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im gettng more and more interested in the thought of a deer stand after reading all of these.

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Well my experience was not as frightening as some of these. I was visiting my Family in Texas last summer. My family owns an island off of the Boliver penninsula. Thats near Galveston Bay for all you non-Texans. Anyway, My grandparents own a beach house which is about 750-1000yds across the Intercoastal Canal. We were sitting on the porch looking over at the island with binoculars. My family uses the island to duck hunt and fish on. They built a resevoir and also raise Donkey and goats on the island(they keep some of the brush down). Well we saw these wolves (marsh wolves that usually always run in packs eccept for the rogues, and eat lots of everything...including many cats and dogs) swimming across the canal twords the island. Now if anyonethat hasseen a pack of wolves swim knows that its an awesome site. Anyway...the wolves have always been a problem on the island because, they eat donkey and goats like big Macs. We grabed a .30 carbine from the closet and got in the boat to go over to the island and blast some livestock eatin wolves. When we got there, we walked up and down the island looking for them, but they went deep at the site/smell of us comming, and we could not find them. Its getting dark and we said to hell with this and took back up the hill. When I got to the top...before Grandpa...I suprised a LARGE donkey that had gotten wild and crazy(the deer flies literally drive animals crazy). He showed teeth brayin and started charging me. About that time, Grandpa took off his hat and started stomping and yelling. 9 times/10 this will stop them, but that 1 time...you better be able to run fast. Donkey stopped at first, but then started again. I did'nt want to shoot our livestock, so I started chunkin 75mph sea shells at him (large sharp seashells) Anyway..bad idea..he got even more pissed and we just ran. Luckily, the donkey got bored chasing us off, and I think he was just defending his territory, so he turned around and left. It was a close call that almost could have killed one of us. Those of you that have been around a pissed off donkey know that things can turn nasty real quick. We got back and 4 beers later, we were laughing our a$$es off about it. Close call though.

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If you find them floating tie a rope around the ankle and then tie the other end of the rope too something that wont sink. Ivefound5 floaters in my lifetime.One was a buddy who went for a midnight canoe ride when he was drunk. Another guy who disapeared swimming while drunk at a beach. An Infant that was murderred by his father and was thrown in the river. A guy who fell into the river while working and another guy who committed suicide!

Tie them off and make a phone call.. The last one we found we had just started fishing and we were watching seagulls dive bomb a spot,, we motorred over and it was a guy floating.. Tied his ankle off,, called the coast gaurd, they came out got on out boat untied the guy and tied him off an theyre boat. They took our names and we dropped our lines back in the water.. They said arent you guys disgusted by this? no we won t loose any sleep over it,, besides the walleye are biting big time!

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find one more and i'd bet they start asking you the questions

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lol

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wow some nice stories here:)

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Here

http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=8547

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I don't have any stories of my own. But when my dad was in his 20's he was out in the 80 acres of woods my grandparents still own, he was by himself and he was back in there chopping firewoods. He heard the loudest scream he'd ever heard in his whole life, it was a linx, it scared the crap out of him so he jumped on the tractor and fired it up right away and drove off as fast as he could. He never seen the linx but he knew from the sound that that's what it was. The last thing you'd expect to hear in the middle of the woods is a really freakin' loud scream, I'd crap my pants on the spot I know.

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SwampTHING, That is some serious bad karma!:D


My scariest moment was when two buddies of mine and I were 3-across on the bench seat of an OLD (at the time) Ford Ranger driving up the mountain.

It was winter time with about 4-5 inches of snow on the ground, butit was a sunny afternoon well above freezing and the ground was a really soft mix of melting snow, clay, and "ground hog shale". The old road that we were going on was a steep one along the side of a big ridge that ran to the top of a mountain. It was also very narrow, slanted slightly (outward)in places, and had a long, long drop off on the driver's side down to the bottom of the deep "hollar".

