BowJoe Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 One of the weirdest things I ever saw while hunting was a line of 11 bucks. That may sound ordinary to some but this is how it went. My buddy and I were hunting the last part of January about 5 yrs ago when we saw a group of deer walking in to me at around 25 yds. He was only about 40 yds away from me and we were looking to fill the freezer. I just thought it was a group of does so I stood to draw. When I waited for them to get closer, I was shocked to say the least. It started with a button buck, a 4 point, a 6 point, a nice 8 point, an eleven point then a 8 point, a 6 point, a 4 point and then a button buck. All were in a row and in that exact order. My buddy counted and I only got to the first 8 pointer. I don't think I would have been able to shoot the bigger 11 pointer so I didn't push my luck. I never even heard of something like that and was shaking like a leaf. I shot a little high and my arrow went in, hit bone on the other side and when he turned, he broke my arrow in half. I trailed him for 600 yds with not luck and kicked myself for years after that one. Memory of a lifetime though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamphunter Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? I was hunting state land one time and after some time, caught a wiff of what I thought to be perfume. A few minutes goes by and I see movement and hear voices coming down the path that I had walked in on. It was an older guy and girl (50's) and they were carrying a basket, and a blanket. I sat for a minute wondering if it was worth even staying or leaving and decided about the time they sat down and started undressing each other it was time to go. I got up and started walking up the path in full camo and when I was about 25 yards off the woman spotted me and screamed like she had just seen Jason with the chainsaw....the guy then screeched (yes, screeched), and then they realized what they were seeing. The guy asked me if he was somewhere he shouldn't be and I told him that although it was deer season...they had as much right to be there as I did. I also told him that there were other hunters in the woods as my brother in law was there and I did not know his location or have anyway to contact him. We do carry radios, but shut them off until a predetermined check in time. Not all that weird, but the only time I ever had that happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tp793 Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? The weirdest thing I ever experienced was being in the middle of the woods bowhunting when I heard some twigs snap. Something caught my eye and as i looked over I see a guy running his dog through the middle of the woods completely oblivious to me...it was pretty darn funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossyhorn Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? I have never seen anything too weird but I have had some odd things happen. Me and 2 hunting buddies were walking through the woods one day and a good sized stick hit one of them in the back. He said it felt like it was thrown. But nothing was behind us or anywhere around. Then the next year we were hunting close to the same spot. We stopped to help one of my friends set his stand up. Now it is 5:30am nothing but dark out when we hear this noise like a girl yelling. Not like a scream like wild cats or whatever but it went "whot" "whot". I have asked around and someone said maybe a yote. Dumbest noise I have ever heard in the woods, but at 5:30 in the morning it is a little freaky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? swamphunter1968 event is going to be hard to beat. That is to funny/weird!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAbowhunter4life Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? Well, one of the craziest things, I have ever had happen to me came when I was 17 or 18 during spring gobbler. I was hunting the old faithful apple orchard one fine morning when up an old logging road come "Jack & Jill". Well, roughly 80 yards away from me Jack lays down a blanket and Jill lays down............ I am sure you can figure out the rest from here. I sat there with my head down listening to all sorts of noises and when it finally stopped, I gave them a few minutes and finally lifted my head up to see them walking back down the logging road. No, I did not see any turkey lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? [ QUOTE ] Well, one of the craziest things, I have ever had happen to me came when I was 17 or 18 during spring gobbler. I was hunting the old faithful apple orchard one fine morning when up an old logging road come "Jack & Jill". Well, roughly 80 yards away from me Jack lays down a blanket and Jill lays down............ I am sure you can figure out the rest from here. I sat there with my head down listening to all sorts of noises and when it finally stopped, I gave them a few minutes and finally lifted my head up to see them walking back down the logging road. No, I did not see any turkey lol [/ QUOTE ] Just admit it!! You watched!! I would have!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outdoorsmen1 Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? i was huntin one day, and had some corn out and some guy walked right up to my corn pile and picked up my corn like he'd never seen corn before in his life. that made me pretty mad cause this was my first time huntin this spot, but i didnt say anything then he came down and sat underneath my tree and never saw me or anything, weird thing was i saw 3 does and a 8 & 9 pointer that same afternoon, with him under my tree and his scent on the corn, no gun or anything just dressed in camo, never saw me at all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAbowhunter4life Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Well, one of the craziest things, I have ever had happen to me came when I was 17 or 18 during spring gobbler. I was hunting the old faithful apple orchard one fine morning when up an old logging road come "Jack & Jill". Well, roughly 80 yards away from me Jack lays down a blanket and Jill lays down............ I am sure you can figure out the rest from here. I sat there with my head down listening to all sorts of noises and when it finally stopped, I gave them a few minutes and finally lifted my head up to see them walking back down the logging road. No, I did not see any turkey lol [/ QUOTE ] Just admit it!! You watched!! I would have!! [/ QUOTE ] LMBO................... believe me man, I couldn't bring myself to watch. I took the occasional peek to see how things were progressing, but all that was visible at that point was legs lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU_man_84 Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? wierdest thing for me was it was towards night and i seen a coon walking along, and it walked behind me and i couldnt hear it anymore russling up the leaves and all of a sudden the darn thing came running up the back side of my tree and it got on a branch above me and looked down and seen me and then it took off back down the tree and took off Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? I was hunting a ridge and on the other side of the property a man and woman were riding horses down a trail within 30 yards of me. They never did see me in the tree and the horses didn't scare any deer. When I first seen the movement off to my right I thought, man those are 2 of the biggest deer I have ever seen! I had to do a double take!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? Cannot say as though I have ever seen anything like swampy or PAbowhunter, matter of fact only people I have seen during deer season while in the woods has been other hunters. Probably the most unusual thing I have seen was not too long back, and was not during any deer season, but was instead while out this spring after turkey season ended. Watched a coyote and a doe get within less than 10 yards of each other, and stood there. Pretty sure the doe had a fawn nearby, but anyways the doe may have been attempting to try to lead the coyote from where it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnatecsteve Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? Mossyhorn, I would almost bet I know what you had happen, cause I had something almost the same happen to me. I was in my stand well before daylight. As I sat there I heard some deer moving close to my stand so I decided to stand up in case they hung around till light so not to get busted moving. Well, after standing there a while the sun started to break the horizon. All of a sudden, I felt something whack me in the back of the head! A screech owl had hit me! I'm not sure if it was just going to land on a perch, (my head) or maybe the blaze orange hat had something to do with it..not sure. It just landed on a nearby branch and gave me the head bob for a minute. I don't think it knew what to make of me. When you said that you heard a sound like a girl screaming, I would almost bet it was a screech owl...they sound really eerie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vagobbln Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? Like a couple of the other guys, this happened during spring turkey season. My buddy and I had gone down into North Carolina to hunt a new piece of property we hadn't seen before. We went way back in the middle of nowhere and stopped on the edge of an old field to make a call. Turkey gobbles in the woods across the field. We run and set up in a small patch of trees and brush in the middle of the field. I'm the DS (designated shooter) on this hunt and my buddy is calling. He starts calling. Nothing. After a few minutes I catch a glimpse of something blue in the woods to my left. He keeps calling. Well after a few minutes out of the woods pops a full grown male peacock. He walks up withing 25 yards of us and starts strutting! Everytime my buddy would call the peacock would scream right back. It was loud! Never saw the turkey. I was laughing so hard I couldn't have shot if he had come out. After it was over, I got up and told my friend he was calling too loud. I said "you called one in all the way from South America"! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossman Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Well, one of the craziest things, I have ever had happen to me came when I was 17 or 18 during spring gobbler. I was hunting the old faithful apple orchard one fine morning when up an old logging road come "Jack & Jill". Well, roughly 80 yards away from me Jack lays down a blanket and Jill lays down............ I am sure you can figure out the rest from here. I sat there with my head down listening to all sorts of noises and when it finally stopped, I gave them a few minutes and finally lifted my head up to see them walking back down the logging road. No, I did not see any turkey lol [/ QUOTE ] Just admit it!! You watched!! I would have!! [/ QUOTE ] I would watch!!!! Free show!!!! Ever see 40 year old virgin? You know how I know your gay? You a had a guy and a girl railing eachother, and you didn't watch!!!!! Just a joke, it was a line from the movie!!