A few years back during bow, I was enjoying a good season as far as deer activity.

Anyhow, about 45 minutes before day's end, I saw 5-7 deer, some or all were does, as they were a bit mixed in with the foilage. The chasing phase was just starting, so I was excited. An hour before,a few bucks had made a considerable amount of noise chasing around a single doe.

Now, these 5-7 deer disappeared into the foilage, and only a handful of minutes later I hear the distinct sound of a big bodied animal making their way towards me from that direction. If you've hunted a bit, you know that sound. I was convinced it was a decent buck making his way through that other group of deer.

It kept coming, and was taking a single row of trees that gave it full cover from me until about 15 yards from my stand. Imagine my thoughts when that moment came, and I laid eyes upon the biggest, most ticked off horse you ever saw.

Somehow, the neighbor's horse got loose and wandered onto our property. He was clearly scared/mad at getting out, so I made sure to stay up in the stand. Needless to say, the deer didn't stick around either.

I was already at draw since this animal was going to come out in the open for the first time 15 yards away...boy did that jolt me.