The worst part was that my buddy's ol' ranger kept stalling out on some of the steepest parts and every time he'd pop the clutch, the tires would spin, and the whole truck would slide toward the bare edge of the dropoff until the wheels caught again. There was absolutely no way to turn around. And there was absolutely ABSOLUTELY no backing down the way we came. We had to "endeavor to persevere", all the while yelling, and cussing, holding on with our arses tighter thana snare drum. I so much wanted to vault out of that cab and walk, but I think that all of us were of the mindset that we were kind of in this together, so instead, I just closed my eyes at the appropriate times and said the Lord's Prayer:D...............I never was so glad to come to flat ground again when we got to the top.....Once we finally stopped, we had to get out and either scream or laugh hysterically because we were all so full of adrenaline

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Swamp Thing, I'm not really up for tying up dead guys. Not my thing.

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I've had some interesting encounters in the woods, but none as interesting as the cougar I met this past season. I was hunting alone in an an area I am very familiar with at daybreak. AsItopped a hill,50 yards in front of mewas a big Tom cat in full sneak moving right to left. I froze, rifle over my shoulder. At first allI could do isstand there and stare at that cat. I even slowly raised my binocs and got a good look at him, but that kinda freaked me out because he seemed so close. ThenI glanced to my left to see what he was so interested in and there was a fawn looking at me from about 40 yards away. The fawn got spooked and thenthe doe, which I couldn't see, suddenly snorted and busted.I looked back at the cat just as heturned toward me. With the deer crashing away that cat stood up as if to decide whether to chase the deer or check out the two-legged intruder. He looked pissed. But before I could unsling my rifle he turned and was gone in three or four bounds.
I tried to keep hunting and even spotted a nice buck not too far away, butknowing the cat was out there close by gave me the willies.At one point I steppedon a branch buried in the snow and when the other end flew up throwing flakes I about came out of my skin. I decided it was time to pack it in and call it a day.

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I have had a few close calls with moccasins and sat down about 4 feet from a timber rattler one gray misty afternoon. They are almost perfectly camouflaged on the wooded floor.

Opening up an old box stand and having a rat leap out and skimmy ear certainly got my blood pumping early one morning.

But the absolute scariest moment I have ever encountered was being caught out in the woods in an intense thunder storm. It came up real quick and the sky got very dark. The wind started gusting, and I had two lightning strikes that that were very close because the thunder sounded like bombs going off right on top of me. That was one day I was glad to get home.

C. Davis

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One time Mrs. Six and I were scouting for turkeys, when all of the sudden I heard a crash behind me. I turned around and saw her face down in the mud, having tripped over a large fallen tree. She was shaken up, but fine. Not really that scary a moment, but I was a little panicked until I saw her start to get back up.

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I was bow hunting in VT. I had always seen deer in the area I was hunting, but that night there was nothing. I climbed out of my tree just before dark. I got about 50 yrds from my tree and I hear a coyote howl about 200 yrds away where the deer usually come from. I just thought no wonder I didn't see anything. Then I hear a couple more howls and they were close enough to hear them barking and fighting. It sounded like at least 3 or 4 of em. It startled me more than anything. I got to the trail and kept walking out and they howled again closer. After a while I noticed they were walking parallel to me following me yipping and barking. That's when I got scared. All I had was my bow. I knocked an arrow and kept walking. They followed me for a while and lost interest. I never heard them in there again.

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I'm sure glad we don't have snakes to worry aboutin MI. You southerners can keep em'!

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I have a father in-law who loves to shoot, and loves collecting guns, but is so terrified of snakes he will not hunt. I am not really fond of snakes, but I learned that the more I learned about snakes, the less I was afraid of them. Sitting down by that timber rattler was pretty careless on my part, and now I always look before I sit. Those timber rattlers are so confident in their camouflage, they just sit there and don't rattle. He probably would have only bit me if I had stepped on him, or leaned over and put my hand on him to geta hanky out of my pocket.

C. Davis

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man iv almost craped my pants just thinking about some of these.

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ok now this one is strange.

