Unforgettable high seat experience
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I have had it happen a couple of times when trying to call foxes with the rifle poking out of a barn window. 1st time nearly gave me a heart attack!
I made a double high seat for foxing - wooden platform infants school chairs and a rail at good shooting height - simply for fox control near a wood where we had a pen.
I was shooting, a friend on my left. I knew something was going on as he jumped slightly and became very still - a tawny owl had flitted through the oak tree on silent wings which brushed his face to land on the end of the mod on the rifle. It had a camouflage neoprene outer. A (very) brief sit and it was off. Quite calming when it happens and what a beautiful bird, wild and close up.
I went outside recently where we now live (wooded valley) and an adult tawny was sat on the rotary washing line waiting for mice in the garden - beautiful.
I was shooting, a friend on my left. I knew something was going on as he jumped slightly and became very still - a tawny owl had flitted through the oak tree on silent wings which brushed his face to land on the end of the mod on the rifle. It had a camouflage neoprene outer. A (very) brief sit and it was off. Quite calming when it happens and what a beautiful bird, wild and close up.
I went outside recently where we now live (wooded valley) and an adult tawny was sat on the rotary washing line waiting for mice in the garden - beautiful.
Never on my rifle but I've had a Tawny Owl join me on a high seat, it sat on the frame beside me.
I have a habit of sitting on a tree stump below a standing tree on a piece of ground I regularly stalk, I've regularly had a wren join me there, it sits on my shooting sticks if I leave them propped against the tree trunk
I've passed up on a few shots rather than disturb her
I have a habit of sitting on a tree stump below a standing tree on a piece of ground I regularly stalk, I've regularly had a wren join me there, it sits on my shooting sticks if I leave them propped against the tree trunk
I've passed up on a few shots rather than disturb her
John Gryphon
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Tahr hunting in NZ and a walk of 28 k`s off the highway of all places when Mr Kea dropped in and checked my gun barrel out.
A fond memory but the most memorable is the time I called a Tassy Devil up and it sniffed the previous days Fallow Buck blood on my boots.
A fond memory but the most memorable is the time I called a Tassy Devil up and it sniffed the previous days Fallow Buck blood on my boots.
A fond memory but the most memorable is the time I called a Tassy Devil up and it sniffed the previous days Fallow Buck blood on my boots.
A fond memory but the most memorable is the time I called a Tassy Devil up and it sniffed the previous days Fallow Buck blood on my boots.
samh6
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Yep, three years ago sat up a high seat in the depths of a dark wooded area past dusk, light whisphy fox call trying to entice charlie out of a block of wood and suddenly, right on the objective of the scope a tawny lands scaring the bejesus out of me. never for get that, I could hear many above my head in the trees all enticed by the sound of the call.
Green Woodpecker so close I could smell it. A few days later a 400-year old beech came down and destroyed the highseat.
They do say the Yaffel is a bird of portent and frankly I won't argue with that.
K
They do say the Yaffel is a bird of portent and frankly I won't argue with that.
K
I was lying down on top of a garage to gain a shooting angle waiting for a fox at a bait point, (chicken/duck killer) I was pretty exposed so kept myself low with minimal movent when a song bird landed on the end of my moderator, looked at each other for a few seconds before it flew off. 
reloader54
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while stalking I had a robin that was being pursued by a sparrowhawk dive into my open jacket, and the hawk pulled up at the last second, I stood in total awe,, opened my jacket and the robin flew out unharmed,
last week my mrs was eating breakfast and a wren flew into the living room,through the hallway and into the kitchen and perched on her arm looking at the spoon she was about to put in her mouth, then decided muesli wasn't for them and flew back outside.
last week my mrs was eating breakfast and a wren flew into the living room,through the hallway and into the kitchen and perched on her arm looking at the spoon she was about to put in her mouth, then decided muesli wasn't for them and flew back outside.
In the 80's had no end of Kingfishers land on my rod when fishing small streams. Several occasions had sparrow hawks fly between me and a hedge whilst stalking rabbits with an air rifle. My ground is blessed with abundant Barn owls so regularly have them over me esp if I am using a squeaker. I have seen lots of birds of prey at very close range when sitting in a high seat. I however dislike being run over by grey squirrels esp when waiting for fallow.
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Highlandsjohn
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reloader54
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its a biological ranging device, its called the minute of angle worm, each step it takes is 1"@ 100 yds
Highlandsjohn
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What a great thread Woodsyits a biological ranging device, its called the minute of angle worm, each step it takes is 1"@ 100 yds
,I would have included this on Woodsmoke's thread,but the little bugger was hiding..It was a cute little thing who kept me amused. I have only ever seen another and that was in Virginia,on the 'Moonshiners' show..
That's nothing!
When I lived in highseat with only one meal a week if lucky, I distinctly recall ...........
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When I lived in highseat with only one meal a week if lucky, I distinctly recall ...........
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