What is the weirdest thing you've very seen or heard while in the woods?
Moonshine Still :drool:
What va said, matter of fact I've seen a few. Where I hunt, its steep ravines, really hilly rough country and the local hill people back in there are noted for their "shine".
A couple hundred feet of copper wire and some well rusted bolt cutters. Somebody was stealing from the coal company and the guard must have run them off. They never did come back for the wire.
A brand new F150 that someone stole off a car lot and went 4 wheeling. They stuck a block on the gas pedal and let it go! That truck got jammed between a couple trees and buried itself in the mud. Would have been a good Ford commercial with the terrain it made it through.
A Sasquatch beat me up and took my jack links...
I was hunting way back in the woods of western NC back in the late 80's. I came upon an old man that walked out into a clearing behind an old forestry service depot building. He was wearing a yellow rainsuit, carrying a shovel. He had an old dog with him. The man, dog, shovel and rainsuit were all covered head-to-toe in blood. Copious ammounts of bright blood. Ain't been back to that spot since....
Quote from: JK Spurs on January 13, 2015, 09:55:51 PM
A brand new F150 that someone stole off a car lot and went 4 wheeling. They stuck a block on the gas pedal and let it go! That truck got jammed between a couple trees and buried itself in the mud. Would have been a good Ford commercial with the terrain it made it through.
Quote from: BowBendr on January 13, 2015, 10:32:39 PM
I was hunting way back in the woods of western NC back in the late 80's. I came upon an old man that walked out into a clearing behind an old forestry service depot building. He was wearing a yellow rainsuit, carrying a shovel. He had an old dog with him. The man, dog, shovel and rainsuit were all covered head-to-toe in blood. Copious ammounts of bright blood. Ain't been back to that spot since....
I would have gotten in that truck and gotten out of there as fast as I could!!
There's a groundhog that has been living near one of hunting spots for a few years now. He climbs this one particular tree. He goes up about 15 feet and sits on the same limb and watches the field I hunt. He's been doing it for years. He's funny to watch during downtime when hunting
Deer hunting in Texas a few years ago, we were standing at the camp and a malnutritioned doe walked about 30 feet in front of us and fell over dead.
This year's Shotgun season was an odd thing, I shot a doe at about 80 yrds. I was walking n to my spot and seen her in the lower field. I took the shot and dropped her. I went and walked on down the hill to my spot. I stood there about and thought if the rut was on, thats as good as bait I could have. She laid there and never made any movement.
30 or so minutes later, I see movement and she is back on her feet and just walks off the field!
I couldn't even think of what may have happened LOL! I went to where she was laying and seen no blood in the snow, no hair, no sign of injury what so ever. I followed the trail she took through the woods until I came to the large creek she had to have crossed.
Never seeing any sign's of a wound!
Who Know's!
A full curl Ram that got loose from a preserve in Central Pa,
I shot a doe a few years back, and she stood STRAIGHT UP on her hind legs, FRONT LEGS were thrown STRAIGHT UP in the air (like, YOU GOT ME) and then she slowly fell down onto her back (ttttimmmm-BBBEEEERRRRR!!)... At that moment, I wished I had had a GoPro!! I nearly fell out of my tree, laughing so hard.
Dad and I had an odd one happen while fishing on nice fall day. We were one of 2 boats on the lake catching some crappies. As we were drifting, we passed the other boat and said hello to the old guy as he was rowing back to make another pass. After that we left and the following day, another group found him. He had passed away after we saw him. Every time we go back we talk about him and think about how we were the last people he talked to and how he was all smiles because the fish were biting and the sun was making the fall colors stand out. It was like he was at peace and knew he was spending his last day on Earth doing what he enjoyed.
I've had several weird experiences.
Found a human leg in Laurens county Georgia a few years ago while turkey hunting. Also found a moonshine still within 1/4 mile from the leg.
About 35 years ago in Central Florida I found a crop of Marijuana plants while turkey hunting.
