I dont get scared,Ive been startled before by jumping rabbits and pheasants.

Would this scare you if you ran across it going to your stand in the dark

It's not how big the Deer,But the size of the experiance that matters!!

Walking in the dark woods doesn't scare me as much as walking in town after dark. I don't live in a bad town, I just don't trust people as much as I do deer. Jim

I pretty much grew up in the woods too , so it's not scary walking to my stand in the dark. BUT , when a grouse takes off a few feet ahead or you hear the spine tingling scream from a screech owl from above , thats enough to make me fill my drawers every time.

BTW carpetguy , if I saw that on my way in to my stand in the dark , you'd find my bow & arrows , probably my boots , and a big steaming pile where I was last standing when I seen it.<img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

Edited by - bowfanatic on 10/23/2002 20:50:15

During hunting season there's no problem. In the off season, when I'm unarmed, I try not to surprise any bears. There is one sure test to see if something's watching you: Open your zipper an try to relieve yourself. You'll know if someone/something is watching you.

Dan O.

the sig is a cat and a human eye in the background... vc111 took it and let me use it as a sig...bowfanatic..one night running coonhounds we had a grouse take out...whoa man i about died..and it was kinda trapped under the canapy of the sapling patch it was hiding in and was thrashing and the beating of its wings i can say i almost had to change my pants that nite! owl hoots dont get to me that much.. a loud noise alwasy startles you at first than your fine...try howling yotes coming closer and closer...that is a eiry sound!

&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; I've been caught away from camp after dark on a wilderness Elk hunt before,and I have to say yes I was scared. I remembered what the outfitter said,&quot;if you get to thinking you're lost,you ain't....you're just turned around abit&quot;.... &quot;That old horse you're riding has been up in these mountains a hundered times or more&quot;....&quot;just give him his head,and he'll lead you right back to camp&quot;! Worked like a charm!

I don't get scared of the dark, lions or bears. Here in California you always take the chance of walking into some knuckleheads pot grove or meth lab.

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&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; I've been caught away from camp after dark on a wilderness Elk hunt before,and I have to say yes I was scared. I remembered what the outfitter said,&quot;if you get to thinking you're lost,you ain't....you're just turned around abit&quot;.... &quot;That old horse you're riding has been up in these mountains a hundered times or more&quot;....&quot;just give him his head,and he'll lead you right back to camp&quot;! Worked like a charm!


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What do ya do , let go of the reigns and let the horse lead the way? Thats pretty cool , I never heard that before. When ya got back to camp did ya give that horse a big sloppy kiss?<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle> I would have!

The only time I was scared was walking out of a new property one morning. I'm coming down a halfgrown logging road, when about a hundred and fifty yards ahead I see these things running towards me. I raise the binoculars, and I see it's about 5 or 6 pit bulls barreling down on me. I have a bow, a stand on my back, bulky rubber boots, I'm thinking I'm screwed. I back against a tree and start to knock a arrow, figuring I'm gonna shoot at least one of them. Well, they keep coming and I see they're coming for me, they must have saw me walking down the road. There's some old shacks down the lane, I figured some inbred's dogs got loose and I'm gonna get eaten. They get about 30yds away, I draw my bow, and something doesn't seem right, they peel off and start running in circles as fast as they can around me. They're puppies, LOL. I couldn't tell through the binoculars, then I was too scared. Little fellas met me every time coming out of the woodds all season, and would run around me in circles the whole way down the road.

&quot;In heaven, even the fish have antlers&quot;

im with 2eagles, those deer are always fairly trustworthy

propmahn