I've had some really close and personal meetings with yotes over the past years. But.. I don't believe I was ever in danger. They're alot smaller than my lab and he'll scare the piss out of ya.. something fierce when he wants too.

Had a real close encounter about 2 days ago while sheddin' with the prettiest yote I ever saw.

I bumped some deer over a CRP field and decided to make my way back towards them by staying low in an open field saddle.. as I was coming up a yote appeared in the distance headed straight toward me about 100 yards off. I think the deer bumped him off a small fencerow that cut the CRP. I got down on my knees (focus people) and watched as the young yote closed from 70.. 60... yards.. then I got lower and laid on my belly. He eventually got just ever so down-wind at like 10-15 yards.. and stopped on a dime. I actually started to snicker.. he looked right at me and stood for another 10 seconds.. took a step forward.. then took off the other way into the next county! I got back onto my knees and watched him disappear over the hillside. Neat encounter..