--- title: "This Happend To Me: Blown Away!" date: "2007-07-09" modified: "2021-02-01" authors: - name: "Outdoor Life Online Editor" link: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/authors/outdoor-life-online-editor/" url: "https://www.outdoorlife.com/survival/node-1006030072/" categories: - "Survival" --- # This Happend To Me: Blown Away! ![]() *A coues deer hunter nearly gets knocked off a cliff by a low-flying fighter jet. Read more here. Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdooradventurethtmaugust071_367.jpg]() *Pursuing some coues deer I had glassed near the San Francisco River in Arizona, I crept along a ridge in hopes of gaining a better vantage point. Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdooradventurethtmaugust072_466.jpg]() *Suddenly nature's peacefulness was drowned out by the deafening roar... Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdooradventurethtmaugust073_397.jpg]() *...of a Harrier fighter jet screaming over the ridge! Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdooradventurethtmaugust074_282.jpg]() *I could clearly see the pilot's face as the fighter rocketed over me, its jet wash nearly blowing me off the mountain! A small pine branch was the only thing that saved me from being knocked into the valley below. Outdoor Life Online Editor* ![httpswww.outdoorlife.comsitesoutdoorlife.comfilesimport2014importImage2007legacyoutdooradventurethtmaugust074_282.jpg]() *I could clearly see the pilot's face as the fighter rocketed over me, its jet wash nearly blowing me off the mountain! A small pine branch was the only thing that saved me from being knocked into the valley below. Outdoor Life Online Editor* A coues deer hunter nearly gets knocked off a cliff by a low-flying fighter jet. Read more here.