“When they pass close by you in flight, they make an impression!”
That they do. I had one pass within about 20 feet of me as I was playing golf one day last summer. Distracting to say the least.
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Had two jakes fly just ahead of me once. They look yuge in the air, and they fly fast. Pheasant hunting the edge a corn field once a Great Horned owl came out of a cotton wood just behind me and glided over at maybe 30 feet. I saw the shadow pass over me before I saw the bird. Literally hit the deck. He was colossal as he glided just over the corn and out of sight.
Flying bowling balls, low trajectory. On the rare occasion you break one in the woods close by, it's scary.