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Okay where to start...hmm...my latest scare was going to check my traps at about 9pm. been dark a few minutes barely a quarter moon. My best bud was with me and had his nite lite, I just had my mini mag. We where about 1/4 mile from my truck down the little game trail. We where just about to the creek where my first trap was and now we've both spents a large part of our lives in the woods, studying wildlife, watching, etc. We heard a weard cry/whine like noise which sounded like an cow elk in a way but sounded abit like a dog. never heard a dog make that sound though, coyote or otherwise and never heard an elk make a sound like it. I drew my XD-40 fast enough to make the late Wyatt Earp proud. About the time he put the nite lite in the general area somethin' took off haulin' the mail.

When I was about 7 me and my buddy had been exploring some wood on his fathers property. We came up on a tree stump near a field and on the stump was someone's freakin' nose. I cant remember what ever happened and how it got there but I just remember walkin up on it.

Doubled back on a trail before to find some cat tracks right over my Rocky tracks. Again I was ready to lower the Marlin and draw the XD

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I have walked afield in the middle of the night with my light off and creatures going off all around me.
I have been face to face with almost all North American Species.
I have napped in the wee hours before sunrise with only my daypack under my head and my rifle across my lap.
I have camped under the stars hundreds of nights...

I have beenspooked many times but only truly scared once.

Acouple buddies and myselfwas at the creek. It was around 230am and we decided to cook up a little catfish we had caught.
We needed wood and I knew the area well. I went downstream a little to a dry driftpile I had logged to memory on our way in.
I took a little flashlight with mebut it was in my back pocket.
At firstI smelled something. Like a wet dog andhorrible underarm smell.
Then I seen it.
I am getting chills right now recalling it in my head.
It was around 8 ft tall roughly when it wason its hinds but quickly went to fours like a racoon.
It would stand and move both directions extremly fast and then to all fours.
It had"burning red eyes" in the moonlight.
I never heard a sound except its breathing and was more silent than a chipmunk when moving.
Its breath smelled of "guts".
I instinctivly shinedmy light in its eyes while grabbing my knife as well as starting to move backwards.
It cut out without sound and all I noticed was long "dirty-greyish"hair. At least 4 ft. long hair or so it appeared.
I convinced my buddies to leave that night but we returned the next morning and tracked the creature for two miles.
We smelled it but never seen it.
We found some scat and hairand collected it in a bag.
After testing we learned that it was surviving on 98% bamboo.
We put the scat in a plastic bag and it became contaminated so could put nothing elsecould be written as fact.
This is when I learned you need to store scat in paper if you intend to test...
The hair had no root so could not be used.

Call me crazy I dont care, but its true.

Certain times of the yearI can hear a "Yahoo" usually occuring in segments of 3 for 15 seconds each and have also heard a growl/scream that had to have come from this creature.
I have both these sounds recorded on tape.

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Who is to say it didnt happen scout.Most hunters can see there truck while they are deer hunting.Theres alot of woods out there that doesnt get human activity at all.And new discoveries are being made all the time.

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The same thing happened to me. When I turned around and saw my GF laying face down, I asked..... See any tracks? Not only did I get "the look", I also got the finger!

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I appreciate you.
I expected bashing and poking.
Yes itwas in the Boonies and mostly the only people I ever saw/see out here is Amish. Best smallmouth and rockbassfishing in the world.
The actual spot of the "sighting"was about a 5 mile hike from my old home. I would pass only one house getting there.
Mostthelocals call it the "White Thing"

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I thought it was funny... it is wierd though...it does make you wonder about the legitamacy of Bigfoot. With all of the sightings and the sheer amount of land in the U.S. I find hard not to believe in some sort of critter like this.:eek:

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My scariest moment was when I fell out of a tree I was standing in. It was my first year hunting, so I was that 12-13 yrs old range. I was standing on a limb about 6-7 feet up and got knocked out by a wind gust. I lay there on my back for a couple minutes just wigglin different extremeties to make sure everything was still working. After I figured out I was alright, I got up and found a spot to sit. Killed my first buck not an hour after sitting down.

