Lmao! Exciting isn't it. I've had bear crawl my tree and put there paw on my stand 6" away from my foot. Thats happened 3 times and surprisingly It didn't bother me just to bad. Thats why we hunt these critters I guess because its exciting! I've been around sow and cubs a quite of few times and nothing out of the ordinary has happened. Just try not to get between them and all should be good.