Also in Central Florida I found a skinned out dog hanging in a tree. And in the same area a couple years after that I found a pair of tennis shoes, jeans, t-shirt and ball cap laid out on the ground like someone laying there. The shirt had a railroad spike stuck through the shirt and into the ground in the chest area.
Found a capsized boat with what looked like bullet holes in the bottom still attached to the trailer in a pit far off the nearest road.
That's just a few of the things I've run across.
Oh, and I killed this in the Green Swamp Management are in Central Florida in the early 80's.
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I found a moonshine still that turned out to be my great uncle and great grandpa's. They both had been dead for years.
Let's say it stayed in the family.
About 10 years ago I stumbled on a marijuana patch on a farmers land. He said he didn't know it was out there and called the cops. That was a weird experience bc the cop wanted me to show him (just felt like I was going to be blamed...)
Funniest one was when me and a buddy got permission to hunt a new piece of land that had logging road access off of a No-Winter Maintenance road. The young lovers must not have thought anyone else was out there and decided to have some afternoon fun. We walked down the road and turned a corner and there they were in the back of the kids truck. I have never seen two teenagers move from the back of a truck to the front and drive away so fast ever.....
My buddy and I were walking to our stand early one morning and we heard something in the thick stuff beside us. I shined my light to see an albino raccoon staring at us as he held on to the side of a tree. I could have sworn it was a sloth. Ha!
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Saw a full sized tent sailing through the sky once, evidently the folks didn't stake it down and the wind got it. It was prob 200 yards high and we used a guys telephoto camera lens to see what it was.
Arrowed a good buck 3-4 years ago that had an orange gatoraide plastic cap band on his foot like a bracelet.
Fought a big catfish in the river for at least 20 min or so once (light tackle) to finally figure out I was snagged on the flap of a tarp out in the current. My boys laughed for 10 minutes.
Quote from: flintlock on January 15, 2015, 12:34:10 PM
Saw a full sized tent sailing through the sky once, evidently the folks didn't stake it down and the wind got it. It was prob 200 yards high and we used a guys telephoto camera lens to see what it was.
Arrowed a good buck 3-4 years ago that had an orange gatoraide plastic cap band on his foot like a bracelet.
Fought a big catfish in the river for at least 20 min or so once (light tackle) to finally figure out I was snagged on the flap of a tarp out in the current. My boys laughed for 10 minutes.
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I've seen a haint.
Don't look like friendly woods. :D
Quote from: WV Ridge Reaper on January 14, 2015, 09:06:58 PM
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Was fishing in an old lake on a WMA about a mile back in the woods in the Mississippi River bottoms near Memphis. As I was walking out of the woods, a young spike buck began following me. I thought I was seeing things but he followed me all the way out of the woods to the truck.
A game warden was there at the truck and as it turned out , the deer belonged to a Park Ranger who lived about a mile away. He had wondered where his deer had went to.
Quote from: guesswho on January 14, 2015, 03:59:58 PM
I've had several weird experiences.
Found a human leg in Laurens county Georgia a few years ago while turkey hunting. Also found a moonshine still within 1/4 mile from the leg.
About 35 years ago in Central Florida I found a crop of Marijuana plants while turkey hunting.
Also in Central Florida I found a skinned out dog hanging in a tree. And in the same area a couple years after that I found a pair of tennis shoes, jeans, t-shirt and ball cap laid out on the ground like someone laying there. The shirt had a railroad spike stuck through the shirt and into the ground in the chest area.
Found a capsized boat with what looked like bullet holes in the bottom still attached to the trailer in a pit far off the nearest road.
That's just a few of the things I've run across.
Oh, and I killed this in the Green Swamp Management are in Central Florida in the early 80's.
