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This guy swooped in, snatched my topper but dropped it about 15 yards out. Circled around, landed and tried to eat the topper. Nylon proved to be too tough, so he spit it our and walked back to check out the call & decoy before flying off.
That morning I had 3 different owls really interested in the decoy, 2 actually flew off with it and one sat on a fence post a few feet away watching it. The last stand I made that morning a Harris hawk hit the topper but failed to grasp the topper, knocking it about 6' from the lower.
That morning I had 3 different owls really interested in the decoy, 2 actually flew off with it and one sat on a fence post a few feet away watching it. The last stand I made that morning a Harris hawk hit the topper but failed to grasp the topper, knocking it about 6' from the lower.
Tools of the trade used in exotic live capture. The braided nylon used to lift the critter, smaller ropes for hog tying. A contender chambered in 7.62 Nato uses a blank to fire the capture net which is placed in cone attached to contender barrel. The net has four lead weights, one at each corner of the net, which fit in the four "barrels" of the cone. Barrels appeared to be 1/2-3/4" diameter and weights were about 6-8" long. "Gunner" replied substantial when asked about the recoil. 
When I was about 6 years old, I was with my dad who was using a 3 trebble hook floater called a Bomber when a pelican swooped it up. Not a fly rod, but a light casting reel. I thought the pelican was going to beat my dad to death. I don't know how he avoided those three hooks in the struggle; I don't even like to take off a good sized trout or redfish caught on a bomber. Must have been pretty impressive as the memory is still vivid and that was 83 years ago.