Discouraging hawks?

[Larryjk]

rainydays, I really hate to hear about the severe weather conditions for the pheasants and grouse. The people at Washburn are really nice folks and we always enjoy going there. Guess I better converse with our contact there before planning a hunt there next fall.

[Nulle]

Well guess I have to eat "crow" on that one lol We must have had some state law when I was growing up then. The Feds never did get back to me on the issue.

[Larryjk]

Skeet, You talked about a horned owl being feathers, skin and bone. When I was in college (1960) and finally got a 300 Weatherby, I had a plan to get the two horned owls who inhabitated the large cottonwoods in our back pasture on the farm. I had shot at them over a few years with the 06 and others but could never reach them. I got on the hilltop south of the trees and finally saw the birds, side by side on a large limb that I had a hole through the branches to see. I got prone and used my jacket for a forend rest and let fly on one of them. All I could see was feathers floating down and the other owl just swiveling its head to see what was going on. After I quit laughing, I lined up on the other one and sent it to its friend. I kicked myself in the butt a lot for ruining all of the fun I had over a few years trying to get them and then doing it all in two shots. I shot a lot of coyotes with that 300 Weatherby. 150 grain Silvertips so they wouldn't beat up in the magazine. Wish I still had the old gun, a FN Supreme action, rifle made in South Gate, SN: 4064. Who could forget that number!

[skeet]

Oh Larry. I shot at the horned owls in the back yard trees lots of times. Drew feathers and nothing else..Finally the one I got(and used for crows) I crippled a wing on. He was surely PI**ED when I went to get him.. He healed up just fine ..only thing of any size on 'em is the head. I was a kid and didn't have a centerfire rifle.. I also have an old Southgate rifle..built obn a square bridge mauser action...also a 300..made in the very early 50's i think...Weatherby made rifles on any actions he could get at that time..or so I have been told. I even saw a Weatherby built on a Win 70 action..way back yonder. Yours had a unique serial number for certain.. Wish I had the foresight to keep the real neat rifles and shotguns I had in the past. Only ones i kept were some collectible Win pre war 70's One is in 7.65 Argentine..Cody museum said they only made about 10 of 'em. Told me if i wanted to sell it it would go for 5 figures easily..they wanted me to donate it. LOL..I also haqve an original Win 70 9mm bbl..never shot.

We have some horned owls here around the house but they are sure a lot smaller than the ones we had back there in Md. They also don't make the same kind of calls