Amazing moment hunter manages to catch small bird with his bare hand
Two buddies out for a quail hunt in Texas got the surprise of their life when one lucky man managed to catch the small bird with his bare hand.
Pastor Matt Carter was enjoying some guy time with his friend, NFL quarterback Colt McCoy, when the astonishing episode occurred.
Video of the amazing feat has exploded on the web and has been viewed over 85,000 times on YouTube since it was uploaded to the site on Monday.
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Divine instinct: Pastor Matt Carter was out for a quail hunt when the bird approached and he simply reached out his hand for the catch
Beyond belief: Dressed in his hunting gear and with his double-barrel shotgun in one hand, the minister managed to catch the quail by simply reaching out his hand
Victory is mine: The Austin pastor raised his hand in triumph, with a smile of satisfaction at his clever catch
Pastor Carter, who founded the Austin Stone Community Church, explained how the awesome incident happened by chance while he and McCoy, the quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, were taping a video as part of their curriculum for their men's Bible Study, The Real Win: A Man's Quest for Authentic Success.
The duo had a film crew capturing footage of them explaining their curriculum while in the great Texas outdoors, when Carter couldn't help but seize the moment when the opportunity presented itself.
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The minister was dressed in jeans, a tan hunting shirt, bright orange vest and a camo baseball hat as he strolled along an open field near Austin.
With his double-barrel shotgun upright and perched against his shoulder, the man wasn't ready to aim and fire but when the quail approached, the quick thinking man simply reached out his hand and caught the bird in his grasp.
Nice one: The pastor's hunting partner, NFL quarterback Colt McCoy laughed in astonishment at his friend's amazing encounter with nature
Male bonding: Carter was out with the NFL player to capture footage of the pair together for the men's Bible Study they co-authored, The Real Win: A Man's Quest for Authentic Success
The hunted: The quail looked calm as it rested in the minister's hand. Its unknown if the bird fell prey to the hunters or if it was released into the wild
The video was uploaded to YouTube on Monday and took the web by storm.
But skeptics took to the video channel to voice their disbelief, posting comments to the clip's homepage.
'I think this is fake. A bird wouldn't just fly near you and if they did they'd glide fast and high,' one user wrote in a comment.
But the man of God insisted that the bird encounter was not staged.
'It's been funny reading people's comments. They think its fake. It's random but it really happened ...I can't believe I caught it either...happened really fast,' he wrote on his Twitter account, to his more than 28,000 followers.
'As a hunter...The older you get, the more anointing and favor the Lord shows you,' he added.
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