Well, it isn't a game animal, but I got startled by critter during the hunt:

Crapshoot and I were setup in a wash doing some calling, and we eventually broke the stand since CS had to take care of nature's call.

I decided to kill time by shooting crickets on a stump that was in the middle of the wash. After about my third shot I hear some thrashing of branches and catch some motion above and to the left of me. About 20 feet away this huge, and I mean HUGE owl came out of the tree flew across the wash (30 feet wide or so) about 10 feet off the ground and through the branches of a tree on the other side. Barreled right through those braches he did, I thought he was going to break a wing.

The thing was light grey in color with darker spots and had about a four foot (yes, four feet!) wingspan. It startled me enough that I almost needed a change of underwear. :eek:

Glenn

Wolverine, Tyler and I have to work this evening. Take the kids with you, these clubs are famly affairs. I really hate to miss this. Jay is a real pistol, always entertainng, but he is so knowledgeable that it's always educational spending any time with him.

Rich,
Ended up making it to Jay's presentation. You are correct, Jay's a good guy. Brought some video clips that included such infamous names as Fred Cronk and Rich Higgins. He showed us a segment where you and he were just filming (no guns) and had around 5-6 coyotes milling around.

Jay provided tons of great information. I like his philosophy of predator hunting, "I'm a recreational hunter, if it's work, I'm not interested."

Great fun, thanks for letting me know about it. Be sure to tell me when you'll be speaking, I'll make sure I'm there.

OK,OK!!! So I hassled Robb enough about the data on hunt-partys. See revised data, Robb, first item at the top. I think this is what you want. And, yes, the OFF-reservation partys tended to be much larger.

Good grief, I hope nobody uses our lousy hunt results to run statistical analyses. :rolleyes: Just the data is bad enough..............

BTW, I am loaded and headed for Tennessee today. This is my last time on the board for maybe a week. Have a good-un, guys!!! Gonna see mama soon!