First turkey gobble of spring. Thud of an arrow blowing through a deer's chest. The first notes of UFO's "Dr Dr" (which means 'Maiden is getting ready !)
Although I haven't read the entire thread, I'm sure the roar of a bull elk bugle or the gobble of a spring tom have been mentioned. Just about every morning in the early spring, the make cardinals in our neighborhood sing their song. I really enjoy that.......
Cow bell in the pasture at dusk. Two chain saws cutting at the same time. V Detroit, open twins, at a distance. My two young daughters, when they are having a normal, quiet conversation (instead of conspiring or fighting)
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
A lot of my favorites have already been taken. Loons are great. An elk bugling at 0200 less than 300 yards from your bedroom window, because he's pissed off at an approaching thunderstorm set me on edge. My window is less than 60 miles from downtown Cincinnati.
Some that have not been mentioned:
1) The unmistakeably sound of a 250 lb whitetail buck trundling through drive leaves on The Opener.
2) Bucks fighting. It sounds like two drunks throwing up while doing a Morris Dance with hatracks.
3) Turkey's gobbling at close range are electric, especially when they turn their heads directly towards you and give that final "I'm comin' honey!" gobble.
4) However, for shear 220 volt excitement, I once had 8 jakes come in on me and for the longest time, I could not figure out what it was. It sounded like a half-ton bull bellowing, or perhaps a piece of heavy equipment starting up. They were gobbling, but it was bad gobbling and out of sync. When it came my way, I was scared.
5) The topper of the toppers is getting a surprise spit and drum from a love-lorn gob in full strut just behind your left shoulder. Few people besides turkey hunters ever hear one, and my first reaction was that The National Guard had their helicopters up mighty early. My season started this way this year. I had a tag filled within the first 20 minutes of legal hunting.
Here is a sample:
You need good speakers to hear it. In reality It is infra-sound that you feel more than hear, much like CH-47's or UH-1's do long before you see them. If you hear one with your shotgun in hand, it means God has ordained you are going to get a chance to shoot and it's up to you whether you close the deal.
Honorable mentions:
Screech Owls on a limb just off your treestand an hour before first light.
Turkeys roosting on your stand, and deciding to hold there until you are up the ladder and climbing in.
The sound a buzzard makes on a low pass over your head while you're taking a nap-- just checking to see if you're still breathing.
The sound a gazillion migrating birds make when they pass over you in a black wave. It sounds like distant surf.
An unexpected waterfall that does not show on the map.
A whitetail doe sticking her head in the bedroom window and snorting at you at sun-up.
We were on a winter moose up on the little delta river. It was Jan time frame and it was a cold dropping down to -40 at night. Anyhow one night it was clear the moon was out and the wolves were going full bore just a howling. I'm have blessed to hear things majority of people will never get to hear..
Originally Posted by Bricktop
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego.
It's been a while but baying hounds is pretty high on my list.
And for some strange reason I like hearing the occasional tinkling of the bell on one of the guy across the rivers goats. Reminds me of the stories I've read about the lonely Basque sheep headers love of the sound of the bell whether.
A couple dozen Hummers buzzing my feeders and the Quail calling and Turkeys gobbling around my place in the spring.
