STUPID CATEGORY
So there's this old ber den by one of my stands, it's midway up a hillsurrounded bytamarac swamp, I've checked it out while scouting and walked by it a dozen times since then...never thought much of it, so on the last day of rifle season I get out of my stand to stretch my legs andstand on the bear den side of the hill for a while. It starts to rain,and it's time to meet back at camp for lunch, so I walk down the hill past the bear den, and as I get close to it I admire how big a hole it is and wonder how deep it goes, so I walk in front of it, bend over, look inside, as my eyes adjust I notice a bear paw, then I notice the bear, and it's looking at me...so there we were, 3-4 feet away staring at eachother, both of our eyes were wide, there's only one way for that bear to go and that's out of the den where my dumb ass is standing...and my gun is slung over my shoulder so I'm screwed, I'm to close to do anything, do I back away slowly? No...I think I can outrun him... so I bolted down the hill trying to get a handle on my rifle, and not trip, I get to the bottom and turn around ready to shoot, and... the bear stayed in the den. That's when I noticed a bunch of beaver carcasses at the bottom of the hill, where the bear hadeaten already, thankfully. I make it back to the truck, and realize I am stupid.