ScottAdams Report post Posted July 29, 2014 Thought some of you might want to see my video of a bull snake getting the best of a red-tailed hawk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hV0cMf61urs&feature=gp-n-y&google_comment_id=z12dx1mpspzkzrfta22kstmwaleitnphg04 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
5guyshunting Report post Posted July 29, 2014 Thats one cool video , you dont see that every day or maybe ever again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted July 29, 2014 Watched it the other day on heathers face book, spectacular display of nature at work lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted July 29, 2014 Wow! I can't believe that hawk flew away after that! It looked like it was practically dead.....nice save Scott!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hunter4life Report post Posted July 29, 2014 Very cool video. My brother saw a similar encounter a few years ago and wrote it up for presentation to a journal. http://evogentas.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/wenner_2012_rtbs.pdf Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pine Donkey Report post Posted July 30, 2014 Wow, great video, thanks for posting! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted July 30, 2014 Hunter4life....cool article your brother wrote! Neat that it's been documented in the literature. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Havasuhunter Report post Posted July 30, 2014 That's a tough Bull snake. Surprised he got the better of the Hawk, usually the other way around. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Couestracker Report post Posted July 30, 2014 Very unusual and interesting. Thanks for posting that! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lancetkenyon Report post Posted July 31, 2014 Awesome! To read about it is one thing, to see it on video is another...but seeing it live would be a once in a lifetime experience. Thank you for sharing the video. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
tjhunt2 Report post Posted July 31, 2014 Scott, you were a messenger from God. That snake might have choked to death and the hawk would definitely not have made it. You gave life to both! Must have felt awesome to see that hawk fly away. Thanks for sharing. TJ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimmer Negamanee Report post Posted August 1, 2014 Very cool video. My brother saw a similar encounter a few years ago and wrote it up for presentation to a journal. http://evogentas.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/wenner_2012_rtbs.pdf I agree with your brother who said it looks like a predation gone wrong. (Except he said it better and cited the researchers.) Your brother said: "I do not believe that this observation represented an attempt by a gopher snake to prey on an adult Red-tailed Hawk. Instead, I believe that I observed a failed predation attempt on a gopher snake by a Red-tailed Hawk. Indeed, Red-tailed Hawks commonly prey on gopher snakes and other reptiles, including venomous snakes (Knight and Erickson 1976, Sherrod 1978). Presumably, the gopher snake was able to coil around the hawk during the predation attempt, creating a potentially fatal situation for the hawk." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesWhitetail Report post Posted August 6, 2014 I completely agree that this was most likely not a predation attempt by the snake, but instead the snake was just trying to defend itself after the hawk grabbed it. Both the snake and hawk benefited from Scotts efforts! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muledeerarea33? Report post Posted August 7, 2014 They're talking about your video on the radio! You've made it big Scott haha 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ScottAdams Report post Posted August 7, 2014 That's funny Daniel. Do they even know it was filmed in AZ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
