Whootsinator

Ruger, that one takes the cake!

Buck Hunter 1

I've had a owl come at me in thestand, that ws wild. Of course turkeys and grouse and deer you don't see until they bust out right next to you. The dark, I was wearing my felt scent pads of estrous. Walked in in the way dark to my ladder which is a bout 1/2 mile into the mountain. I stop evry couple hundred yards to frshen. Anyhow I got in my stand and when it starts getting light I look uoa nd here comes Yogi, dead in my tracks down the trail past the stand! I always walkj past my post w/ the pads. He comes to the end of the trail and starts looking as the scent is gonme. That's when I asked where Boo-Boo was. So in the end I scared him, but i always keep thinking what if he had started down that trail 20 minutes earlier................

HoytSpeed

I remember I went out the next morning after watching the blair witch project for the first time. I was hearing things everywhere, then two foxes got under my tree and started their screaming. i was nervous til the light came!

2006HighSierra

My hunting partner is terrified of the dark, I have to about hold his hand going to a stand, it's quite a shame. I don't worry about bobcats and coyotes. If they want a piece then they can just bring it. Bears now...during last bow season while walking back to my truck in pitch darkness a blackbear decided to come crashing onto the trail right infront of me. It's the only time I remember intentionally throwing my Hoyt to the ground and I bet I could have made Billy Bonnie proud with how fast I had my SAA drew out and hammer rolled back. Luckily it took off after figuring out what I was. I jumped another on one of the mountains I hunt shortly after that incident which was funny as crap. Me or the bear didn't know each other was there until about 20 yards away. He jumped up and slipped and rolled/tumbled about 50 yards down a steep mountainside before getting his composure. I've only been scared one time though where I couldn't figure out what had scared me. Something made this horrible yawning schreek sound when I was checking traps late on night that I can't place to the mouth of any native wildlife.

trueoutdoorsmanonlin

I was scouting through the woods one summer day around late August about 4 years ago and was mainly out checking for any deer sign. We have a swamp out back and i kept on hearing this crunch sound just off to the back of me, so I decided to stand next to this tree big oak tree and hold still, sure enough it was a big black bear. I didn't even take a breath, better yet, I couldn't. I was only about 17 when this happened. It just went on it's way minding it's own business, but I can tell you that if I've ever felt my heart in my throat, that would be it! All in all, it was pretty neat to see a bear in the wild. Doesn't happen very often where I'm at.