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    mauled by hawk

    A bad day was had by a would be hawk bander.
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    Re: mauled by hawk

    Yikes,

    That's scary. Nice pics of the chicks though

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    Re: mauled by hawk

    Quote Originally Posted by mdmc
    A bad day was had by a would be hawk bander.
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    Ummmm....ouch!
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    Yeow!

    Quote Originally Posted by mdmc
    A bad day was had by a would be hawk bander.
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    He's lucky they didn't rip him open. Hawks have very powerful, very sharp talons, and they could have easily taken an eye. Worse, if one of them caught him in the throat, it could have proved fatal.

    NOT something I want to experience!
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    Re: Yeow!

    Well first let me point out that OSHA requires you to wear a hard hat or helmet in a tree when climbing ;) And EVERY person I know who bands raptors wears one reguardless.......HE will now ;)

    Has anyone ever seen what a mother does to a person who tries to abduct their child in a park?????
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