RE: close encounters
I've had lotta kills inside 10 yards, both with gun and bow.
This year with gun, I was sitting down on a hump in a swamp, lead doe with trailers comes up on my right front. I was able to turn and get my gun up, plugged her at about 5 - 6 yards with my 30-30, she ran about 40 yards.
One time bowhunting from a tree, shot right down below my feet 10 - 12', right into the middle of a deer's back. It actually bolted about 40 yards.
One time gun hunting, sitting down in a blowdown, a deer came in front of a drive, jumped right over the blowdown I was sitting on, I shot it in mid-air, never even aimed, just pointed the muzzle at it's chest and fired. The deer was probably only about 18" from the muzzle of the rifle when I shot. I hit it in the heart, and it crashed about 75 yards down into a hole.
Pretty exciting stuff, I love it when they get close.