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Don't mess with my onions.......

Started by Onions, August 28, 2011, 09:57:00 PM

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Onions

August 28, 2011, 09:57:00 PM
Friday morning had me in a field of onions, doing some variety evalulations. As i moved from one field to the next, I spotted a racoon heading out of the field I was just in. I just happened to have my bow in the truck. I was apx. 100yds from the racoon with my truck between us, I used the truck as a shield to close the distance to 50yards. I got my truck door open, and grabbed my bow, and then I noticed the racoon turned back into the onion field and running down the row. I sprinted apx. 50 yards as I got closer the area the racoon was in I started looking down the rows. I spotted him running full sprint down the row away from me, the chase was on!. I jumped in the next row sprinting after him. I cut the distance to 10 yards, then I jumped into his row, as soon as I entered his row, he jumped two rows over. It's not easy to jump a 72" bed, with onion tops 24" high and 3" onion bulbs under your feet (like jumping onto a bunch of tennis balls), I stumbled, but did not fall over. The racoon now headed back out of the field in the opposited direction, with me it tow! Once more he jumped another row, and I managed to keep with him without stumbling. At this point I noticed that the onion tops were not moving where the racoon entered. I quickly surmised that he was "hiding"!!! I jumped back into a row, and moved very slowly, when i was 4 yards from where I thought the racoon was, I stopped, looked through all the onion tops. That is when I spotted a softball sized piece of gray/black fur. I anchored, picked my spot and let fly. A very large comotion proceeded. Onion tops flopping in all directions. Then....all was still. Except for my heart due to all the sprinting that occured in the chase!!

My "hunting" grounds!(I am standing in the row the racoon orginally ran down. The chase all started by my truck)




The "Mark of the Shark" (165 Interceptor, this is the 5th animal for this arrow/BH combination, 2 rabbits, 2 woodchucks, and now the racoon, can't wait to use it on deer in another month)


At Peace (the row it all started in)



chris <><

MJB

#1
August 28, 2011, 10:00:00 PM
:thumbsup:
A Gobbler yelp Spring or Fall is a long conversation.

GRINCH

#2
August 28, 2011, 10:02:00 PM
Too cool,got the bandit.  :thumbsup:
TGMM Family of The Bow,
USN 1973-1995

swamprooter

#3
August 28, 2011, 10:03:00 PM
Good shooting, I love baked coon and sweet potatos. Chris

Stickbow

#4
August 28, 2011, 10:03:00 PM
I guess the racoon could claim..........."Them onions are to die for"

Killdeer

#5
August 28, 2011, 10:03:00 PM
No wonder they have been getting to the store all nicked up and bruised!
Nice roast you ended up with.   :bigsmyl:

Killdeer
Long, long afterward, in an oak I found the arrow, still unbroke;
And the song, from beginning to end, I found again in the heart of a friend.

~Longfellow

TGMM Family Of The Bow

graybarkhunter

#6
August 28, 2011, 10:09:00 PM
good killin onions!  fried coon and some sauteed onions!!!   stomach is growlin!!   :D

owlbait

#7
August 28, 2011, 10:09:00 PM
Yep, roasted coon with onion! Do you put it in their mouth like an apple in a pig's mouth? Grand adventure, always pays to have a bow with you, you never know where fun can be "produced"  :bigsmyl:
Advice from The Buck:"Only little girls shoot spikers!"

Paul/KS

#8
August 28, 2011, 10:10:00 PM
After what them bandits did to my corn this year it does my heart good to see that coon kabob...   :clapper:  
Good shooting.

GabeGa

#9
August 28, 2011, 10:15:00 PM
what an onionhead   ;)   ,what is the #on he bow you used
i am not very good...but i like it a lot...Re-Curve'R

Shan

#10
August 28, 2011, 10:39:00 PM
that would have been great to see from afar lol

good shootin!
Semper Fidelis

Hit-or-Miss

#11
August 28, 2011, 10:44:00 PM
Remind me to stay out of your garden...LOL!!!

#12
August 28, 2011, 10:46:00 PM
Great story! That last pic is awesome too.

Bisch

Mike Vines

#13
August 28, 2011, 10:54:00 PM
Nice shooting.

Where in Michigan is that at?  Do you need a coon/pest exterminator?  If so, my sons and I are available for a can't beat price of...FREE.
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U.S. ARMY Military Police

Michigan Longbow Association Life Member/Past President

Fishycatfish

#14
August 29, 2011, 02:38:00 AM
Sometimes it's nice to see something green. Our cactus and mesquite here is even startin to look a little poor. Congrats on the kills, looks like your ready for deer season.

Dogboy900

#15
August 29, 2011, 03:19:00 AM
Good shooting. Those sharks seem to leave a big hole!

Benny Nganabbarru

#16
August 29, 2011, 03:50:00 AM
Great! Too funny!
TGMM - Family of the Bow

Thumper Dunker

#17
August 29, 2011, 04:28:00 AM
Good shot on the varmit. That is good shooting after all that jumping and running.
You can hop but you can't hide.
If it was not for rabbits I would never get a buck.
Yip yipahooooo yipyipyip.

2treks

#18
August 29, 2011, 06:48:00 AM
I am with Ben, I laughed out loud. Twice more when I saw the last pic. The whole story gave me a good mental picture. And all this with your second string bow??  ;)  

Nice job and thanks for the giggle

Chuck
C.A.Deshler
United States Navy.
1986-1990


"Our greatest fear should not be of failure but of succeeding at things in life that don't really matter."
~ Francis Chan

maxwell

#19
August 29, 2011, 09:03:00 AM
Love the pics and great hunt-
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