I posted this on Eastman's awhile back and was a lot of fun reading the responses.
Whether it is a close call with a predator, bad weather, injury, dangerous terrain, something funny or just a hunt you will always remember. Let's hear it!
I'll start. I remember walking back from my bow hunting stand one night. I had seen a few deer but not my bruiser whitetail I had been hunting. At dark, I checked around me and made sure no deer were in sight. I jumped out of my stand and the second I hit the ground I looked up and saw this light tan animal crouched in the dirt about 25 yards away. I squinted trying to figure out what it was and saw a swish near the back the animal and immediately my adrenaline started pumping thinking it was a Mountain Lion.
I very slowly lowered my bow to the ground and un-holstered my pistol, opened my jacket wide and got ready for a fight. I sat there for a good minute until I saw the animal stand up, it was a Fawn! I felt like a complete idiot and walked back to my truck sheepishly. I normally wouldn't have assumed a cat but a big one was spotted within a mile of my stand just 2 days prior. Damn things creep me out since you would never know they are around where I hunt in ND as it is a lot of cropland and CRP.
Whether it is a close call with a predator, bad weather, injury, dangerous terrain, something funny or just a hunt you will always remember. Let's hear it!
I'll start. I remember walking back from my bow hunting stand one night. I had seen a few deer but not my bruiser whitetail I had been hunting. At dark, I checked around me and made sure no deer were in sight. I jumped out of my stand and the second I hit the ground I looked up and saw this light tan animal crouched in the dirt about 25 yards away. I squinted trying to figure out what it was and saw a swish near the back the animal and immediately my adrenaline started pumping thinking it was a Mountain Lion.
I very slowly lowered my bow to the ground and un-holstered my pistol, opened my jacket wide and got ready for a fight. I sat there for a good minute until I saw the animal stand up, it was a Fawn! I felt like a complete idiot and walked back to my truck sheepishly. I normally wouldn't have assumed a cat but a big one was spotted within a mile of my stand just 2 days prior. Damn things creep me out since you would never know they are around where I hunt in ND as it is a lot of cropland and CRP.