Most interesting non-turkey sight/experience of 2013?

[Oddmott]

Hey all,

The first 4 days of this season I hunted hard and had plenty of rewarding and thrilling experiences regarding the turkeys. However, i know we all often have wildlife or nature experiences that have nothing to do with the game we're hunting.

What was the coolest for you so far this turkey season?

For me it was a close-up fly-by from a Northern Harrier. I've never seen one before and had no idea they were even in my hometown area.
Fri night I was sitting over a sunny little meadow, surrounded by 50-80 robins who suddenly spazzed out, fled for the treeline and went completely silent once hidden. 4 or 5 seconds later the harrier came winging over a hill, skimming just 5-10 ft off the ground and blasting over the fence i was sitting against about 10ft to my right.
It GLIDED 250 yards in SECONDS; talk about fast!

Here's a pic (not mine as he was way too fast for me to snap one) if you don't know what they look like.

[OntHunter73]

Opening morning I had 3 young deer 15 yards from me. That was really cool.

[twostroke]

the neighbours of the property I hunt on walkin thru their bush right on the property line of the 2 propertys ......mom, dad, young son all dressed in orange..........standing there staring over and pointing at me in my ground blind with decoy spread in front...............and I can't figure out why i cant get any birds to come in on this property after seeing 3 nice toms while pre scouting!!!!!!lol

[finsfurfeathers]

Had a single coyote followed shortly after by 3 other coyotes 20 yards single file come out where I was expecting my tom to come from. Never see that when coyote hunting.

[Oddmott]

That sucks Twostroke. Hopefully that family has a rabid Tom lay into them someday. lol

[twostroke]

That sucks Twostroke. Hopefully that family has a rabid Tom lay into them someday. lol

worse part is ........I just got permission on the property last yr so I spent alot of time scouting for deer and unfortunately for me....these people just bought the neighbouring place and just so happens they appear to be hikers and their trail just happens to be where all the big bucks were coming from last year and entering into the property I can hunt on ...so heres hoping that doesnt change now........and hope their orange get ups are just for walking and not for hunting lmao

[Big Gunner]

had a single coyote followed shortly after by 3 other coyotes 20 yards single file come out where i was expecting my tom to come from. Never see that when coyote hunting.

and why didn't you shoot them?????????

[3Wheelerdude]

and why didn't you shoot them?????????

Thats what I was thinking also....unless he's in a WMU with different seasons and limits.....

[finsfurfeathers]

Thats what I was thinking also....unless he's in a WMU with different seasons and limits.....

Didn't shoot as was sharing the property with a couple of unknow guys that also had permission to hunt there.
Didn't want to unduly disturb thier hunt as it was right at sunrise. Had I know them or was bymyself different story.

[rf2]

My turkey season was very short this year – I was tagged out by April 27 at 6:00 a.m. after a total of about 4 hours of hunting, but I did get to see some pretty cool stuff.
On opening morning as I was driving to my hunting area in the pitch black, my way was lit by a low hanging, nearly full moon hovering just above the clouds on the horizon. Because it was low on the horizon, it looked huge, and the clouds looked like a large mountain range (I can dream can’t I?).
On the second morning right around legal light, I saw a large skunk waddling through the bush towards me. I let him approach undisturbed until he started to get too close for comfort, at which point I stood up from my seat and stomped on the ground (just like a deer). He left temporarily then returned a couple of minutes later. I ended up throwing a corn cob in his direction and he finally turned and took off with his tail all the way up.