Wierd Encounter

[ncountry]

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. 

[BizCT]

Pretty cool! The heights of the eyes would have eliminated yote/fox/Bobcat/etc

 

 

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[Jdubs]

That's exactly why I always have my Surefire handy.  It will light up the woods like a truck's headlights!

 

[growalot]

Neat..but not so dumb...you being a hunter... keep your friends close...and your enemies closer...lol

[ncountry]

Yeap . Would have been a lot less exciting If I had a good light with me.. .

 

[ncountry]

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.