RE: Post your horror stories here....
I went bear hunting for the first time last spring. The first evening we went in, a huge chocolate colored bear showed up just at "prime time" enticed by my attempt at a honey burn (he came from downwind) but man was he smart. He paced back a forth 50m behind the bait trying to wind us(there was two of us in the ground blind). I was totally calm until my buddy told me it was one of the biggest bears he'd ever seen at one of his baits. Then my knees were knocking! After he said that I wanted the shot angle to be perfect so I was going to wait until he was braodside. Finally he started to come to the barrel, I was ready to shoot, he cautiously sniffed the top of the barrel, only exposing his head and a portion of his neck, I thought he was going to take another step so I started to squeeze, instead he backed away and started to circle us, we knew he was going to wind us as he was circling downwind. I changed positions on the tree I was using as a rest looking for a spot to shoot, he stood 30m away sniffing the air screened by trees he scented us and bounded away! He only went 70-80m back into the bush, by this time it was getting dark so we snuck out. Unfortunately he never returned, during daylight hrs. What a rush!!