--- title: "This Happened To Me: How To Catch An Owl" date: "2019-01-22" modified: "2021-01-15" authors: - name: "Outdoor Life Online Editor" link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/outdoor-life-online-editor/" url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/survival/node-1006030048/" categories: - "Survival" --- # This Happened To Me: How To Catch An Owl ![]() *Kurt Anderson of Brookston, Minn., thought he was going fishing, but he wound up reeling in a bird instead. Find out the whole story in this month's "This Happened To Me." Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorthtm0307073_376.jpg]() *The hunter turned into the hunted as the lure sank into the owl's talon. I suddenly found myself fighting to reel in the airborne predator! Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorthtm0307074_218.jpg]() *Armed with only a jacket and pliers, we pulled the angry bird to the ground to extract the hook. Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorthtm0307075_199.jpg]() *Luckily, the lure tumbled free of the owl's sharp talons, allowing the bird to fly away. Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdoorthtm0307075_199.jpg]() *Luckily, the lure tumbled free of the owl's sharp talons, allowing the bird to fly away. Outdoor Life Online Editor* Kurt Anderson of Brookston, Minn., thought he was going fishing, but he wound up reeling in a bird instead.