, I feel this warm, furry critter suddenly land on my hand and it obviously has sharp claws. It' s warm so I don' t have gloves on. With my heart pounding, I quickly switched my light on and there is this flying squirrel setting square on the back of my left hand and he' s looking at me like I' m scarring him. I know that you shouldn' t be scared of flying squirrels but when something furry with claws lands on you in the dark, it kind of takes you back and makes your heart skip a beat. I have no idea where he came from or why he was hanging around in the dark. I shook him off and continue my climb, shaking my head in amazement.
While hunting in stands, I have been attacked by an owl, red tail hawk, and now a flying squirrel.
If you want to try this some time when a hawk or owl lands near you and you got a full head cover or mask on, just stick your tongue out the mouth hole of your mask and watch that hawk come after it.

Thats just what I want to do, have a hawk attack my tongue! LOL!

Damn you rocky top. I' m at work trying to be inconspicuous and your making me bust a gut. I damn near got caught on the web because of this story. next time try to wrestle that little sucker down. There' s a lot of meat on those hind quarters...lol
Great story. Your certainly braver than I if you stick you toung out for predatory birds. Maybe we could get doemaster to film it. that would make a great post. thanks for shareing...

Yeah, they could show that video on the next " When Animals Attack" right after the one of that guy who doused himself with doe-in-heat urine and met up with the whitetail buck... LOL

Damn right Adams... That would be some priceless footage!

When I stuck my tongue out at the hawk, and I don' t know what made me do it, that hawk come off the limb he was on like the dinner bell had rang. I had to wave my bow like crazy to get him to stop his attack. I felt the wind from his wings, that' s how close he got.

I was hunting with a buddy a couple years back and it was still dark outside when I heard this blood curdling scream coming from the direction my buddy was. So I kinda freak out a little bit thinking something morbid just took place and I wander over to where his stand is, on edge the whole time. Well I get to where he is sitting and he looks down at me and has blood dripping off his face and scratches running down both sides. I said " what the @#$% happened to you" he looks down, shakes his head and shows me the dead squirrel in his hands. The squirrel had jumped off a nearby branch and landed on his face, he freaked screamed like a girl, and killed the squirrel with his bare hands. He had him mounted, posing like a bear.