ODH Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 just wondering whats the weirdest or strangest thing you've ever seen in the woods while bowhunting. Anyone have any good stories to share?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Me and my dad were hunting a white oak flat once years ago. Saw a few does out of range and finally a coon walked up under my dad who was in a tree about 40 yards from me. Just to mess with him, pop dropped his release next to him. The dang thing grabbed it and started running off with it. He started yelling and finally he dropped it about 20 yards away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m gardner Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I watched a weasel chasing a chipmunk near my tree stand one day. They went up the tree next to mine and at 20 feet the chipmunk went out on a little limb and bailed. The weasel was right behind him and they went through the air to the ground with the weasel inches behind the chipmunk. The landing didn't seem to affect the chipmunk much but knocked the wind out of the weasel and he couldn't get it together to grab the chipmunk. He was up and chasing the chipmunk though. The chipmunk went up the next tree and bailed out at about the same height with the weasel right behind him again. This time the weasel grabbed the end of the limb at the last moment and hung on for dear life. The first landing musta' really hurt. The chipmunk lived another day and the weasel just came down and went about hunting for another opportunity. It was pretty funny. Just like watching an old cartoon. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kid Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 Its not really weird but i've had an owl grab a small red squirrel once that was pretty sweet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backwoods07 Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I was sittin on a tree right next to a river and was watchin a squirrel run around for about 10 minutes. He climbed on to a limb that overhung the river and lost his grip. Plop he went, right into the icy river. I've never seen a squirrel that frantic! That water must've been real cold. He struggled to get on to the ice, but every time he did the ice broke and back in the water he went. After about 20 mins, he got swept downstream and I lost sight of him. Not too exciting, I know. But when you don't see a deer for 4 straight hunts, everything seems interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camoman1 Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 (edited) Dont know if it qualifies as 'weird' but... I was watching a group of about 6 jakes/toms from my treestand in my clover plot when I saw two coyotes putting the sneak on them. I took a shot at one of the yotes but missed.....thats when the jig was up for the coyotes. The turkeys chased the yotes right out of that plot..I couldnt believe they didnt just scatter and run off. Edited September 21, 2009 by camoman1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairiepredator Posted September 21, 2009 Report Share Posted September 21, 2009 I'm not really sure if this would qualify as weird or strange but it was funny. Me, my dad, and a friend of ours were out mule deer hunting and were walking through a corn field because we seen some mule deer in there. As we are crawling through the field, we all stop because we could hear something rustling near by. We look in front of us and there are deer running right towards us, and the worst part was that they didn't even know we were there! At the last second, right before they were about to run us over, they notice us and quickly run around us. That has always been one of my favorite hunting stories I like to tell people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikewink Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 Last year while bow hunting, i heard what can only be explained as a robotic, bionic cat meowing coming through the woods. I could hear it quite a ways off. All of a sudden a doe came walking up. The cat I thought I heard was actually a doe. Making some sort of vocalization I have never heard before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYmathewsman Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 I guess this is weird, at least it is for the region I was hunting. It was very early in the morning, before shooting light. The woods where completely silent, except for this strange noise I hear in the distance. The noise sounded like a squirrel running up a tree, however it was then followed by a weird "Whooshing" noise. The noise repeated and kept getting closer and closer. Until, too my delight I saw a flying squirrel come gliding under my treestand. I had no idea that flying squirrels where in that area and had never seen one. I was really neat to see! Also, that same morning a few moments later. I had a screech owl land just behind me (of course i didnt know this at the time) and make his presence known with his lovely call. Needless to say almost had a heart attack in the treestand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchies Posted September 22, 2009 Report Share Posted September 22, 2009 A coon come at me an hour before daylight while I was walking in. He was grunting and growling til he got about 10 feet from me and I X'd him with a Muzzy 4 blade. Also nothing like getting 50 yards from your tree to suddenly see 5 sets of eyes pop up and look at you only to realize that your stand is exactly where they are bedding. They were laying under my tree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem308 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I came across this while bowhunting just last week! I had to take a few photos...after finding this, makes me wonder what the neighboring landowner is up to! I also have to admit it was a little spooky walking out of one hollow and finding these hanging: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 This may not be weird or strange but it sure was entertaining. About 15 or so years ago I was sitting in my stand when 2 flocks of turkeys came in from opposite directions. Each flock had between 15 to 20 birds. When they came together the fight began. Several of the birds were involved in the heat of battle. The noise they made can't be described. Other groups of birds started coming in from several directions to join in the fight. All total there must have been close to 75 birds all gathered around the fight before it ended. It went on for for what seemed like several minutes after all the area's birds arrived. They finally split up and the loosers trotted off. The winners went about their way feeding through the woods. