seriously?!? I remember being scared in the woods when I was 12 but that wasa coupledecades ago... There is nothing I mean nothing in the woods that will hurt... or should I say that could hurt you and you stop it with a bow at point blank range. If a bear or wolf (unlikely) would attack while walking out in the dark I doubt an arrow is going to help much. As the famous words in Wedding Crahsers "Grow up Peter Pan... "