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What’s your spookiest hunting experience?
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<blockquote data-quote="gareyg" data-source="post: 2888526" data-attributes="member: 78874"><p>Many years ago I was hunting Blacktail Deer in the Trinity Alps area in Northern California. Some very steep country. I was on the side of a pretty steep mountain, with rocky ridges running down the sides. I peered over a ridge and about 100 yards away was a good sized Black Bear eating berries on the next ridge. I wasn't hunting bear but thought it would be a great picture. I retrieved my little zoom camera from my daypack, getting it all set up and zoomed inside the pack to be quiet, and carefully peered back over the ridge. No bear. I set the camera down, picked up my rifle and craned my neck trying to spot him. Then I started thinking could he be coming my way? After a couple minutes the little camera timed out and shut down, right next to my ear. Who knew they were so loud when all was silent? I thought the bear had me for sure, and sprang several feet in the air, landing fortunately on my feet about 10 yards down the mountain. </p><p></p><p>Earlier in High School I was deer hunting in some steep brushy country in the Oregon Cascades. I was walking an old logging trail through an old overgrown clear cut. I heard a noise on a steep hill just above me, and there was the biggest bear I ever saw, coming down the hill right at me. At the time it looked like he could fall and land right on top of me. You of course should never run from a bear to avoid triggering their chase instinct, but I forgot all that and took off like a rocket. I was running track then and pretty fast, but probably broke all my previous bests. The logging trail was a little downhill, and I can remember feeling like my feet were touching down about every 10 to 15 yards or so. After maybe a half mile I finally slowed down enough to risk looking behind me. No bear. He probably just ignored me. Or laughed!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gareyg, post: 2888526, member: 78874"] Many years ago I was hunting Blacktail Deer in the Trinity Alps area in Northern California. Some very steep country. I was on the side of a pretty steep mountain, with rocky ridges running down the sides. I peered over a ridge and about 100 yards away was a good sized Black Bear eating berries on the next ridge. I wasn't hunting bear but thought it would be a great picture. I retrieved my little zoom camera from my daypack, getting it all set up and zoomed inside the pack to be quiet, and carefully peered back over the ridge. No bear. I set the camera down, picked up my rifle and craned my neck trying to spot him. Then I started thinking could he be coming my way? After a couple minutes the little camera timed out and shut down, right next to my ear. Who knew they were so loud when all was silent? I thought the bear had me for sure, and sprang several feet in the air, landing fortunately on my feet about 10 yards down the mountain. Earlier in High School I was deer hunting in some steep brushy country in the Oregon Cascades. I was walking an old logging trail through an old overgrown clear cut. I heard a noise on a steep hill just above me, and there was the biggest bear I ever saw, coming down the hill right at me. At the time it looked like he could fall and land right on top of me. You of course should never run from a bear to avoid triggering their chase instinct, but I forgot all that and took off like a rocket. I was running track then and pretty fast, but probably broke all my previous bests. The logging trail was a little downhill, and I can remember feeling like my feet were touching down about every 10 to 15 yards or so. After maybe a half mile I finally slowed down enough to risk looking behind me. No bear. He probably just ignored me. Or laughed! [/QUOTE]
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