--rossman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsterbucks1 Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? the only thing that happened to me was that i was bowhunting one year and i sat in a big brush pile, allof a sudden i had big gray squirell come up to the pile and sit on a limb next to my shouldr for a good 5 minutes. i was waiting for it to freak out and take off but nope just sat there like he was hunting with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? All kinds of weird things, but I guess the one that comes to mind is when a screech owl came at me not once, not twice, but 3 times before he figured out I was not a mouse. First time, I heard this little "click" sound and he came right over my left shoulder and landed out of sight. Then "click" and right at my face and over my right shoulder. Then "click" right over my right shoulder again. This time he landed about 10 feet in front of me on a branch, just looking at me. I took off my mask, and he finally realized what I was and flew off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? I was in my tree stand when all of a suddan I get wacked in the head kinda hard. It was getting dark and I couldnt see what it was ao I figured it was a limb that had fallin, even though I didnt hear anything hit the ground. Than it happened again, so now I'm getting mad, but I still couldnt see what it was. Than I seen its sillouette in a tree and it was coming for more! So I stood up and grabbed my bow when he seen that he flew away. I dont know what kinda bird it was but it was pretty big. I also had a small 8 point lick the base of the same tree when I was in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bcase04 Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? I was bowhunting in Oklahoma in a creek bottom. I was on the crest of a ridge and could not see down all the way down quite yet.(Was walking back to truck) Suddenly, I hear something running straight up out of the bottom and it crested the ridge and ran right beside me. It was a giant rabbit. Then I hear something else coming up and I thought another rabbit? NO!!!!!!!!! It was a bobcat and it ran right between my legs!!!!!!!!!!! That pair of pants and underwear is still in the creek bottom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntaholic Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? This spring was my first time turkey hunting. On the 1st day of youth season I was sitting against a tree when some guy comes walking down the trail, no gun or nothing. He was probably 20yds away. Some ducks and geese were flying over and he was pretending to shoot them. He even made a gun noise, but all I can say is he looked pretty dam stupid. I made some calls and he stared at me for about a minute until I finally waved and he just walked away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterfisherman Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? Not so much of something I saw but something that happened. When I was younger I use to take a book to read during deer hunts. One year I shot a nice 8 pointer and in the excitement I droped the book and forgot it. The next year a buddy of my dads was hunting near the same spot and found the book under the leave. My name was on the inside cover so he new who it belong too. The weird part was that the book had sat there all year and was in perfect condition. There was absolutely nothing wrong with it after a year outside in the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossyhorn Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? [ QUOTE ] When you said that you heard a sound like a girl screaming, I would almost bet it was a screech owl...they sound really eerie. [/ QUOTE ] Well I looked up some owl sounds but they really didnt match it. It wasn't like a real scream but just loud. The first "whoot" was long like 2 seconds then the next came right after and was real short, maybe half a second. Kinda like what you hear on a music video. "whooooooot" "whoot" I heard this before while camping, just before daylight also. We thought it was a person, but nobody would have been where we was hunting that morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gitcha_some Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] When you said that you heard a sound like a girl screaming, I would almost bet it was a screech owl...they sound really eerie. [/ QUOTE ] Well I looked up some owl sounds but they really didnt match it. It wasn't like a real scream but just loud. The first "whoot" was long like 2 seconds then the next came right after and was real short, maybe half a second. Kinda like what you hear on a music video. "whooooooot" "whoot" I heard this before while camping, just before daylight also. We thought it was a person, but nobody would have been where we was hunting that morning. [/ QUOTE ] Foxes make a noise that sounds like a women getting murdered...its pretty scary when ur in the dark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom2008 Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? I have had a grouse fly into my face while I was in the tree. Not fun at all haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossyhorn Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 Re: Weirdest thing you\'ve ever seen while hunting? [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] When you said that you heard a sound like a girl screaming, I would almost bet it was a screech owl...they sound really eerie. [/ QUOTE ] Well I looked up some owl sounds but they really didnt match it. It wasn't like a real scream but just loud. The first "whoot" was long like 2 seconds then the next came right after and was real short, maybe half a second. Kinda like what you hear on a music video. "whooooooot" "whoot" I heard this before while camping, just before daylight also. We thought it was a person, but nobody would have been where we was hunting that morning. [/ QUOTE ] Foxes make a noise that sounds like a women getting murdered...its pretty scary when ur in the dark [/ QUOTE ] I found a fox sound file and messed with a bit to reproduce the sound I heard. How can I upload it for you guys to hear? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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