This happened to me on the last day of deer season (shotgun- a Saturday) back in November but ive been too busy/lazy to write about it..

My dad was sitting in a field and I was going to walk through a piece of bush behind it to see if I couldnt push any thing through. I started in and I guess I just kept going deeper and deeper because I ended up in the thickest swamp on gods green earth. I had no clue where I was but I wasnt about to turn around and blow the drive so I kept pushing and barking in the direction (I thought) was going to take me back to the field. Well, after about half an hour of drudging through ankle high water and down trees/super thick swamp I came to the conclusion that I was lost. I radioed my dad but he didnt have his turned on. I started freaking out and walking super fast splashing through the water (it had a small layer of ice which I was breaking through). I was so pumped up on adrenaline all I could think about was Im not going to get out of here etc etc. I was sweating and was super hot and worked up, I was just about to take my coat off, (it was like -10 C). I remember having thoughts of drinking the swamp water I was that bad. There was a little bit of snow ont he ground so I eventually tried following it back, but kept losing it through the water etc. I eventually came to a piece of hardwood that I remembered seeing and once I seen it I remembered my way back.

Back in the hunter safety course I remember them showing us a movie with reinactments on what not to do and hunters getting lost or injured etc. They showed this one where a guy got lost in the middle of winter and started freaking out, throwing his gun away, taking off all his clothes and running around screaming in his underwear. He got hypothermia really bad but eventually he got out of there. I remember thinking at the time, how could you possibly strip down to your underwear in the middle of winter and throw all your belongings away like this, but after my experience this past deer season I can understand fully..

Has anyone else here ever been lost? Spend a night in the bush? Tell your stories..