YUP.... a couple of times. Had one at about 8 or 10 yards on one occasion. I heard him coming from 150 yards away. Every squirrel in the woods announced his arrival and passed him off as he came through. I was burning holes in the woods trying to see the big buck I knew was coming to some scrapes. When this squirrel one tree away started making a racket I thought I'd been spotted but then saw him hanging upside down scolding the ground. Then this bobcats head popped up out of the ferns like a jack in the box in slow motion. He circled around my tree and when he hit the trail I walked in on he went super stealth. He was looking everywhere for the danger. Made a complete 360 around me tree to go back where he came from. It was so cool I didn't have the heart to shoot him.

The second time was this year. He suddenly appeared on a big tree blown down about 80 yards from my stand. Absolutely huge blonde phased cat. I was in the same tree I took the camo pictures of the other day. I wasn't sure what it was at first due to some brush. I slowly raised my binos to look between two of the 3 trees in the group of 3 I'm in. He spotted that slight movement in a heart beat. As I looked through the binos he bored holes in me with his eyes. He dropped behind the log and appeared at the far end of it. Just peeking up to see if I was still there. He disappeared like a shadow on a cloudy day. He was there and gone. I wouldn't have had the heart to shoot him either. Just gorgeous.