Bearbait, funny you should say that about the hat and owls... I was out during late muzzleloader season in extreme NE MN, and sat down for a bit. A huge great grey owl came swooping in and landed on a branch maybe 20-30ft. away from me, and was looking right at me. I sat quietly in awe at the awesome beast, considering it a lucky encounter. Then I thought, I wonder what he is looking at? and it hit me that I was wearing a blaze orange "mad bomber" hat with rabbit fur on it cause it was real cold out. Once that sank in, I was glad he hadn't landed on my head!


"If you are going to go through all the trouble to put a hole in something, why not make it a big one?"