Lol I had a skunk chase me off of a mound by creek last year i was sitting on..it started walking towards me so I stood up and waved at it, then it starts running right at me.. I took off running like a kid seeing a monster..it must have had babies in the mound

Years ago I had a big barred owl land on the front of my climber as I sat in it pre-dawn. I’m not sure which of us crapped on me more.

Dr. B

Got a few stories as well. Sound better after a few beers around a fire.

Like others I’ve had a hawk try to land on my climber. I was just about to give it to him from 20ft up when he flew off. Had an owl about take my hat off right after dark as I was walking a fire lane out. Probably the worst I’ve ever been spooked was when I walked under a roost of turkeys going to my stand omen morning. Let me tell you, 8-10 turkeys busting off a roost in the pitch black will make you think a swamp booger has gotten you.

Sitting in stand got real late one evening I went to pull my rope up to let my gun down and a owl snatched the rope outta my hand not sure if he thought it was a snake or what. But it was a bad feeling

The warmest hat I've ever owned was an Elmer Fudd type with fur ear flaps that folded up above my ears. After an owl came after it one morning and about causing me to lose my bowels and jump out of the stand, I decided wearing that hat in a climber wasn't a good idea anymore, no matter how cold it was. He was headed straight for my head but when I saw him at about 10 yards away and threw my hands up, he cut away. I'll never know who got scared more, me or the owl.

My first year to bow hunt about 25 years ago I was in a lock and got busted by a squirrel. He climbed out on a limb just out of reach and was barking like crazy. I was trying to figure out how to shut him up when out of no where a large hawk flew by me and grabbed him. That shut him up quick but I nearly ran off the edge of the stand, lol. Like others have said, I felt the wind off it's wings but never heard it.

I had a tweety bird land on my gun barrel once.

does this make the price of a paid hunt on your property go down?

We had a family of coons climb our tree Thursday evening.

I was bow hunting in a lockon when I spotted a large raccoon ambling near my stand. At the same time, a flock of about 15 turkeys spotted the coon and attacked him in mass. They pecked the crap out of him and the gobblers in the flock spurred him pretty good. They chased him for about 5 minutes until he found a big dead tree with a hollow that he climbed into for refuge. I figure the turkeys knew the coon raided their nests in the spring, and this was their revenge.

Had one last year take off across some CRP land I was sitting on . Was coming straight at me . About 10 ft from landing in my lap I threw my hands up and he veered off. Not sure if he thought I was the biggest squirrel he had ever seen or what ?

did a post last year about a bald eagle that came at me with a big stick. I was in a climber blowing a fawn call at wheeler refuge.

Years ago when I used climbing stands I had an owl to light on a limb right behind my head and it let out a scream. The only thing that saved was my safety harness. I actually was jumping out when the harness caught me and snagged me back to the seat

We are thinking of marketing this event to the bird watching community and possibly diversifying our client base. As demand goes up the prices will reflect this. Its best to strike while the iron is hot and reserve your hunt as soon as possible. thank you for your interest.

I was in a ground blind last year and a small bird scooted in under the stand and flew up on my chair. I almost shucks myself. I just knew some jumping rattler was about to bite my fat ass.

I was in a climbing stand years ago really early, well before sunrise. After I had been there about 30 minutes I hear this scratching noise. After a few seconds it stops. Everything gets quiet again. Then as the sun starts coming up I see what was making the noise. A bobcat had climbed the tree to my left and was asleep on a limb about my height (20 feet or so) and about 12-15 feet away.

All I could do was think what if it had climbed my tree. In the immortal words of Jerry Clower " "Just shoot up here amongst us, one of us has got to have some relief."

Modesty prevents telling all. 180 grain round nose corelokts outta a 30/06 is good medicine.