Quinte Fishing

I know it has little to do with hunting but thought a lil nature is always welcome amoung hunters. took this pic in the back yard today thought id share it with you guys!

That is a really cool pic, neat to see an owl up close like that. What kind is it do ya know, my guess would be Horned owl...

RED

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RED

teach a man to fish, feed him for life. Show him a fishing show, bore him to death...

Nope buddy I believe thats a Bard Owl he really isnt that big of a bird just a nice close up he let me stand 10 yards away to take the picture


OOOPS i googled and yer right is a horned owl must just ba a young one cause it was only about 12-14 inches tall

Grizzly, I'm with you.

It is definitely a Barred Owl.

You're usually guaranteed to see one, if you go for a walk, on Lemoines Point, in Kingston.

Bye the way the fishing has been great, until yesterday. They kept coming in, but would not commit.

I've been out 19 times so far. Only saw you the one time.

Later,
BATMAN

Your both wrong its a longeared owl.
Paul

why don't we just call it an owl lol. sweet pics chuck

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A little research shows Mr. Audubon seems to agree with Merganzer, that it's a long-eared owl, but googled Horned owl as wel land it lookes close. Regardless, great pic Grizz, not to often you see them out in broad daylight like that. And right in the backyard no less, very neat.

Owls always remind me of grouse hunting on a point where I grew up. There were a pair of nesting owls, and you would be out there, slippin along the edge of the cottage road loooking for birds, when out of nowhere you would see a big shadow pass over you. Look up quick and you would see one. no sound though, they would pass right over your head and the wings would barely make a wisper. Cool birds.

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Very cool pic, no question. I found a great horned owl on our old farm years ago and it couldn't fly. We figured it was just old age. I brought it back to the barn and had it as a pet for a couple of weeks. I fed it mice caught in traps and dogfood before it finally died. That's not a great horned owl.
Merganser has it right. It is a long eared owl. They grow to about 15" where great horned owls grow to about 24". Long eared owls have the vertical stripes on the belly you can see and the black directly around the eyes with the orange patch all around. Great horned have horizontal bars on the belly.
Barred owls don't have ear tufts.

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Hey DL, and I thought I was the only one that knew there were grouse there:)

excellent pics for sure!

Hey C5, I've been walking that point for grouse since I was old enogh to tote a 20 ga. single shot. Was a tradition to go out before Christmas, bring back a tree and hopefully a few birds. That, groundhog hunting and bass fishing occupied all my time until I was old enough to have wheels.

Ahhhh the good old days......

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Bruce Ogilvie

"Fish Hard, Hunt Hard, Live Hard"

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