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triggerfinger:
I'm writing this from my treestand which is awesome on it's own. But while I haven't seen any deer yet I did get to watch some small hawklike bird about the size of a small chicken catch and eat his supper.  Made my day.   And just 9 days til my elk hunt.  To quote pappy,  life is good!

johnston:
Bantam hawk maybe?

Lane

Pappy:
Cool,thats always a treat when I get to see something like that,don't happen often but when it does it's special.  :)
   Pappy

lowell:
Few years ago I was sitting in a stand and a kestrel/sparrow hawk landed in a tree maybe 30 yards from me.  I watched it and it was wacthing me.  All of a sudden it made an arching flight right at my face and at the last moment I put my hand up and the hawk flew to the side and was gone. 

  One sees some cool stuff sitting silently on stand!! 8)

sonny:
I've had it happen at least twice that I know of but you can hear the hawk coming via squirrel barks.
Sitting in one of my favorite stands a few years ago I heard squirrels barking at something and the barks became progressively louder as the hawk got closer. Finally it came swooping in nearly grabbing a squirrel that jumped to the next tree over just in time. Well that brave little @^$% jumped back into the tree that the hawk had landed in and climbed up the tree toward it, seeming to know that the hawk couldn't really do anything. I found that really amusing.   
too bad I didn't have my camera out and set on video, ready to shoot.

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