RE: How close do you get to other (non-deer) wildlife?
I've had lots of interesting encounters!
1. Coon above me in the tree and it walked on top of my head (hat)
2. Squirel walked on my head also
3. Hawks and owls have swooped at me, i brought my bow up in time. Both times there claws hit the bow, that one scared me the most!
4. I've had bear climb up my tree 7 different times. The closest one was about2 inches away from my foot and leg. I let him do what he was doing, after that he crawled back down and got zipped at 10 yards! Bear are very curious animals, 95% of the time they don't mean no harm when doing this.