AFTER ALL OF MY FUN IN A TREE STAND I NOW DO 90 PERCENT OF MY HUNTING ON THE GROUND, BUT CRAZY THINGS STILL FIND ME. ONE TIME I RAN OUT OF COVER SCENT SO I SPRAYED MY SELF DOWN WITH SOME 50/50 (GOOD STUFF) AND DECIDED TO GO HUNTING DESPITE OF THE RAIN. I MADE MY WAY TO MY SPOT AND HAD BEEN THERE AN HOUR OR SO WHEN I FELT SOMETHING NUDGE ME IN THE BACK I THOUGHT IT WAS PROBABLY A SQUIRREL SO I SLOWLY TURNED AROUND AND THERE WAS A DOE AND A FAWN STANDING RIGHT BESIDE ME. I DON'T KNOW WHO JUMPED MORE! THEN THE SAME WEEK, STILL NO NEW COVER SCENT, I WAS LEAVING MY SPOT AND IT WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY DARK WHEN I HEARD SOMETHING RUNNING HARD SO I TURNED AROUND AND THERE WAS A DEER ON A DEAD RUN RIGHT AT ME AT 10 FEET, I SCREAMED LIKE A LITTLE GIRL! WHEN I REALIZED I SCREAMED I TRIED TO GIVE A COYOTE HOWL TO COVER IT (DON'T TELL ANYONE ABOUT THE SCREAM). NEEDLESS TO SAY I WASHED MY CLOTHES AND GOT SOME COVER SCENT. THEN A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO I WAS ON PUBLIC GROUND SLIPPING REAL SLOW DOWN A TRAIL IN THICK COVER AND HEARD SOMETHING BEHIND ME IN THE HEAVY WIND. I TURNED JUST IN TIME TO SEE THE OPEN JAWS OF A VERY MEAN GERMAN SHEPHERD. I ABOUT @#@# MY PANTS, HE WAS GROWLING AND LUNGING, I TRIED TO KICK HIM BUT MISSED WAS GONNA SHOOT HIM BUT HE RAN OFF..............I LUV HUNTN, ALWAYS A DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE