I didnt see this until it was too late but cool to see. I didnt hit the owl and im sure it got fed.
https://youtu.be/sNjIgtEVRn4
https://youtu.be/sNjIgtEVRn4
Owl looking for dinner
- Thread starter Glem.Chally
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wow them are quick in and out , Hey glem here I joined a gun club to shoot my powder burners and they stock pheasents for hunting , and the people there say them OWLS eat about half of what they put out , I got one in my yard I saw him take a rabbit I had in my thermal when I was looking across my yard
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Owls are really cool people! Long, long ago I was bowhunting in the afternoon, and it was starting to get dark. I was standing in my treestand watching 2 does feed their way to me on the acorns, hoping a buck would join them. I wasn't interested in taking a doe, and was only interested in a trophy buck at the time, so I was just watching them quietly from 20' above. Out of the corner of my left eye, my peripheral vision picked up motion coming towards me. Luckily, I turned my head enough to see what it was, and it was a very large owl making his run on me in my treestand. When he saw my head turn, he veered off to his right, missing me by about 3-5 feet. Needless to say, he had scared the crap out of me! As large as he was, if he'd hit me, he'd have done some damage and possibly knocked me out of my stand, where I'd have been hanging by my safety harness. That would have been very bad to say the least, as I was hunting alone and not a soul knew where I was.
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yes ive had hawks and owls attack me too... while out bow hunting... its truly nerve wrecking.. sharp claws and beaks they have
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Awesome video, and thanks for sharing. Recently i was hunting racoons at night, and using a green led light on top of my Hawke Sidewinder. During a scan, I noticed some eye shine near the limit of my light's range. I thought it was a rabbit or rat at first, but the way the eyes moved reminded me of an owl. I zoomed out just in time to see it fly off back to the trees. Your experience is exactly the kind of thing that makes hunting so much fun.
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Years ago on an early morning deer hunt and before sunrise I pulled out my dying rabbit call and blew it a couple of times to see if I could pull in a coyote. I was in my cammies and very still, just listening and suddenly there was a whoshing sound and the top of my head was just brushed, just touched. I guess he figured out I was not a rabbit at the last second. I was impressed. Owls are the original stealth bomber. 
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That was close Glem. Nice video. I was hunting with monkeyshine last year in a long ravine and we got buzzed by a HUGE owl. Never even heard him. Scared the crap out of me. Hopefully you shot some rats to feed him.
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Thanks for the kind words boys! We went out one time after this and just saw the owl do another flyby over where i was scanning. He/shes a local no doubt!
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