I was a little sore the next couple days. Between falling and then dragging a deer that wieghed more than I did field dressed, I was pretty beat. That accident scared the crap out of me, and for the next few years I would only hunt from the gournd. Now I will use an actual tree stand, but I always wear a harness.

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Okay, I wasn't going to post this, but seeing what everyone else posted.....

Take it for what it's worth.

About 4-5 years ago, a buddy of mine and I were walking into the woods on a state-park I've been hunting for years. It was about an hour before light. We got to a spot where we split;he went west and I turned south. I went about 40-50 yards and was just overcome with a feeling of dread. Almost terror. My knees got weak and I had a hard time standing.For the first time ever, I understood themeaning of the phrase "Paralyzed with fear".I never saw or heard anything, just that something was there and that Iwouldn't have a chance against it if it cameat me.I squatted down off to the side of the trail, pulled out my hunting knife and held my bow out in front of me. I sat like that till it started to get lighter out. All of a sudden, everythingjust feltnormal, like someone pulled a blanket off me. It was gone. I strained my eyes and ears for movement or sound the whole time, but never heard or saw anything.

Later on in the parking lot, I told my buddy. We're good friends and I thought he'd get a laugh. I was half way through my story and he interupts and says "I had the exact same experience".He said the exact same thing I just wrote. He walked about the same distance from me before he got the same feeling. He said he nocked an arrow and just stood there for about as long as I (about 30-40 minutes).

I was 35 and he was 37. We're both about 200-210 pounds, 6' tall and in very good shape. We can both take pretty good care of ourselves, and we both sat about 100 yards away from each other totally terrified of something we never saw, heard or smelled, only felt. I've never had an experience like that ever again and I still hunt the same immediate area and walk the same trails at the same times.

I live in n.e. Illinois and I was in an area of about 1200 acres of woods.

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Thats pretty freaky. I've had feelings like that before when I've been home alone, I now am living in a large city and I'm originally from a small country town. Every sound during the night makes me jump or question the saftey of the house.

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I dont know if anybody remembers the heavens gate club-cult or whatever it was.They were a bunch of fruitcakes who killed themselves because hail bop commet was coming close.Whell the property was demolished except for the swimming pool,and i was hired to trap coyotes in the area.I went through a hole in the fence and got hit with diarea on the spot.I went back twards the truck and i was fine,I went through the fence and had it again,so i went and crapped in the empty pool.I dont know if it was fast food or the boogey man.but i remember thinking,im not scared of you.Then a big palm branch fell,missed me by 20ft but it fell.I caught a bunch of coyotes there and never had another incident but i think about it now and then.

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I know what you felt. I have also heard of this story many times. Even heard of people running clean through three strands of bob wire because of it.

I have heard rumors that certain "creatures" can communicate with their mind.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS.
After YEARS of research andobservation I "may" be inclined to think that an animal may release a "scent" that our instints pick up.
We may not pick this "scent" up with our nose but with the "back of our mind".
This is more of a defense mechanism for the "creature""if" it is so.

Iknow of a place called "Witches Hollow".
Everything is green at this little hollow regardless of the time of year.
The same family owns a few thousand acres around it.
Noone goes there at night.
They say there is some kind of "Spirit" there and is said to be invisible and destructive.
I dont believe this but I dont go there at night.

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i've had that same feeling a few times....you just know when something or something is watching or around you.
its like a sixths sense.

i had that same feeling in broad daylight once, I was in the woods one time scouting one spot and got that feeling, had a little 22. on me (keep it with me just in case i see some kind of kritter) when i was rounding a hill and just got a feeling something was watching me. i fired a cupple of stots into the ground to see if anything would run and nothing happend. later that day i found a big coyote den 50 yards from that some spot. one of its residents and a paw that was the size of my palm. and i have some abnormal big hands.

so yeah i can imagen what you went through.

