Killer Woodpecker

[Dom]

Last evening was a first for me. Sitting in my high seat, here comes this woodpecker barreling right for me, flew right by me about a foot in front of my nose. Strange thing was, it had caught and was holding a small bird in it's beak, not a baby bird, looked like a wren or sparrow. It landed in a tree about 20 yards from me, no doubt about it looking thru my binoculars, it had a meal and was eating it.

Didn't know woodpeckers were predators. Guess it figures though, they eat grubs and such from the trees. It wasn't a little Downy either, about the size of a BueJay, Waidmannsheil, Dom.

[Ol` Joe]

I know it`s mushroom time but I think you should wait till you`re back home and stick with some real morels instead of huntin` anymore of them fancy euro peeing types.
Ya might just fall out of that tree next time..........`room huntin` from a tree stand, never heard the like........

[fabsroman]

Okay, it must have been a tough day in court for me because I had to read Ol'Joe's post three times before I could understand what he was trying to say. After figuring it out, I am sitting here beating myself on the head about why I had to read it three times.

Dom,

What are you hunting at this time of the year out of a tree stand? Since you are in Germany, I would guess that the season is the same over there as it is here (i.e., Spring).

[Dom]

Ol Joe -- you must be getting old -- you just gotta have good eyes and binoculars to find them 'rooms from high up!! You're making my mouth water, nothing like morels fried in butter, I can almost smell them.

Anyway Fabs, I'm deer hunting, season opened 1 May for bucks and runs to 15 October -- then it's doe until 15 January. Can't beat over 9 months deer season . . . Yes, it's Springtime -- Roe deer are a funny critter, rut is mid July. Other than that weird deer, all other animals and bird habits are same as in North America.

I will say tho that safety is a major reason why a lot of hunting is out of high seats, so the high caliber bullets go in the ground and not flying off into the distance.

[Brithunter]

Hi All,

Well try the UK as here we have Deer hunting all year round likewise with Rabits and Pigeon Right now it's Roe buck which started April 1st and runs until October. Muntjac and Chinese water Deer have no close seasons.