What was the coolest thing you saw in The woods this year
01-13-2007, 09:17 PM
#41
Fork Horn
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Iowa
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RE: What was the coolest thing you saw in The woods this year
I had one stellar day this year, as far as coolness (IMO). The harrier hawks were migrating thorough and were working the grasslands to the west of my stand really hard. I had been watching them just to entertain myself. All of the sudden one dives down into the grass and about 8 hen pheasants flush. I was thinking that the harrier couldn't have been much bigger than one of those pheasants.
That same day, I caught movement coming down the fence line my stand was in. It was a squirrel. The closer he got, the weirder he looked. He had a jet black belly that ran down the insides of his legs and came up under his chin. His back was the normal color for a fox squirrel. He kept coming down the fence line and actually jumped up onto the lowest rung of my ladder stand.
That same day, I caught movement coming down the fence line my stand was in. It was a squirrel. The closer he got, the weirder he looked. He had a jet black belly that ran down the insides of his legs and came up under his chin. His back was the normal color for a fox squirrel. He kept coming down the fence line and actually jumped up onto the lowest rung of my ladder stand.
01-13-2007, 09:26 PM
#42
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RE: What was the coolest thing you saw in The woods this year
ORIGINAL: jnrbronc
That same day, I caught movement coming down the fence line my stand was in. It was a squirrel. The closer he got, the weirder he looked. He had a jet black belly that ran down the insides of his legs and came up under his chin. His back was the normal color for a fox squirrel. He kept coming down the fence line and actually jumped up onto the lowest rung of my ladder stand.
That same day, I caught movement coming down the fence line my stand was in. It was a squirrel. The closer he got, the weirder he looked. He had a jet black belly that ran down the insides of his legs and came up under his chin. His back was the normal color for a fox squirrel. He kept coming down the fence line and actually jumped up onto the lowest rung of my ladder stand.
01-14-2007, 04:32 AM
#43
Typical Buck
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RE: What was the coolest thing you saw in The woods this year
i was squirrel hunting with my youngest son and he missed a squirrel at
aprox 10 yards with a 410. the squirrel ran up the tree about 4 ft and
started barking and hissing at him this went on for about 5 mins i was laughing so hard the kid was trying to reload the single shot and was getting madder by the min
aprox 10 yards with a 410. the squirrel ran up the tree about 4 ft and
started barking and hissing at him this went on for about 5 mins i was laughing so hard the kid was trying to reload the single shot and was getting madder by the min
01-14-2007, 08:32 AM
#44
Fork Horn
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Location: Iowa
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RE: What was the coolest thing you saw in The woods this year
ORIGINAL: djschuett
Where in Iowa are you hunting at? I saw a squirrel that looked just like that on public land east of Carlisle! It was the first time I had seen anything like it, so I'm just wondering how many there are and what the cause may be. The one I saw looked almost like spray paint...
Where in Iowa are you hunting at? I saw a squirrel that looked just like that on public land east of Carlisle! It was the first time I had seen anything like it, so I'm just wondering how many there are and what the cause may be. The one I saw looked almost like spray paint...
01-14-2007, 08:40 AM
#45
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RE: What was the coolest thing you saw in The woods this year
ORIGINAL: jnrbronc
I was hunting in Cedar County. Like most animals,coloration variations (melanism)canoccur; rare but not unhead of.
I was hunting in Cedar County. Like most animals,coloration variations (melanism)canoccur; rare but not unhead of.
The one I saw was right by my car at lunch sitting on a fence post. He stood up and just kinda stared at me as if showing off his black belly fur.
01-14-2007, 01:09 PM
#47
Dominant Buck
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RE: What was the coolest thing you saw in The woods this year
Great Post..
During the last week of firearm in a Florida WMA I saw something neat. It was dark and I was driving about 35MPH down a dirt road to my hunting destination. Then, my headlights caught what looked like a big black hotwater heater with short legs running full throttle toward the side of my truck. I kicked in the secondaries and just missed the biggest hog I've ever seen in my life.
c7
During the last week of firearm in a Florida WMA I saw something neat. It was dark and I was driving about 35MPH down a dirt road to my hunting destination. Then, my headlights caught what looked like a big black hotwater heater with short legs running full throttle toward the side of my truck. I kicked in the secondaries and just missed the biggest hog I've ever seen in my life.
c7
01-14-2007, 03:09 PM
#48
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Norwich CT
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RE: What was the coolest thing you saw in The woods this year
I had two cool sightings this year!
First one was scouting, I hadtwo 8pt andone 10 pt sparring at about 100 yds! At one point they were all in a triangle, looked like the 8pt's were trying to both take on the 10! It went on for a good half hour before the 10 had enough and ran em both to the other side of the field!!
Then, while bow hunting, I had 52, yes 52, I counted, turkeys walk under my stand!! I will pay the extra 14 bucks for the turkey bow hunting license next year!
First one was scouting, I hadtwo 8pt andone 10 pt sparring at about 100 yds! At one point they were all in a triangle, looked like the 8pt's were trying to both take on the 10! It went on for a good half hour before the 10 had enough and ran em both to the other side of the field!!
Then, while bow hunting, I had 52, yes 52, I counted, turkeys walk under my stand!! I will pay the extra 14 bucks for the turkey bow hunting license next year!
01-14-2007, 03:10 PM
#49
Fork Horn
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RE: What was the coolest thing you saw in The woods this year
ORIGINAL: djschuett
Interesting. It just struck me as odd and I thought it would have been ironic as hell had we both seen the same squirrel.
The one I saw was right by my car at lunch sitting on a fence post. He stood up and just kinda stared at me as if showing off his black belly fur.
ORIGINAL: jnrbronc
I was hunting in Cedar County. Like most animals,coloration variations (melanism)canoccur; rare but not unhead of.
I was hunting in Cedar County. Like most animals,coloration variations (melanism)canoccur; rare but not unhead of.
The one I saw was right by my car at lunch sitting on a fence post. He stood up and just kinda stared at me as if showing off his black belly fur.
About the amature porn video thing, I find that hard to believe. I need some proof, like a link to the site where this video can be found.
01-15-2007, 04:01 PM
#50
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Holliday, Texas
Posts: 82
RE: What was the coolest thing you saw in The woods this year
1: I watched a Bobcat stalk and kill a rabbit. Then it came and sat under my tripod and starting eating it. I could hear the bones cracking! It kept looking up at me tryiny to figure out what I was. After it finished and went on its way, there was not even a tuft of hair left.
2: Watched as a coyote was stalking a calf. The calf wheeled on the yote and ran it off. I was just getting ready to shoot the yote when the calf ran it off.
3. Saw a yote as it was passing a buck and a doe getting ready to do their thing. The doechased the yote off.
2: Watched as a coyote was stalking a calf. The calf wheeled on the yote and ran it off. I was just getting ready to shoot the yote when the calf ran it off.
3. Saw a yote as it was passing a buck and a doe getting ready to do their thing. The doechased the yote off.
