You've been to a bald eagle?
Me 50 yards. Just a not ago I was driving down 55 and just before cold-water an eagle was coming down on a fish. It was pretty cool
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You've been to a bald eagle?
Me 50 yards. Just a not ago I was driving down 55 and just before cold-water an eagle was coming down on a fish. It was pretty cool
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Be careful bud, they have been known to swoop down and pick up small children.
I know. Thank goodness I was doing 70 in the truck. What was cool about it was it was truck level when it turned and put its gear down--just plain awesomeQuote:
Originally Posted by slimeyslab
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50'. they fly over cabin some and while we are fishing at daybreak....
I went to a boat race at Pickwick and one of the wildlife agencies had a live one on a perch in their booth that couldn't fly due to a hunter injury. They are a lot bigger than you think when you are within 5 feet of one. Don't tell DonDon but they got big feets too.
Haha--yes they do.
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Hunter7711 and I were fishing at Grenada the week before fall camp and one came down and got a gut-hooked crappie off of the top of the water. It was about 50 yds from my boat. You should have seen me scrambling to try and get a picture. Lol
First, is there a law about how close to them you can get when they are nesting, and have young? You know, a "thou shall not agravate" kind of law? Depending on this answer, I might have gotten pretty close on Grenada Lake a few times.......
I had the same type experience as KDavid
Got to Reelfoot in Feb. I think and take the eagle tours pretty cool carried my little girl a couple yrs ago. Maybe the wife will take you mike....
On the little Red river below Greers ferry dam (Trout waters) use to be a bald eagle that would take a fish off the flat end of a boat paddle!!!!!
I was working in the Aleutian Islands many years ago where the temp stays between 33 and 38 degrees bout year around. Being that cold and wind 40mph + caused me to have on a parka with my furry hood on. Saved my scalp. Didn't know it, but got too close to a nest and got attacked by one. She got her claws in the hood and I fell down. Couple friends came running and finally scared it away. I have 8mm film of some of it, if I could find it. Up and close, they are huge, mean looking, but graceful...
I know where that ones nest is. I happened to kayak about 10 yards from the base of his tree about 2 weeks ago while he was on perch
SweetQuote:
Originally Posted by Big H trucking
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Bout 15 yards, but never mind. EZ wins, claws down.
Wannabe...
Yep. He wins for sho!Quote:
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Yep.... Got close enough that I got nervous about the way the eagle was lookin at me. I could see it trying to sink its claws in my scalp, but I didnt have a parka. Just a straw hat, and I bet that would not ptotect your head too much.....
And then there was another time... History does not include the true and remarkable climax of the Gunnison Expedition down the Colorado. To make the story short, we had completed the third day and beached the only remaining raft on a sand bar to try and get some much needed rest. We were all cold, wet, tired, hungry and sleepy. The white water had taken its toll on our physical and mental stability. All the remaining party were as close to death as a person could be and still be breathing. Still, we had to make our headway down stream and face the challenges of the upcoming whitewater. As we set out that last morning, the final chapter of this historical event was written. However, the truth of the final day was never reported. As we were crashing through the roughest of the rough whitewater, speeding along at a pace never recorded before, facing sudden death, with the front of the makeshift raft diving under water as each second passed and seemed like an eternity, out of the sky came two of the most beautiful majestic bald eagles a person could ever imagine. One on each side of the raft, they hooked their long and strong claws into the front of the raft and lifted up up out of the rapids and gently eased up down on the banks of Lake Mead. And that, my friends, is the truth... As I see it..
I have actually held several. Immature and Bald ones.
I within a few feet of them at reelfoot XD
bet that was coolQuote:
Originally Posted by J W
would be very cool to seeQuote:
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We are talking about EAGLES hereQuote:
Originally Posted by J W
The zoo.
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BWAHAHAHAHAQuote:
Originally Posted by Big H trucking
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Bill Burnett
870-635-0202
We sell XPRESS, EXCEL, and ALWELD Boats. Yamaha, Suzuki, Evinrude, Mud Buddy, and Tohatsu/Nissan Engines.
Pro Staff, Southern Pro Tackle and Ozark Rods.
Member, Tri-State Crappie Anglers