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow32 Posted September 23, 2009 Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 Not really wierd or strange but me and Jake a forum member here were out turkey hunting a couple years ago and a couple doe came out into the field infront of us and they just started going at it. Got up on the back legs and kicked the crud out of each other very cool and gave us something to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODH Posted September 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2009 I came across this while bowhunting just last week! I had to take a few photos...after finding this, makes me wonder what the neighboring landowner is up to! I also have to admit it was a little spooky walking out of one hollow and finding these hanging: very creepy! looks like a wild boar kinda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterbobb Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 As I was climbing down from my tree one night I kicked up a Doe and a fawn that had been near my tree and I never knew it. They took off in different directions. I waited a minute then headed for my car. After I went about a hundred yards I turned and looked and saw that the fawn was following me. I THINK IT THOUGHT i WAS IT'S MOTHER. Now that is what I call scent control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 I came across this while bowhunting just last week! I had to take a few photos...after finding this, makes me wonder what the neighboring landowner is up to! I also have to admit it was a little spooky walking out of one hollow and finding these hanging: Yeah, that's pretty much freakin me out. Is that a boars head? I'm getting flashbacks about that book, with the kids on the island.... Lord of the flies. Creepy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAarcher Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Not to weird but I was turkey hunting with my bow. Had a tom working toward me. He got to about 25 yds and was focused on my decoy. A coyote had snuck up on him and ended up killing the Tom! As he was standing over him lets just say he had a sudden ache right behind his shoulder. Long story short ended up with a bird and a Coyote with my bow!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutchies Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 I'm betting he is letting the bird and ants do the work of cleaning the skulls for him on those hogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stinger-Hunter Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 I got busted by a doe a few years ago, she blew at me, I blew back. She stopped in her tracks, hid behind some brush and blew again two times, I blew back twice just like her, we went back and forth for over 10 minutes. I finally got tired of it and a little dizzy. she wasn't coming any close and I had a bow not a shotgun so a shot was impossible. finally i ran toward her and she took off. it was an area with some homes around that could have easily heard what was going on - the echo in that area makes it such that you can talk to someone in a normal tone and hear them 300 yards away. I'm sure it caught someone's attention. Pretty cool. My buddy reported a few years back that he bent over to spit out of his box stand and noticed a 10 pointer on his belly doing a belly crawl, then he stood up and started doing a some weird dance - hopping up and down in place - my buddy landed a neck shot on him. He said it was the strangest thing he ever saw. LOL Nice rack, too - I think he sold it for $300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rem308 Posted September 24, 2009 Report Share Posted September 24, 2009 Yeah, that's pretty much freakin me out. Is that a boars head? I'm getting flashbacks about that book, with the kids on the island.... Lord of the flies. Creepy Yes, creepy especially when you're sneaking along a ridgeline and can see two things from a distance...knowing that the landowner wouldn't object, I had to go check it out. But that last 50 yards I kept stopping and looking with my binocs! Strange! Yes, I guess he's letting the bugs take care of a skull mount for him, but there is moss and who knows what else growing on these! Sheesh, pretty wild. When I took the pictures, I kept waiting on them to spin around and wink at me! Too many movies. Lord of the Rings!! Yep, all we need is one on a stick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m gardner Posted September 26, 2009 Report Share Posted September 26, 2009 This happened long enough ago so it would be okay to tell the story. I lived and worked in rural Colorado and met a guy at work that had recently moved there from the big city. He wanted to go big game hunting in the worse way so I offered to take him. There were leftover antlerless deer tags and I suggested we both buy one and go hunt. When the day came he decided he need to work some overtime and couldn't go so I did and came home with a nice doe. Seeing this he begged me to take him the next day because he had nothing important to do (like anything is more important than hunting) so I did. We drove to the unit in my truck (because he owned a little sports car) and got out to hunt. When he put on the orange coveralls I was suspicious. We got about 400 yards from the truck and a doe stood up. He raised the rifle then put it down and turned to ask me if he should shoot this one. At this point the deer ran off and I was starting to realize it wasn't going to be easy. I told him to please shoot the next one, especially if it was close to the truck. He wasn't used to the high altitude and I kept trying to slow him down but he needed to prove he was a man I guess and trudged upward with determination. I stopped him and pointed out a herd of elk laying before us. We watched them for awhile then moved on. About 500 yards away I saw two heads sticking up on the crest of a ridge and told him to stop because I saw what may be deer above us. He immediately threw the gun up. I asked what he was doing and he explained he always used the scope to glass with. So I glassed the animals with my glasses and was saying " They are elk don't shoot" when he shot and nearly broke my eardrum. I turned and asked him what he was doing. He looked at me and said "I heard you say shoot so I shot". I said "Well you probably didn't hit anything offhand at that range". He says"Oh yes I did, I'm one of the best shots you've ever met". So I went to see if there was blood on the snow. He went several hundred yards to my right because he thought they were laying in a different spot. Needless to say he missed. When I caught up with him (i didn't want him getting lost and he wouldn't stay with me) I slapped him on the back and told him he was right, he'd killed that elk deader than a bag of hammers and we needed to get the game warden and report the mistake. He nearly fainted. Yes, I am evil. I lead him back to the vehicle and started home. Thank God it was getting dark. He had exerted himself so badly that he nearly immediately threw up into his open coveralls and the map pocket in my truck. He cleaned himself up and I made him put the coveralls in the bed of the truck. He didn't want to because they may blow out but I insisted and threw a shovel on them. It was cold so we rode home with the heater on. When we got to his house he thanked me for an outstanding time and invited me in because his wife had made pies that day and wanted to serve me up some pie and coffee. I declined and went home and washed put my truck and brushed my teeth. And that was one of the weirdest hunts I've ever been on. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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