DedicatedShooter
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So yesterday I learned about European Hornets. Never had them in Ohio (I’m in VA now) but I noticed some gigantic hornets sucking sap off an oak in the backyard (see picture), googled it, and yea they’re European Hornets. Watched a few videos about them and cringed the entire time. The whole gigantic stinging insect nesting in voids of trees got me thinking about early season saddle hunting and what it would be like to climb a tree and come face to face with a nest of these damn things.
Fast forward to today, I was out pulling cards on a piece of property nearby and noticed an extremely old tree. While admiring it, I thought that this would probably be a great place for European Hornets to nest and that it would also be a great tree for a stand since it’s on a well-used trail. So I start inspecting the higher parts of it and sure as ****, I found a European Hornet nest (2nd pic).
I tell you, I’d cut my tether and let Jesus take the wheel if I was 20’ up and stirred up a nest of these big bastards.
What have you encountered up in the tree?
Fast forward to today, I was out pulling cards on a piece of property nearby and noticed an extremely old tree. While admiring it, I thought that this would probably be a great place for European Hornets to nest and that it would also be a great tree for a stand since it’s on a well-used trail. So I start inspecting the higher parts of it and sure as ****, I found a European Hornet nest (2nd pic).
I tell you, I’d cut my tether and let Jesus take the wheel if I was 20’ up and stirred up a nest of these big bastards.
What have you encountered up in the tree?
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