Merc Spill And A Hungry Hawk

you are the park silver Guru Angel ,great picture of the hawk . did you actually hear it fall out of the sky to pounce on the tree rat ?it reminds me one time i was playing golf at westover when me and 3 buddies heard this most bizzaar whirling noise getting louder and louder ( scarey loud). we couldn't see anything in the sky but to me i was thinking of a large piece of aircraft debris plummeting to the ground anyways we all braced for impact ( covering our heads and cowering down ) i just happen to look the other way when i saw a squirrel get smashed to the ground by a hawk , that thing must have been diving at more than a 100 miles an hour from out of the sun and the noise was the wind traveling through the feathers when it hit the brakes to slow just enough to pounce on its prey.we all laugh about it now but it was one of the eeriest sounds :grin: :grin: at the time i felt like i was in an episode of Mutual omaha's wild kingdoms :grin: :grin: their magnificent animals .

Dan
 
I use or have used the White's M6, MXT and DFX for about 5 years before buying the E-Trac. I had to play a little with the tone response setting the first week, but I have to say it wasn't nearly as hard to switch as people think. My first hunt I took it to a place I had hammered numerous times and found two wheats, one at 7 and one next to junk. I went back to the same place a few weeks later after learning more about the machine and found a silver Canadian dime. These are my E-Trac digs for the past 4 months (the total time I have owned this wonderful machine).

http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/index.php?topic=89.0

These I found last weekend. I'm very happy with the nickel find as it's one of my rarer finds.

http://www.americandetectorist.com/forum/index.php?topic=115.0
 
del said:
you are the park silver Guru Angel ,great picture of the hawk . did you actually hear it fall out of the sky to pounce on the tree rat ?it reminds me one time i was playing golf at westover when me and 3 buddies heard this most bizzaar whirling noise getting louder and louder ( scarey loud). we couldn't see anything in the sky but to me i was thinking of a large piece of aircraft debris plummeting to the ground anyways we all braced for impact ( covering our heads and cowering down ) i just happen to look the other way when i saw a squirrel get smashed to the ground by a hawk , that thing must have been diving at more than a 100 miles an hour from out of the sun and the noise was the wind traveling through the feathers when it hit the brakes to slow just enough to pounce on its prey.we all laugh about it now but it was one of the eeriest sounds :grin: :grin: at the time i felt like i was in an episode of Mutual omaha's wild kingdoms :grin: :grin: their magnificent animals .

Dan
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That must have been something to experience! It's amazing how fast they come shooting out of the sky. :)

I was near the fence when it happened. I just heard somewhat of a thud, and there was the hawk, with its sharp claws around its prey. I'm just glad those birds of prey don't get large enough to consider us to be a tasty morsel. :shocked04:
 
I was going thru some of the older posts and came upon this incredible photo . Nice going Angel I've never seen anyone get this close to a live , uninjured Hawk . I'm sure a lot of other newbies
probably haven't seen this picture . thumbsup01 8) There are a lot of Hawks were I live and on two separate ocassions I have seen a couple flying with snake dinners :shocked04: . Belated congrats on the silver spill . thumbsup01
 
Yeah, I was surprised to have been able to get that close too. :yes: There are two hawks that frequently hunt squirrels at that particular park. The squirrels there must be nervous wrecks! :shocked04:stretcher:
 
Fantastic!!! I had a squirrel in a Hav-a-Hart trap once (getting into my greenhouses & digging up my plants one too many times :ticked:) and a hawk came down, kept hovering over the trap- wanted it bad! I know this sounds awful but I let it out and let nature take it's course... :cheesysmile:
 
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