Funny stories walking into the woods in the dark

[danjaquino]

Sorry if this is the wrong thread!
Anyone have any funny stories about walking into your stands in the dark? A couple of years ago I was walking in during the rut and had my drag rag and all my prime time scents and was down in a swamp. All of a sudden I heard a bunch of leaves rustling and branches breaking and something was coming at me full speed down a hill. It was so loud and whatever it was, was coming right at me. I was scared and I turned my flashlight on to see what was coming at me. By this time it was right up on me and I yelled as loud as I could and turned the flash light on. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! A huge black dog took off running 3ft in front of me the other way!! I don't know who was more scared, but when I yelled I bet he left something brown laying in the leaves. It was scary as hell, but what a funny story. My yell echoed through the hills and it sounded like someone got killed down there. I felt like such an idiot after it happened. After I climbed up my tree stand, I just sat up there and laughed thinking about the horrifying scream that I just let out. I just wonder if anyone heard me and what they thought when they heard that yell!!! Scared the hell out of me. I still get the hairs standing up on my neck when I walk into the woods and hear branches break after that.

[trapperack]

i wasn't walking to my stand but was calling fox at night. i had a grey fox screaming back at me from about 80 yards. i could not locate his eyes in the red light that i was using so i intensly watched from the direction i had heard him last scream. with the casette player running at a pretty fair volume, i never heard it coming. the neighbors dog hit me broadside running full bore! i was sitting "indian style" with my shotgun laying in my lap. he hit me so hard i fell over and lost track of where the gun was. it also knocked off my hard hat light that i had on. now i'm in the dark, can't find my gun, a real load tape of a cottontail in distress booming threw the countryside and the neigbors dog just crawling all over me! holy cow --- i was not ready for that! it took several seconds to realize that yes i was still alive. it then took a couple minutes to get the dog away from me. i learned a good lesson that night! never set the speaker 1 foot in front of you! there is a reason they put a 50 foot cord on it STUPID!

[backstrap]

The other week I was headin' out to my stand in the pre-dawn darkness. I walked across the field, I still had my flashlight in my fanny-pack. Walked through a stand of cedars to the edge of a creek bed. The bank was steep, so I started digging through my pack, I no sooner had the flashlight in my hand, when a barred-owl let loose with a series of calls directly behind me in the cedars. I was startled so badly I dropped my flashlight (which I didn't even turn on yet), all I heard was a thump, thump, thump, SPLASH!! There I was in total darkness with daylight still a half hour away. When there was finally enough daylight to see, I stalked the rest of the way to my stand, only to have a doe, and two fawns right underneath my stand. That's how my season is going so far! Never did find my flashlight :(

[hunTer06]

Originally posted by danjaquino
Sorry if this is the wrong thread!
Anyone have any funny stories about walking into your stands in the dark? A couple of years ago I was walking in during the rut and had my drag rag and all my prime time scents and was down in a swamp. All of a sudden I heard a bunch of leaves rustling and branches breaking and something was coming at me full speed down a hill. It was so loud and whatever it was, was coming right at me. I was scared and I turned my flashlight on to see what was coming at me. By this time it was right up on me and I yelled as loud as I could and turned the flash light on. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! A huge black dog took off running 3ft in front of me the other way!! I don't know who was more scared, but when I yelled I bet he left something brown laying in the leaves. It was scary as hell, but what a funny story. My yell echoed through the hills and it sounded like someone got killed down there. I felt like such an idiot after it happened. After I climbed up my tree stand, I just sat up there and laughed thinking about the horrifying scream that I just let out. I just wonder if anyone heard me and what they thought when they heard that yell!!! Scared the hell out of me. I still get the hairs standing up on my neck when I walk into the woods and hear branches break after that.


A couple of years ago I was walking to my stand and heard someone yell AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Scared the hell out of me. Thought someone had died.

[Shadow]

Got my neighbor to take me out to his brothers property. To get to the woods the easiest route is to walk 40 yards through a longhorn bull pasture with electric fences. Well, last week I got through in the morning since I couldn't see them but coming out of the wood they were blocking the far gate. Here I am, trying to negotiate with a huge bull from 30 yds away. After 5 minutes, he took one step at me and I thought I was going to leave a mess in my pants. Quickly I retreated and walked the 400-500 yards around.

What's funny is that I'm going back Sat. Hopefully I get the buck and the bull doesn't get me!!!!

[wvohiofan]

a couple of years ago on my way to my stand in the morning,,, i had 2 raccoons break into a fight about 40 yds ahead of me... and if any of you have ever heard 2 coons fight you can understand why i almost pissed my pants. once i figured out what it was i could only laugh ......

[quackerwacker]

WV,
that happens to me more times then not. The woods I hunt is full of coons, and I have never seen animals that like to fight so much! The ultimate for me was when I was sliding up the tree one morning in my climber stand, only to shine my light up a little higher and see a damn turkey 10 feet above me, I don't know who was more shocked , me or the turkey!!!