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Ronnie, trouble follows you.......rofl
I saw a Florida panther walk by about 100 yards away. At first I thought it was a deer, but when I looked with my binocs, it was a panther!!!! :o I let him pass through, then beat feet out of that area!!!! ;D
Back in early 90's a buddy and me was out squirrel hunting in September, we was on Ntn. Forest it was still pretty warm, and we kept smelling this pungent odor, little did we know we walked smack dab in the middle of a pot crop! He was wanting to grab some, and I said bull, let's get the heck out of here! They like to set booby trap around those places, and I wanted to far from there! Several years ago I was deer hunting on public land and took a mid mourning walk, well I happen to walk up on a man and woman getting after it, they were at full steam, they didn't even check up, like they didn't care who caught them! When I told my friend about it,I has embarrassed, but he laughed and said " Hell you should have been cheering them on"! :happy0064:
I was turkey hunting on the National Forest land a couple years ago. I had a hen decoy set up down the log road from me. I was backed up in the bushes just off the side of the log road sitting in my Cabela's Gobbler Lounger. I had already had a hen come down the road earler. After a while I saw a woman on a horse & a man leading his horse top the hill down the road from me about a hundred yards. They stopped for a few minutes looking & pointing at my decoy in the log road. Guess they were debating was it real or not. Then they came on down the road right past my decoy & as they was about to go by me I said hello. The lady nearly jumped off her horse cause it scared her so bad. They said they never saw me & apologized for messing up my hunt. I told them it was no problem that I was about to leave anyway & to have a nice day. Never expected this while turkey hunting.
A guy I hunt with sometimes was set up on a food plot on a WMA with his hen decoy out. It was afternoon & he said he was sorta snoozing when something caught his attention. An eagle came diving down & tore a hole in the top of his decoy with his claws. He showed me the tear in his decoy. You just don't ever know what you might see while hunting.
several years ago I was deer hunting on some public land, I was up about 15' in a climbing stand off in a out of the way corner of land away from the road. no 4 wheelers are allowed in this area, so of course a while after I got set up I could hear a 4 wheeler heading my way, I finally saw the 4 wheeler come into view, it was a young man and girl riding together.
They stopped about 50 yards from me, I started to yell at them but decided to see what they were up to, they never saw me or had any clue that I was anywhere around. Well a long story short, it apparently developed into a romantic moment, they started getting frisky, well things got all hot and the next thing I know they are down to business, she was on her back with her eyes shut, sometime during "the business" she opened her eyes and saw me sitting there with my head propped in my hands staring at them. I laughed so hard I almost fell out of the stand, that was a sight watching 2 scared to death NAKED kids take off on a 4 wheeler screaming.
This was fairly random on the OK/KS line.
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Apparently back in the 1940s this was a happening night club that Bob Wills would play at. I think it burned in the late 40s or 50s
Quote from: jblackburn on January 20, 2015, 08:47:45 PM
This was fairly random on the OK/KS line.
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Apparently back in the 1940s this was a happening night club that Bob Wills would play at. I think it burned in the late 40s or 50s
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Was out for a ride Christmas day a few years back, snow on the ground. Had to stop to let a flock of turkey cross the road. Bringing up the rear was a cock pheasant. Figured he was letting the birds scratch the corn field, and he was picking the leftovers.
About ten years ago I was hunting a large tract of private land in North Mississippi. The property was very remote—it was at least a half mile from the road and I had to go through two locked gates to get there. I was hunting early in the season so the temps were chilly—in the mid 30's. About 9:30 AM I begin to work a gobbler and decided to make a move on him in an effort to get in front of the way he was headed. I dropped down into a steep sided creek that was about ½ inch deep with little sand bars on each side. The steep sides offered me excellent cover as I eased up to get in front of the gobbler. I had only gone a short ways when I saw something that stopped me cold-----I saw a fresh set of human foot prints---barefoot prints. They seemed crisp and fresh and in my mind I envisioned some barefoot dude just ahead of me around the next bend. I pondered the situation---"who in the heck could be in here this far back on such a cold morning barefooted??" I don't consider myself a spooky kind of guy, but I was decidedly "spooked". I decided my best move was to back out of there and leave the barefoot guy to his own pursuits.
A baby doll. I was walking down a road when I got so startled that I nearly jumped out of my boots. It turned out to be a baby doll that someone had placed on a sapling with bailing wire around its neck. It had .22 caliber holes in its forehead. Like to scared me to death. The road was thereafter known as Baby Doll Road.