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[shinnery jim]

ok guys it isnt a hunting story but here goes anyway. as a young man ( a long time ago ) I worked for a farmer. one of my main jobs was to plow and plant some big fields. there wasnt any cabs back then, but I did have a shade on the tractor. one time I am plowing a very big field to get it ready for planting. it was a grain field with heavey stubble.
when I started plowing there wasnt any thing around that I could see. but within minutes there was a pair of hawks. they were circleing me and diving down to hit the mice and rats that the tractor was running out of the way.
in an hour there were 50 of them flying around me. by noon there were more than a 100. it took me three days to plow that field, and every morning it would start all over again. all I could do is watch in aw. Never saw that many hawks at one time before, all sizes and colors. man it made working so much fun there for a few days.

 

[Rey B]

I attend college in South Bend, Indiana at IUSB. WE have a very active squirrel population. A few months ago I was headed across campus when a Hawk nailed one of the little furry boogers about 30 ft ahead of me then carried it off flying just 6 or so feet over my head. I have watched them hunt before but to see it in the middle of campus made my day.

 

[Dave Haven]

Re: Fremmer

I always wanted to see a Bobcat while hunting!

My Dad and I saw one the afternoon before opening day of his bull elk season last November. We were sitting in our blind watching the area around a trick tank where we've harvested four elk. The bobcat hopped up on top of the tank and looked around for rabbits or squirrels or whatever for about a minute before (s)he spotted our blind.
I'd never seen a bobcat in the wild before.
A number of friends have asked me why I didn't shoot the bobcat.
WHY? The cat was just hunting - just like we were...

 

[BillCA]

Are you sure that's a bobcat?

Heck... it kinda looks like Garfield!