Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Hawk attacks rabbit... deer ain't havin' none o' THAT s---- in HER woods! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badlands Bob #61228 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 That deer wasn't defending the rabbit. She was using the rabbit for bait. 2 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 That was pretty amazing. If someone told me they saw that I would be skeptical…especially if it was my brother-in-law. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Widder, SASS #59054 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 18 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: That was pretty amazing. If someone told me they saw that I would be skeptical…especially if it was my brother-in-law. I didn't know Hardpan was your Brother-In-Law. hmmmmm. ..........Widder 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LawMan Mark, SASS #57095L Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Saw a couple of videos of deer attacking other animals. They seem to lose all sense when they go on the attack, and won't quit until long after the other critter has given up the fight or the ghost. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 That was odd in so many ways. Why did the deer deer come to the rabbit’s defense? Why did the deer deer not stop until the rabbit was long gone and the hawk beat to a grease spot in the dirt? So how would one caption this video? ”Thumper is my friend, You SoB!” 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painted Mohawk SASS 77785 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Holy crap ..sure give that hawk a good beatin, he ain't gunna fly nowhere fast !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 That's surely not Bambi!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Several thoughts This had nothing to do with the rabbit. Years ago when it was a little fawn the deer was attacked by a hawk. While walking through the woods just now she saw the hawk, and took her revenge. The deer just wanted to play. That looks so much like a Mastiff or a Rottweiler or some other big dog wanting to play with a chipmunk or a field mouse, and looking so surprised when the little critter quit playing back. The deer was tired of being a vegetarian, and thought she would give carnivorism a try. That's why she kept running off the other deer. "This is my supper. You want to eat a hawk? Go catch your own!" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Harley, #14153 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 4 minutes ago, Alpo said: The deer was tired of being a vegetarian, and thought she would give carnivorism a try. That's why she kept running off the other deer. "This is my supper. You want to eat a hawk? Go catch your own!" That thought kept going through my head too. “I’ve had enough of grass and berries. Time for some hawk bacon!” 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 1 hour ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: That's surely not Bambi!! "Bambo!" 1 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 I know a guy that liked to watch the deer that frequented deer high meadow that was over grown with scrub trees. He was watching a doe move from tree to tree occasionally pausing to eat. As he watch through his binoculars he discovered that the doe was searching for and then eating baby birds out of their nests. He swore he saw more than one deer exhibit this odd behavior. We were all skeptical till he managed to get photos of the deer in the act. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie Mo, SASS No. 25217 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 I've seen does being much meaner than antlerd bucks. They know how to use their front hooves as weapons. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 I was sure it must have been a fawn it was protecting. But it looks like a rabbit. Maybe it had a fawn in that same patch of grass? It probably didn't know hawks are protected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixgun Sheridan Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 3 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: "Bambo!" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 Have you ever heard the noise a rabbit makes when attacked? I am sure that is what attracted the deer. Rabbits can scream pretty loud. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 19 Author Share Posted August 19 9 minutes ago, Sixgun Sheridan said: Perfect~!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Creek Jack Posted August 19 Share Posted August 19 6 hours ago, Warden Callaway said: I was sure it must have been a fawn it was protecting. But it looks like a rabbit. Maybe it had a fawn in that same patch of grass? It probably didn't know hawks are protected. Bet your right Warden, there is probably a fawn close by hiding and hearing the rabbit scream prompted the attack by the doe thinking it had her fawn, that was wicked! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Maternal instinct is my thought as well, 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted August 20 Author Share Posted August 20 (edited) On 8/19/2021 at 9:54 AM, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: Have you ever heard the noise a rabbit makes when attacked? I am sure that is what attracted the deer. Rabbits can scream pretty loud. One really dark night Ol' Hank and I were sitting on a ridge, with me blowing on a wounded rabbit call, trying to lure in a coyote or two. Didn't last long - decided to pack it in right after a HUGE ol' owl just about snatched my hat off my head. Edited August 20 by Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot, SASS #13748 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 4 hours ago, Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 said: One really dark night Ol' Hank and I were sitting on a ridge, with me blowing on a wounded rabbit call, trying to lure in a coyote or two. Didn't last long - decided to pack it in right after a HUGE ol' owl just about snatched my hat off my head. That’s hilarious! I was in the desert awaiting some friends at our camp site and the sun went down. Being a little concerned I hiked up on top of a small hill to see if they would be coming out the trail or if maybe they got stuck. As I was standing up there listening to the wind blow a huge owl tried to perch on my hat. Scared the hell of me. Scared the hell out of that big owl too. His perch moved and yelled at him. His talons put some scratches in my cowboy hat. Still makes me laugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933 Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 That was pretty wild. Is that one of those zombie flesh eating deer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warden Callaway Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 Mom always had poultry of all kinds. After the garden was done for the season, it became a chicken pen. One time a big chicken hawk tried to nab something. The turkey jumped it and worked it over. It got away but no prize. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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