I was hunting deer in east Texas. I perched on a climbing stand about 12 feet up in a pine tree about 30 minutes before sunrise. Very quiet woods that early. All of a sudden, an extremely loud HOO! HOO! blasted my ears! I turned to the sound and it was a great horned owl in a tree not 10 feet from me. Scared me silly! But I had to marvel at it’s ability to stay calm in my intrusion.
I was hunting deer in east Texas. I perched on a climbing stand about 12 feet up in a pine tree about 30 minutes before sunrise. Very quiet woods that early. All of a sudden, an extremely loud HOO! HOO! blasted my ears! I turned to the sound and it was a great horned owl in a tree not 10 feet from me. Scared me silly! But I had to marvel at it’s ability to stay calm in my intrusion.