When the shooting start Otis is looking for easy meal. He shows up on regular basis.
When the gun come out so do Otis.
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! Smart owl! Between the fat frogs in stream and the sparrows I shoot Otis eats very well. I think it's the sound of ringing steel that gets his attention and bring him out .
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@shambozzie Look at you spoiling ole Otis. “Let’s keep it movin’ people, just keep on movin!!”
By the way, I really like your landscaping.
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Just like my domesticated animal. My JRT knows when I grab an air rifle a squirrel is dropping from the sky and she can thrash it.
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@maxtrouble, the condor is A very early production. 22 with Doug Noble goodies under the hood. The griffin hpbt do very well out to 250 yds. It my sleeper gun. Bird Feeders @ 35 yds. I shoot past him some time out to 70.
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That’s really cool. I’ve had owls come out of nowhere but to wait. I’ve watched mink drag a squirrel 200 ft., the squirrel was bigger.
Enjoy your buddy. Crow
Enjoy your buddy. Crow
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Having birds of pray show up, shouldn't surprise anyone who regularly hunts varmints. Fact is, if you hunt the same areas most of the time, it is very common. Here in SE New Mexico, we see lot of ferruginous hawks who do the same as "Otis".
Birds in general, have the ability to recognize people and their vehicles, and I suspect the sound of those same vehicles. Since they're smart, they know picking up a dead varmint, uses less energy than hunting one down. Stupid they are not!
Birds in general, have the ability to recognize people and their vehicles, and I suspect the sound of those same vehicles. Since they're smart, they know picking up a dead varmint, uses less energy than hunting one down. Stupid they are not!
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Yeah owls are very smart and stealthy for sure, had one fly not to high over head and the only way I noticed it was the shadow on the ground 
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we have been hosting and watching a family of falcons on our property for over 22 years and several generation of birds.
Each time I start shooting pests they show up and quickly clean up after me.
Fun to watch.
Occasionally, when shooting squirrels, they are a little too efficient at cleaning up.
Doc
Each time I start shooting pests they show up and quickly clean up after me.
Fun to watch.
Occasionally, when shooting squirrels, they are a little too efficient at cleaning up.
Doc
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Interesting . I guess shotgun hunters should be asked the same question if unable to recover shot animals
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