Cool encounter. I have yet to see a bobcat on the hoof. I did get pictures of one dead along the road last winter.

I have only seen one fox while hunting. He came in running around like he was trying to jump something up and then ran off.

A few years later, I was still hunting and leaning up a against a tree when I see a dog come out of the edge of a field into the woods. I knew instantly it was a coyote and I knew what I was going to do. It was at a good trot going down the hollow in front of me and heading up hill. I had to move twice about a total of 15 yards to get setup on it. I saw it was going to hit an opening in the brush one last time before going out of sight for good so I put my 30-06 on the opening. She stepped out and I knocked her down instantly. She was a good size yote and I was amazed at how clean and well kept she was. I wish I had her stuffed but I didn't.

where in wisconsin are you exactly?

Personally, I would have let him go. I get a real kick out of seeing them in the woods, which isn't often. But, that said, having one mounted would be really cool too.

I shot my first buck in Pennsylvania a few years back. My dad taught me how to gut it out, then dad and I went back to sit for another hour till it was time to meet my uncle. A bobcat came in and sniffed around the gut pile and the buck then decided it was gonna take a few bites. So we had to scare it off. But it was a really neat thing to see.
-Jake

My daughter and I walked up on a badger one morning this fall on our way to the stand. Never saw one in the wild before, so it was pretty cool. I was just glad we had our headlamps on because he didn't seem very scared of us, but I think the lights made him think twice about coming any closer. 10 yards was close enough for me.

Also had a llama come trotting by my treestand this year, that was pretty funny.

Yeah, my experience has been that badgers aren't afraid of much.

I had what looked to be a young great horned owl land in a tree in front of my ladder stand a few years back during archery season. The tree was ten or so feet higher than my stand. I was in full camo with head net on and my hands were on the gun rest bar of my stand. The owl was looking all around and I decided to move my finger to see if he would catch the movement. He locked right in on my finger, so I moved it again. He swooped right down like he was going to take my finger and freaked me out! I swooshed my arm towards him and he landed on another tree branch right above me and tried to figure out what I was. I took my headnet off and he flew away. He had great big talons on his feet and I got a real good look at them, LOL!

Now that, would be cool!

I was in my stand during archery season this year. I was set up on the power lines. I noticed something crossing about 30 yards from me, it was a bobcat. When it hit the tree line it came right down towards me. It got about 5 feet from the tree I was in and I stood up in my stand. It stopped and just stared at me for what seemed like forever, then just turned and walked away looking over its shoulder at me. Was pretty cool.

During rifle season this year I stepped out of the pines overlooking a beaver pond. I was just standing there looking around. I heard something and looked down at my feet and there was an otter standing there looking up at me.

Few years ago I was in my stand and had a owl fly a foot away from me, then land in a tree about 15 feet and stare at me for awhile.

A few of my encounters while hunting.

Very few things are better than being in the woods regardless of season.