Originally Posted by
younggun308
That sounds incredible (as in, I believe you when you say you did this, but experiencing it must be mind-blowing). If the area you were hunting had healthy populations of wolves, bears, and cougars, though, would you only do this with companions and would you take turns keeping watch like people do when hunting the African bush?
I wouldn't be surprised if other critters might be following the scent/tracks, too.
Where I hunt there are lots of bear and a lot of cougar. But they don't cause much trouble and I've never worried about them. But then I grew up in elk country and that also means it was bear and cougar country. Every bear and cougar I've seen has only been interested in one thing and that's putting as much distance between them and me as possible.
For what it is worth I've also made 5 trips to Africa and we never posted a watch while others were sleeping. I think you've been reading too many books based on sensationalism.