ncountry Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Opening morning of shotgun at Letchworth.. It's around 6 am: and I'm 1/2 way down to one of the sections of river bottom . I catch out of the corner of my eye a pair of eyeballs glowing in the dark. They're probably not 20-30 yds away.. only light i have is the one built into my hat (they don't shine very far) . I have encountered a bear in this area a few times in the last 5-6 years or so. So I'm thinking maybe I should load my mzl. lol. I choose to just ignore it and keep on walking down.. a few seconds later i hear a few snaps. I turn ,and the eyes are following me down the hill. Yea . Im a little nervous now. We stare at each other a little bit then it starts to circle around and towards me.. i decided I had 2 choices run through the woods like a big 250# screaming scared girl. Or meet it 1/2 way (figured if it knew I wasn't scared it would stop or run away) . Well i was pleasently suprised when we closed distance to under 30 -40 feet and I discovered it was a young dumb buck..ha ha.. He even hung around long enough for me to turn the flash on on my phone and snap a picture. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BizCT Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Pretty cool! The heights of the eyes would have eliminated yote/fox/Bobcat/etc Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdubs Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 That's exactly why I always have my Surefire handy. It will light up the woods like a truck's headlights! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
growalot Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Neat..but not so dumb...you being a hunter... keep your friends close...and your enemies closer...lol 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncountry Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 Yeap . Would have been a lot less exciting If I had a good light with me.. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ncountry Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 3 minutes ago, growalot said: Neat..but not so dumb...you being a hunter... keep your friends close...and your enemies closer...lol Lol . When I was a kid we raised horses. I quickly learned it was better to be close (tucked right into their shoulder) to a mean horse than try to stay away. Anyway. Lacking a better plan it felt better and put the fear that was welling up back down .ha. ha. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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