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What’s your spookiest hunting experience?
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<blockquote data-quote="M77Fan" data-source="post: 3064443" data-attributes="member: 115996"><p>memtb holy bear scat!!! That is about as scary as it gets. You guys were extremely lucky to get out of there without damage. Sounds like the old descriptions of the "shooting line" over at the Elk Refuge. I just can't understand the behavior of people taking random shots "hoping" to hit something.</p><p></p><p>PlumberEd weird & M1A1 interesting, not exactly words I would have used to describe the feeling of being shot at. It is pretty unnerving to realize someone has intentionally taken a shot at you because they heard you moving.</p><p></p><p>Berrnard, those owls are sure quiet, aren't they? I'll bet the adrenaline dump lasted a while! The silence is because their feathers have a special silencer structure, like a coating of velvet, that deadens the wind noise. Because they are stealth hunters, they need quiet rather than speed like falcons, for instance. Falcons have slick feathers that reduce wind resistance, and boy can their wing feathers whistle/shriek as they plummet to the ground to hit prey. Fuzz on their feathers would cause too much drag. You made me flash back to a time when I stepped into an old barn, and suddenly this great horned owl swooped from above me with no sound until it started popping its bill right beside me. As soon as it started that so did its three little ones on a beam just above me. It is a really loud hollow echoey sound and quite startling! She circled right back at me as I ducked out the door.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="M77Fan, post: 3064443, member: 115996"] memtb holy bear scat!!! That is about as scary as it gets. You guys were extremely lucky to get out of there without damage. Sounds like the old descriptions of the "shooting line" over at the Elk Refuge. I just can't understand the behavior of people taking random shots "hoping" to hit something. PlumberEd weird & M1A1 interesting, not exactly words I would have used to describe the feeling of being shot at. It is pretty unnerving to realize someone has intentionally taken a shot at you because they heard you moving. Berrnard, those owls are sure quiet, aren't they? I'll bet the adrenaline dump lasted a while! The silence is because their feathers have a special silencer structure, like a coating of velvet, that deadens the wind noise. Because they are stealth hunters, they need quiet rather than speed like falcons, for instance. Falcons have slick feathers that reduce wind resistance, and boy can their wing feathers whistle/shriek as they plummet to the ground to hit prey. Fuzz on their feathers would cause too much drag. You made me flash back to a time when I stepped into an old barn, and suddenly this great horned owl swooped from above me with no sound until it started popping its bill right beside me. As soon as it started that so did its three little ones on a beam just above me. It is a really loud hollow echoey sound and quite startling! She circled right back at me as I ducked out the door. [/QUOTE]
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