[Rad]

Earlier this spring in my corn field.

 

[Rodney]

They're big when you get up close. Is that a rabbit it's standing on?

Rodney

 

[Rad]

They are huge! I was killing ground hogs and throwing them out in the field for the turkey buzzards to dispose of. I had shot three hogs that morning and threw them out. What you don't see in this picture are the dozen buzzards that gave this eagle a wide berth when he pounced on this really fresh hog. He made the buzzards look small - and they are big birds.

 

[Rodney]

I was about 50 yards from a young one once at Olympic National Park. It was a good 3 ft tall. Very impressive birds.

Rodney

 

[woodsman]

Beautiful birds of prey great photo.

 

[Rad]

Beautiful birds of prey great photo.

Thanks Woodsman.

 

[dww2]

Great photo Rad. They are gorgeous birds, for sure. A week or so ago as I started into the woods to collect blanks, there was one sitting in a tall pine near the end of the trail.

And a big thumbs up for shooting groundhogs (we call them woodchucks here but same thing). I hate those little SOBs. I am a 3rd generation woodchuck shooter out the bathroom window. My Grammy Wrigley got a few out the toilet window many moons ago, my Dad got one that way when I was a little kid, and I got one a few years later after they'd remodeled the house and moved the bathroom. Gotta get the nieces and nephew to carry on the tradition.

 

[Rad]

Good for you dww2! Yes we call them woodchuck's, wistlepigs, Nazi Rodents from hell, and yes groundhogs! Keep up the tradition.

 

[CV3]

Great shoot.of the egale Rad. We see them up on the rivers that seed into the Mobile bay. They a really fun to watch.

 

[Rad]

Thanks CV3