JohnGalway Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 (edited) . Edited September 3, 2009 by JohnGalway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweedledee Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 john relish the moment i`m sure you won`t encounter owls too often. rare as rocking horse pooh up here. glad to see your out shooting again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyfox Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 you know what species it was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret Master Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 We have been buzzed by a tawny which then sat on the fence 3 ft away from our faces while we were squeaking with our mouth's for charlie. Fantastic. FM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dead-Eyed Duck Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 Lots of tawny's where we go John, but the best encounter I had was when sat in a tree hide. I gave a couple of mouse squeeks and buzzzzzz, a little owl appeared from nowhere and sat on a branch next to me about 2 metres away. It sat there, with me not daring to move, and then buzz, away it went. A real treat! Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted August 5, 2008 Report Share Posted August 5, 2008 It must have benn realy hungry to buzz you John LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Scholl Posted August 6, 2008 Report Share Posted August 6, 2008 A similar thing happened to me a few years ago. I was coming out of the woods at dusk after an unsuccessful day of deer hunting. I thought I saw something moving from the corner of my eye, but I didn't hear anything so I figured I was just tired and that my eyes were playing tricks on me. Next thing I know, this huge Great Horned Owl swoops down from the treeline and just about blind sides me. If I hadn't seen him at the last second, he probably would have! He must've been 3 feet across, he was huge. The weird thing was it got within inches of my head and didn't make a sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evilv Posted August 7, 2008 Report Share Posted August 7, 2008 He must've been 3 feet across, he was huge. The weird thing was it got within inches of my head and didn't make a sound. That's the thing that always awes me about owl when I've seen them. The wings are totally silent - they fly like velvet. I was once up in the Pyrenees with my son and we'd sat down just below a ridge line. After a bit this huge vulture swooped over the ridge and passed maybe fifteen feet above us. The wings were open and still as it glided by but there was a vibrating noise from the feathers on the trailing edge like you can get with a kite on a windy day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnGalway Posted August 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 (edited) . Edited September 3, 2009 by JohnGalway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEINVISIBLESCARECROW Posted August 8, 2008 Report Share Posted August 8, 2008 I'm jealous. To me that would be a result. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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