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I actually got an interesting story from a friend that happened to his father and his uncle allegedly. This is in eastern kentucky and they had a 500sq ft cabin back in the boonies on some old family property. As the story goes one night after retiring from an unsuccessful day of hunting, a noise was heard outside the cabin. The uncle went outside to investigate, figuring maybe coyotes in the garbage or something similar. He suddenly ran back inside slamming the door saying he saw a set of yellow eyes staring at him from some brush and they suddenly took off after him. After getting inside the cabin they heard it on the porch pasing back and forth and it stopped infront of the locked door. Suddenly it began to beat on the door and they thought it was gonna get through. Both of them in the back of the room proceeded to unload a .357, 38spl, and two mags worth of buckshot from their shotguns into the door which was still being beatin on at the time. After the shooting was over a few moments later, even though the door was swiss cheese, they heard something walking on the tin roof of the cabin. They just reloaded and sat in the middle of the room until morning occasionally hearing some scratching outside and footsteps. Now i dont know how his father is about story telling but he isnt much of a liar but thats a crazy story.

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sorry i couldnt help it, i was all hyped up on MOUNTAIN DEW[8D][8D]...but a really interesting story...thanks for sharin

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2006HighSierra: I have heard simular stories. A lot of times it turned out to be coons.

I remember twoversions from many years ago.
"Gravediggers" and "Woolybuggers"
Gravediggers were more "lizardlike" and were said to live under ponds.
Woolybuggers were more "critterlike" and were said to live in swamps.
Both were said to be about waste high or lesswith "yellow" eyes.

Never seen either one. Nor any evidence.
Who knows though???

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I told him it was the Wampus cat, which is a big part of folklore here in the northeaster part of TN and into KY

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OK guys, try this one on for size. Very good read.

http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=12959

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nice story

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I would have shot it. Could you imagine the fame you would get for shooting bigfoot?. I am from WV too and now everytime I go hunting I am going to think about it.

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scariest moment for me, not reallly scary but it was instense happend this deer season. i seen a 8 point buck one day while in my stand, about 45 yards but i figured it was 70 yards so i didnt shoot with my crossbow (would have had a nice trophy for my first deer but i sucked a judging distance) and he walked from my left to my right in this open field into this other clearing across a line of trees. 2 days later seen a 4 point in the same position and he walked off in the same place as the 8 pointer. i was pissed, so got down, paced out the distance and realized i was way off and could have got both of them. I then slowly and quietly tried to cut the 4 pointer off, he walked to the end of the trees and cut into the clearing, so i walked through the other end. i walked on a path and come to the clearing, i look up and see the 4 pointer running into the bush on the other side of the clearing. I was just about to leave and then i see some bigger antlers, its the 8 pointer and he definately seen me (hes about 70 yards actually this time). i only have my cross bow and my knife is on my belt which is under my coveralls. i am frozen staring at the buck while he stares me down. we had a good 10 minute staring contest (no joke) and then he turns around . i then reach for my deer call, give him a doe call and he stops, turns around quickly and grunts back and starts walking towards me. im scared ****less that hes coming towards me, he's cautious but hes stil coming. i crouched down when he turned around, behind a tree. he grunts one more time then the other buck pops out of the bush again and the 8 pointer wheezes or growls or whatever it was (a loud breath of air) and runs away. i seen him a few more times this season but he was 100+ yards in the grassy feild. next year he better be bigger cuz hes going down

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Thats the kind of stuff that keeps us playing the game mike!Stay on him and you will have him.

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:)"The Wampus Cat" :)I forgot all bout that one.

There is no fame worthy of slaughtering an innocent animal.
The carcus would no doubt be taken from you.
No meat.
No skin.
No bone for handles and stuff.
I can do without fame.
IfI did shoot one I would not tell many. At least not till after I got my share.

I don't think you would get it out of the woods any way.
It's kin will carry it away. Dead or Alive.
And perhaps you too.