When man eating creatures attack.

[Steven Arend]

When man eating creatures attack.

You’re sitting in your tree stand and it’s getting dark, you’re starting to put thing away and hooking your bow and quiver to your pull rope. When all of a sudden some thing grabs a hold of your arm. :yikes:

This happened to me last night. I was sitting there putting things away real quietly. I could here something walking through the leaves below my stand but I thought it was the local raccoons coming out of the swamp and heading to the corn. When I started to attach my bow to the pull rope the noise stopped. As I was lowering my bow down something jumped onto my arm and latched on and wouldn’t let go. I started to freak out and shake my arm frantically, finally the thing let go of my arm and jumped onto the tree. That’s when I was able to grab my flashlight and turn it on to come face to face with a ??WEASEL?? Man you got to be kidding me, I crapped my pants and screamed like a little girl, over a weasel. Man when it jumped on my arm I thought is was some 200 lbs. beast that was going to chew my face off. Now I have to wash me hunting cloths to get the smell and the skid marks out of them. :lol:

Steve

[bvanzalen]

Just between us....I'd scream like a little girl too!

Thanks for laugh this morning!

Bob

[shadow7663]

That is funny. I could only imagine the look on your face

[Swamp Monster]

I had a red squirrel jump on my shoulder in the dim predawn light......I'm not sure which one of us was scared the most, but I'd bet on me! Safety belt works anyway! I'm not sure what I would have done if something would have grabbed my arm, but it wouldn't have been pretty!

[tonyvan]

Yep, the weasels are out there alright. Great story. Normally during firearm season, we see a few of them running around outside of camp. They turn white and if there is no snow in the ground, they sure do stick out!

[Sib]

Whew, when I first read the subject line I thought that clam from Sea Shell City just south of bridge escaped. :yikes:

That kinda freak me out, too. Says alot about how well you're concealing yourself in the woods. :)

[Randy Kidd]

"It's the big one ..I'm commin' Elizabeth"...Holy smokes that could have gotten real UGLY real fast. :yikes:

[Garret]

Sitting in a tree blind before dark I once had a bat fly right into my chest at what seemed to be 500 mph. I didn’t even have time to react and it scared the living daylights out of me. :tdo12: Six inches higher and i would have had a bat sandwich. :eek:

Hunting black bear in the UP I had a weasel hop up on my hunting boot and look at me face to face. Seemed cool at the time but now I realize how lucky I was not to lose a leg or a big toe. :yikes: Man eaters I tell ya! ;) :lol:

[skulldugary]

Wow, thats crazy.What would have happened if that weasle would have sreeched or mad some other noise about the time it grabbed your arm?That would have been a real sphinkter popper...

[D_Hunter]

I'm sitting here at work...and if my co-workers don't think I am crazy enough...now I have tears coming down my face laughing at a computer..

:lol: :lol:

Great story. Thanks for the laugh.

[William H Bonney]

Gun season up in Manton, one time I was clearing a spot at the base of a tree for a blind, before daylight, all I had was my "hotseat", I was going to sit on the ground, so I clear it out, sit down a fall asleep. Daylight comes and I wake up and look down,,, :yikes: I had sat on top of a nest of hibernating SALAMANDERS!!!!!!! Freakiest thing I've ever seen,,, once I figured out what they were, they were a lot of fun,, played with those things all morning.

[wecker20]

:lol: Great story! Made my day.

[Airoh]

WoW! That's pretty wild!:yikes:

Ahh yes... something new everytime we hit the woods.:lol:

[Joe Archer]

Flying squirrell maybe? That is just way to funny! <----<<<

[Playin' Hooky]

A friend once got nailed by an owl while sitting in his treestand. Never heard it coming. Said he knew what a mouse feels like. Roughed him up a bit, but like Steve said, I think the greatest damage was to his "scent control program!" :lol:

[STEINFISHSKI]

:lol: Steve, you are supposed to keep the weasel in your pocket.:tsk:

[Steven Arend]

:lol: Steve, you are supposed to keep the weasel in your pocket.:tsk:


Tim if it was only that easy :tdo12: :lol: :lol:

[Thunderhead]

LMAO :)

[kitchue]

I'm sitting here at work...and if my co-workers don't think I am crazy enough...now I have tears coming down my face laughing at a computer..

:lol: :lol:

Great story. Thanks for the laugh.


Gotta stop taking sneak peeks. I've been caught. Cant...stop...laughing. :lol:

[decoysdad]

i had a coopers hawk almost get me two time in 5 minutes. the darn thing must have thought i was a squirrel or something. it came at me, got to within 3 ft, wings back, talons out, and i screamed like a little girl. just missed, then landed in a tree about 10' off and tried for me again. after the last attempt i grab an arrow out of my quiver, thought maybe i could shish kabob him. The next year I had an owl take a rabbit out of my bait pile 30 minutes before light. holy crap did that rabbit scream. i didnt see any of it but it scared the crap right out of me. :yikes:

[PARSON]

I was out last evening minding my own business in a tree stand and then I hear this buzzing noise and notice wasps flying around my head. One landed on my face mask (one of the light ones) and I said "holy crap". So I took a swing at it and it didn't like that so it called up reenforcemenst. That doesn't seem all that bad but I am highly alergic and swell up immediatley when stung. One time I was rushed to hospital with wasp bite on the face. swelled up really bad and ahd trouble breathing. I was not carrying any meds with me. Glad they did take off and go somewhere else.
A weasel...now that's scary. That would freak me out too. :yikes:

[mwp]

