Heres another going to....

[growalot]

The stand/blind question....What sends shivers down your back and hair standing on end when you are walking in or out in the dark?

Raccoons fighting...bobcat screaming and yotes calling back and forth with you in the middle....raccoon fights are the worst though...couple of times I nearly turned around and went home...

Edited September 9, 2012 by growalot

[Lawdwaz]

If I get the "urge" one more time, just as I get to my stand. Damnit all anyways.........

[Rev Ev]

I got spooked when I had a set of "eyes" following me. No cats in the area, so I wasn't sure what it was. I turned around a couple times in prob 30 yards or better I saw 2 green eyes. It happened a couple of times till I figured out it was an owl. I threw a stick and it flew off. Thinking about it now I still shiver.

But, I am targeting a bear this fall that is pretty active at eating whatever is around. I'm a little nervous about walking in to climb a tree, even though I know they are supposed to be scared of man.

[Suilleabhain]

Grouse always get my heart going when you step on them in the dark. And kicking deer out of beds in the dark. They let you walk right onto them. Never had coon fights, I think I'd have to go back and change my shorts. Like Law said, eggs fried in bacon grease with pancakes are scary. Only get about 100 yards before I get the urge.

[landtracdeerhunter]

When crossing the trail of a stinky rutting buck. You know he's big, just by the strong smell. There's nothing like it or can either come close.

[growalot]

If I get the "urge" one more time, just as I get to my stand. Damnit all anyways.........

This may sound stupid...but it works....It's the walk in that does it....so before I leave I take the time to walk around the out side of the house a few times...sure enough.....back in I go and I'm good for the morning ...lol

But that's only because I don't drink coffee in the morning during deer season....

Edited September 9, 2012 by growalot

[Doc]

But, I am targeting a bear this fall that is pretty active at eating whatever is around. I'm a little nervous about walking in to climb a tree, even though I know they are supposed to be scared of man.

Gun or bow ..... it makes a difference ..... lol. The problem may not be getting into the stand. It may be trying to get out of it after making a bad shot.

[Doc]

I'm not too fond of hearing a screaming cottontail, especially if it's on the trail to my stand in the dark. It's amazing all the different things your imagination can picture having ahold of it. It only has happened once, but that was enough to get me a bit nervous as I walked toward it trying to get to my stand.

[Paula]

what the heck are you all talking about? wait no no no i dont want to know

[sits in trees]

hearing something big moving thru under my stand in the dark that i know can climb the tree im in!

[Kevin]

I went on a hog hunt a few weeks ago in SC. I walked in the dark, through a swamp, in thigh high water to a blind. The sound was defining .... plus watching out for cotton mouth... alone! Not much up here to worry about. I do remember being surounded by panting dogs once though. Good luck all.

[Elmo]

I get spooked when I hear the "Friday the 13th" theme music echoing in the woods.

[Single_shot]

Dueling banjos and some guy making pig sounds gets me every time.

[Rev Ev]

Gun or bow ..... it makes a difference ..... lol. The problem may not be getting into the stand. It may be trying to get out of it after making a bad shot.

I'm starting out with bow. But now that you said something about a bear looking at me in a bad mood cuz I put an arrow in its leg doesn't have me feeling all warm and fuzzy about going.

[wheelieman]

One set of woods, I cant go in that place even in the daylight without the hair standing up on my neck. I dont know why but that place just plain creeps me out, I stopped hunting it a few years back because of it, Still dont know why and i am not ready to find out why this place spooks me but it does and i hunted it for 10 years,

It didnt matter what i was packing gun,bow,muzzloader, It just weirded me out, Damn shame too i have sheds out of it that score from 150 to 170 just monster bucks, But dont care im good where i am now.

[DTG3k]

Recently my brother and sister were in my usual hunting woods. And just as the sun was setting they heard drums and mysterious chanting. Really freaked them out.

[mxsmitz201]

One set of woods, I cant go in that place even in the daylight without the hair standing up on my neck. I dont know why but that place just plain creeps me out, I stopped hunting it a few years back because of it, Still dont know why and i am not ready to find out why this place spooks me but it does and i hunted it for 10 years,

It didnt matter what i was packing gun,bow,muzzloader, It just weirded me out, Damn shame too i have sheds out of it that score from 150 to 170 just monster bucks, But dont care im good where i am now.

just the look of the woods was creepy?

[wheelieman]

Its not even the look of the woods, Just somthing about the place, Im happy knowing im not the only one though, A couple of my buddies say the same thing.

[bubba]

I'm starting out with bow. But now that you said something about a bear looking at me in a bad mood cuz I put an arrow in its leg doesn't have me feeling all warm and fuzzy about going.

I do not mean to sound silly here, but, when was the last time you saw a headline in the paper hunter killed by bear? You should be more concerned about the other people in the area.

I just get that real eerie feeling every once in a while while walking in and out. Kind of like you know you are being watched, but have no clue by what or where. I rarely go in and out of the woods in the dark anymore. I kill more deer between 10 and noon than any time. I hunt the times when everyone else goes to camp to nap. Always has been more successful for me. Even if I go out for the evening, after legal hours, I am on my way back. Usually have enough light to get around.

Edited September 10, 2012 by bubba

[erussell]

Spent many a night in the woods in the military. There isnt alot that will get me un nerved anymore. I had a pack of yotes run up on me in the dark one morning and I scared the living crap out of them. They took off snarling and yiping and barking. I was trying to be quiet but I laughed out load. The worse scare I had I was sleeping alone in the woods with my head against a tree and a squirell came right down the tree and jumped on my sleeping bag. I nearly had a panick attack trying to get out of my mummy bag to see what was attacking me.

[Doc]

I do not mean to sound silly here, but, when was the last time you saw a headline in the paper hunter killed by bear?

None of this is usually about reality, but more about the quality of your imagination ..... .

And then of course you have to ask yourself, "who wants to be the first?"

[nyantler]

I rarely go into the woods at dark any more... but my big fear is that my flashlight will die when I still have a few miles to get out in the ADK's... it gets really dark in those woods at night...

[BizCT]

I always get in before light, especially opening day (45minutes before light), and I always sit on the ground. Those morning were the leaves are crisp and something runs by right near you, can freak me out....I try my hardest not to move.