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I was hit by an owl a few years ago and it was a close call. When calling at night any clever ways to deter birds and not predators?

have had them swoop in but no hits.
had a sharp-shinned hawk hit my black gloved hand once. scared the shit outta me

I've never been hit, but I have had them land in a tree I had my back to. The little ones don't bother me(we just call them barn owls around here). I have gotten up and scared off what I'm guessing was a great horned owl a couple times. Just thinking out loud here, would a rabbit decoy help?

It helps to have some sort of backing thats above the height of your head, bushes, tree's, fence posts, gates, ect.
I think in most cases they have picked up yhe movement of a callers hands and thats what they are swooping at, just happens a guys head gets in the way..