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Good scare at 5am.
#6086927
12/16/15 02:02 PM
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Davezerg
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So I arrive at my blind at around 5 am. And when I open the door I saw my binoculars case on the ground. So I think hmmmmmm, odd. Then it hit me, somethings in here. Keep in mind it's pitch black, so I close the door and take my flash light out... Turn it on and slowly open the door and take a look inside.. To my surprise a big damn owl is sitting on my chair, so after almost having a heart attack and screaming oh f***, I had to hold the door open so the owl could get out. Scared the hell outta me. Thought it was pretty funny and wanted to share.
Like a good friend used to say, hope is the last thing that dies!
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6086929
12/16/15 02:03 PM
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SniperRAB
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Been there....and they will DO SOME damage
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
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12/16/15 02:06 PM
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stxranchman
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Which left more in the blind? The owl or you?
Are idiots multiplying faster than normal people?
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087013
12/16/15 02:36 PM
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PMK
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"everyone that lives dies but not everyone who dies lived..."
~PMK~
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087024
12/16/15 02:39 PM
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SouthTXhunter07
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I swear my worst enemy in hunting is the damn OWLS! they tear my blind to pieces and cover the floor and chair in over 5 inches of Owl S#%t.
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087034
12/16/15 02:42 PM
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CCBIRDDOGMAN
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Try being in a blind up on a 15' tower and have an owl fly in one of the windows while you are in there. That'll wake you up.
Haven't had it in years but never spit any out. I am a sucker for happy endings and strapped cowboys.
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087074
12/16/15 02:52 PM
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titan2232
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You fellas might invest in some windows
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087229
12/16/15 03:41 PM
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SouthTXhunter07
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The little bast#d$ knock my plex windows out!
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087245
12/16/15 03:48 PM
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mallardking
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I've never had an owl in my stand, but multiple times have opened the door up to a ringtail cat looking at me.
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087261
12/16/15 03:52 PM
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rdmac
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Bird Dog
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That'll get you attention for sure!
GOD, FAMILY, HUNTING
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087262
12/16/15 03:54 PM
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Navasot
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Hollywood
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Early season pop up blinds and a rattle snake will get you goin too... stupid pop up blinds
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087292
12/16/15 04:06 PM
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Davezerg
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I did have a worse experience several years ago.. Had a snake come in the blind I was in... I screamed like a little girl and jumped on top of the bucket I was sitting on. Don't know what kind of snake it was but it got just as scared as I did and fell out the door. Lol.
Like a good friend used to say, hope is the last thing that dies!
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: SouthTXhunter07]
#6087327
12/16/15 04:17 PM
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Pope&Young
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I swear my worst enemy in hunting is the damn OWLS! they tear my blind to pieces and cover the floor and chair in over 5 inches of Owl S#%t. you got that right
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087398
12/16/15 04:47 PM
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CRAnderson52
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That thin would have been nasty in a week or two, good thing you got him! Time for windows!!
You can run but you can't hide...
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087522
12/16/15 05:51 PM
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DTack
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Never had that happen while getting in the blind but did have one roosting/feeding in there over the summer when I had a window fall out. Ruined my chair!
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087680
12/16/15 07:33 PM
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notamtchance
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They will scare the he'll out of your when you open a door in the dark and they start hissing at you.
If I'm not hunting something I must be dead.
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087692
12/16/15 07:38 PM
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TAT
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I hate that. We have two stands that owls love. Man they are nasty.
It's not how you fall, It's how you get up.
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6087747
12/16/15 08:14 PM
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SnakeWrangler
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Buzzards are the absolute worst.....they bout ruined 2 stands.....I HATE BUZZARDS!
I believe in science and I’m an insufferable [censored] Actually, BBC is pretty damn good "You Cannot Simultaneously Be Politically Correct And Intellectually Honest!"
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6088062
12/16/15 11:04 PM
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bg75074
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Came back to load feeders and get ready for the season one September and a White owl had setup shop in my tower blind, biggest mess you ever saw.
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: stxranchman]
#6088445
12/17/15 02:32 AM
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Espy
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6089608
12/17/15 09:01 PM
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Frio County Hunts
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I just cleaned out a nasty blind because of owls. My buddy learned that you don't throw a carpet riddled with owl dung into the wind with your mouth open lol!
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Frio County Hunts]
#6089620
12/17/15 09:11 PM
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DirtNapTET
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I just cleaned out a nasty blind because of owls. My buddy learned that you don't throw a carpet riddled with owl dung into the wind with your mouth open lol! Happens to the best of us...
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6089656
12/17/15 09:29 PM
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jshouse
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I remember being about 12 or 13, early 90s, walking to a new stand one morning with my dad in Hamilton...its dark and we are trying to keep flashlight usage low and walk past a **** ARMADILLO RATTLIN AROUND IN A HOLE RIGHT BY OUR FEET! I can still see my dad high stepping through the pasture, leaving his 12 year old son to fend for himself. its very rare that kids get to see their dads act like complete girls, and I have to say, the few times I saw it were almost always at the deer lease dodging man eating armadillos or fighting swarms of wasps.
If I send my neighbors a text and ask them to give me feedback on my lawn and plant rye into a giant dong pattern, I'm probably going to get some less than positive feedback. Same goes here.
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6091030
12/18/15 06:24 PM
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ntxaviator
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I ran into that one time on a hunt outside of sweetwater. there was one big one and three younger ones. man they are spooky!
"We dont Rent Pigs"
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Re: Good scare at 5am.
[Re: Davezerg]
#6091336
12/18/15 10:38 PM
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shadams
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Not to hijack, but my cousin is the family big guy....scary as hell when he's mad. But my dad, cousin and I were making the rounds checked out blinds and I hopped in one that sat about eye level for him while him and my dad were outside the blind looking in. The blinds have rolls of tp in baggies in em and little trash cans and I noticed on of the tp baggies was torn open and the tp was pulled out and went into the trash can where a mouse had made him a pretty cool little nest. I grabbed the trash can and this mouse jumped straight out of the trash can, hit the floor of the blind and in one jump went out the door and landed a direct hit into my cousins face. I have never heard such a high pitched squeal come from such a big dude ever in my life, combined with the fast motion river dance he was doing it was something I dont think I will ever have the pleasure of watching ever again...
Have you even seen a little kid hurt themselves and they just have that pained look on their face for about 15 seconds, then they take the biggest breath ever and the scream at the top of our lungs? That was my dad and I....for about 5 minutes.
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