Alright I'll fess up to it.I have a 6x6 elevated stand,roof 4 hinged windows,carpet,18 ft off the ground.Keep a bucket to sit on and a box big enough to hold dry socks,extra batteries and flashlight,and whatever in.Maybe 3ft long by1 1/2 wide.Went out for A.M. hunt a good hour before daylight last year.Keep in mind I am 40% deaf in one ear.Popped through the entry door ,close it up,grab bucket to sit on,unzip coat,open up all four windows,load gun,all ready to go.As twilight approaches out from the #$#^# box pops an opossum :SHOCKED: . :help: Had enough sense to tuck gun away in corner.He was staring at me hissing showing teeth,my teeth were now on the floor,What to do?I'm too big to jump out the windows,only big enough for small kid to fit through.Got off bucket,opened entry door,possum is now climbing up towards window,got one foot through door and slipped down steps all the way to ground.landed on my rump,bruised tailbone and sore body was all that came out of it luckily :tdo12:When i looked over below the stand there was plastic wrap from girl scout cookies my son had left in the storage box from the day before. :bash: And my favorite ones at that, the thin mints.That possum had to have some claws to get up that stand and into the window.No more food left in the box anymore lear my lesson.

[safetreehunt]

That would be very frightening and since it happened to you instead of me, it's quite funny.

By the way, that white weasel with the black tipped tail is commonly called an ermine.

Only one thing to say..of course..Another good reason to make sure you have your harness on!

[szokr1]

Allright, not hunting related, but this relates to the "little girl screaming scenerio" me and my two brothers were standing on the front porch when my youngest brothers cat shows up with a mouse. Here is my brother bragging about this cat's hunting ability when all of a sudden the cat spits out the mouse.....well, it is still alive, and you guessed it, damn thing runs right up his pant leg!! :yikes: You never seen a person scream like a little girl until you met my brother with a mouse in his pants! All the while trying to get them off as fast as he could. Me and my other brother never laughed so hard in our lives.

We bring this up at every deer camp and it still brings tears to my eyes from laughing!!

Chris, if your reading this, I apologize for letting your story out!

Brian

[Dedge]

Man alive, I almost blew taco bell through my nose about 4 times. You guys are too much.

Dan

[wyle_e_coyote]

Geez..I still fligh out of my skin everytime I jump a doe in the dark and she takes off blowing and breaking sticks. I can not imagine something latching on to me.. ahhhhhhhhhh. :tdo12:

[live2fishdjs]

Why does this not surprise me?? :lol: :lol:

Only you Steve, only you. :p

[Banditto]

Back in 1990 I had a curious weasel climb up my right pant leg while hunting. I watched the bugger come in and was going to let him sniff around. But to my dismay he immediately stuck his head into my pant leg. At which time I moved to try to get him to turn around but he kinda got lodged up there so it took a bit to climb out again.

Once he got out he ran about 10 feet turned around and gave me the finger (in weasel talk).

[GVSUKUSH]

Jesus! Salamanders, Weasels climbing in your pants, bats, wasps, bucks running you over, possums, owls, hawks :yikes: What's next apparitions, bears, and wolverine encounters? :lol:

To think that the only experience in the woods that even comes close is a Chickidee landing on the end of my gun barrel!

[Playin' Hooky]

Seems that a friend's uncle once had some chickens and was besieged by a weasel that would enter the chickenhouse at night, kill a couple of chickens by biting their chicken necks (not choking them...), drink some blood and then disappear. Having heard this, I think I'd be VERY ANXIOUS if a weasel came sniffing up my pant leg, if you know what I mean :yikes:

[Steven Arend]

Opening weekend I had a turkey try to roost in my stand with me still on it. :yikes:

Could you picture a 20lbs+ turkey hitting you :tdo12:

[ted stehney]

A few years back turkey hunting me and a buddy were setting up the decoys about 30 yards from his deer ground blind. We noticed a foul smell, but did not think much of it. My buddy sat down on the two by eight seat that is about four feet long, and directed me on the decoy placement. Once he sat down he said that the smell in the blind was even worse than the surronding area. Next thing you know he is head over a** coming over the front of the ground blind. He is now crawling about a hundred miles an hour towards me as this huge turkey vulture jumps up on the edge of the blind and spreads its wings. When Don looked under the seat (that he was sitting on.) and sees the vulture sitting on a nest. We both had a good laugh. One of those if I only had a video recorder moments.

[timbergsp]

My friend told me a time when his dad was out hunting and he was sitting really still watch a fawn play and a owl landed on his lap that had to be scarey as helll

Scott

[fdunford]

I was out last evening minding my own business in a tree stand and then I hear this buzzing noise and notice wasps flying around my head. One landed on my face mask (one of the light ones) and I said "holy crap". So I took a swing at it and it didn't like that so it called up reenforcemenst. That doesn't seem all that bad but I am highly alergic and swell up immediatley when stung. One time I was rushed to hospital with wasp bite on the face. swelled up really bad and ahd trouble breathing. I was not carrying any meds with me. Glad they did take off and go somewhere else.
A weasel...now that's scary. That would freak me out too. :yikes:
I too am allergic. I hope yor carry an epi-pen. I carry 2 and also get vemon injections at an allergist.

The injections are actual venom, and they build the immune system up over time. Supposedly I will not need to use my epi-pen next time I am stung, but they say to carry it and seek ER help anyway.

I am at the maintenance, which is once every 6 weeks, which isn't bad.

[wyle_e_coyote]

To think that the only experience in the woods that even comes close is a Chickidee landing on the end of my gun barrel!

Cickidees..Now those damn things scare the crap out of me .. LOL :lol:

[Steven Arend]

Have you ever seen drunk Cickidees try and fly. :evil:

Now that's scarey :lol:

[Dv8oR]

*Note to self*.....

*Add Depends to hunting shopping list*

Lions and Tigers and Bears Oh My!