Once my brother came face to face with a coyote circling him 15-20 yards away, but, it left. I don't get scared, but some days i don't go out just to hunt, i fall asleep in the middle of the woods for a few hours and eat the breakfast i packed and made for myself and just sit there a few hours and if i don't see anything, oh well. i ate breakfast in the woods, i slept, i don't expect it. the only thing in Virginia that i would even consider worrying about is snakes, and i'm a snake guy. but when those copperheads come around i like to keep my distance.