What is the origin of “owl hoot?”

  What is the origin of “owl hoot?” Dr. Byron Loyd Snellville, Georgia Outlaws were referred to as “owlhoots.” “Riding the owlhoot trail” referred to a man who had left the straight and narrow to become an outlaw. One explanation of origin came from a man living in the Indian Territory of eastern Oklahoma around 1870. He claimed the name came about from the Indians in the area using owl hoots to signal danger or someone’s approach. Another tale goes that o