Last night i was sitting in my stand around 7:00 and had a spike and a doe walk by out of range. They were headed to an open pasture about 150 yards ahead of me. I heard them jump the fence, so i knew that they must be out there grazing. So with the wind in my favor and it being too dark to shoot under the canopy of the woods, i decided to climb down and see if i could stalk my way into the pasture and get a shot at the doe. So here i am about to step out of the tree line and into the field, when all of a sudden i hear movement coming down the tree line towards me. I assume it is the spike or the doe, so i draw my bow back and aim straight away into the opening. Finally the animal steps into frame, and at first i thought it was a fawn so i waited for it to walk by before i let my bow down. As soon as i did that this animal heard me moving and it charged into the opening like a frick'n freight train. After i realized that it was a coyote it was 3 yards in front of me snarling and growling. It must have thought that i was another deer entering the field, but then it saw me and turned away and ran off. My heart was seriously racing, i have never been scared of any animal that i have encountered in the woods. I thought that i was about to get mauled and turned into coyote food. Just thought that i would share!