We had set up camp a few days before the season began and spent one day small game hunting/scouting and the day before season just scouting some other places that we had not been to, exploring an old farm etc.. We were on our way back to the camp when we came up on two guys, one was dressed for hunting one was wearing a dress shirt, pants and slippers, now figure we are two miles back in the mountains and this is how the guy is dressed. We talked for a little bit and it was really apparent that this guy was messed up on something. He started becoming beligerant and mouthy and before the fight started we decided to walk off and go back to camp.

We never did see the guys come out, it was well after dark I guess, the vehicle was gone in the morning. Late that evening just at dark was coming off the mountain toward the old right of way I heard the unmistakeable sound of a fully automatic rifle being fired no more than 50-60 yards from me. I ducked behind a tree as this guy continued to crack off what sounded like 5 or more 30 round clips. After the last shot I heard him yell real loud a couple times and then take off running. I could hear his steps in the leaves in my general direction, I am not too proud to admit that the safety was off and my finger was real close to the trigger at this point. He went on up the ridge just out of my sight and I went on out to the camp.

Just before getting to the camp I ran into a couple of guys camped near us and they also saw and heard the guy, said he was dressed the same as the day before and had ran screaming up the mountain. Around 11 that night people woke me up and wanted me to help them search for him as he had not came back out, it didnt take long to tell them that as far as I was concerned he could keep right on running.

I dont know if they ever found him, i guess they did since they were all gone the next morning. This is about the strangest thing I have encountered, does it qualify as "jerks on public land"?