I' m not crazy about walking in the dark woods but have you ever come across a pack of wild dogs/wolves that has been stalking you? Yipes...you talk about the hair standing up on the back of your neck and your testicles heading north! My son-in-law and his father and myself was hunting with muzzle loaders and at sunset and getting darker, my son-in-law was being stalked by the pack. There were 3 animals and he only had one shot. Needless to say he couldn' t get out of there fast enough and headed toward us. He said he was never so scared before....he didn' t want to be dinner. He was about to shoot one of them but decided against it in case the other two would charge. That will definitely change your mind about walking in the woods after dark.

When huntin' farm country the dark doesn' t really bother me at all...I think it' s really cool. However, hunting in suburbia adds a whole new threat...humans...I hate ' em in my deer woods in the dark. That is my only fear...some psycho who just jumped off the train that runs through the woods I hunt or some yahoo poaching and shooting at sounds....yikes.

Hey, does anyone fear getting attacked by a coyote in the dark. Last year a huge coyote came by my stand (I missed it though)- it was big enough to make me a little nervous while going to my stand in the dark. I heard a story once of a guy who had to shoot a coyote because it charged him. Does anyone have any comments about this? Should I be afraid of getting attacked by a coyote in the dark?????????????????????

Yep, walking to or from my stand in the dark will sometimes get me nervous.

We have copperheads (least of my concern), bears, coyotoes, and wild dogs (the biggest concern) Add to that the other hunters and the woods are a little dangerous.

As for having a weapon on you. Yeah, but, are you gonna be able to draw you bow back on a wild dog and shoot it while it is running full tilt at you?

I am not going to let those creeps decide where and how I hunt. I just tough them out. I understand that there is nothing in the woods at night that isn' t there in the day, but, atleast in the day I can see them!

One of my favorite stands is in the bottom of a valley where bears are seen every year. Also, there are several wild dogs in this area. The woods are thick and made of giant pine trees. When walking under these pines, even if there is a full moon, you can' t see a thing. The ground is quiet because it is all old pine needles.

I think alot of it is vulnerabillity. Humans are most vulnerable in the dark. We don' t have a good sense of smell, and our hearing isn' t that good either. We rely on our eyes, and when you take that away, we become a 3 legged cat surrounded by a pack of dogs

.....in the dark, you' re already very close and YOU CAN' T SEE IT!!!!

I' ve never been stalked by coyotes or chased by bears(not while hunting, but I have a story about a bear that chased me). Everyone that goes into the woods should have some heightend awareness....Mother Nature is cruel and without repentance....a black bear deffending it' s young can be VERY merciless.

Like the majority of you, I am not a big fan of walking in the dark woods. A couple of years ago, I got out of my truck and started towards my stand. I got about 150 yards away, and all at once a pack of coyotes started howling. I thought I soiled myself. I turned my flashlight on, made a bunch of noise, and continued. They went over the other hillside and I made it to my stand without incident. But, I scared the sh$# out of me. Once I am in my stand though, I like to hear creatures moving in the dark. I once had 4 deer come under me. They must have followed me in because I only had time to put my safety around the tree and they were there.

I used to get the creeps in the woods, in the dark and then I saw a movie where a guy said " I want to be the thing in the woods that everything is afraid of." So I adopted that concept. Last year I heard that, besides bears, there are also cougar in the area. So, here I am back at square one...

I live in the city and i dont like walking around here in the dark
the woods dont bug me i have always felt at peace in the woods at night some times after the hunt i will still stay under my tree and just look at the stars and hear all the strange sounds

I must be really weird because I don' t mind going into the woods in the dark in the mornings, but I hate coming out after dark at night. Don' t know why that is but I find myself rushing to get my stand packed up to get out a night but I take my time in the mornings. I wouldn' t say that I am scared of the dark but I hate being startled like an animal taking off right in front of you or worse yet having another hunter all of a sudden say hey I in here. Scares the crap out of you! But I will continue to hunt at night alone anyway.

My son-in-law is afraid of the dark He won' t go into the woods till it' s light enough to see and always leaves before legal shooting time is up. I told him he is missing some of the best times and probably bumping all the deer where he hunts.

Benhuntin - been there done that Don' t know what these guys are scared of I have never been afraid of snakes or gators but when you hunt the Fla Swamps you damn sure better keep you eyes open[] Seen more snakes in one season of swamp hunting than most guys around here see in a lifetime Not many poisionus snakes in these parts, I guess the biggest thing to be afraid of would be other stupid hunters if you' re hunting public land. Coyotes very seldom get close enough to be any danger. Even in very large packs I' ve seen them shy away from human contact. We are the best if not the biggest predator in the woods