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When wild game gets too close #6099406 12/24/15 05:16 AM
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After hunting from tree stands most of my 40+ years, I've taken a liking to hunting from a ground blind. This morning I heard what I suspect was a wild hog as it came up from behind me during the pre-dawn darkness. I could tell it was a large animal by the sounds it made walking through a small slough that was no more than 30 or so feet to my right. It was a little unnerving to say the least not being able to see the critter and thinking it might even get closer. I thought it best just to stay quiet and let it pass since it appeared to be headed towards my feeder that was set to go off in about 30 minutes or so.

Anyone ever had a similar experience? Did you react any differently and have a different result?

Whatever it was, it never showed up at the feeder, and never made a sound other than its steps as it walked through the slough.


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This happened to me about a month ago. It was a bobcat at something under 10 yards. Then, a couple of hours later, a hog, also at about 10 yards. All in all, it was a pretty exciting way to night hunt.


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Re: When wild game gets too close [Re: Texas Dan] #6099455 12/24/15 07:48 AM
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I worry about the things I cannot see and hear...snakes!


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An armadillo can sound like Sasquatch in the pre-dawn darkness.


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Had a large boar rooting next to my pop up during archery season. Of course that window was closed so I could hide in the corner facing the feeder. Close enough the sand was hitting the side of the blind. I had a pistol at the ready but he finally wandered off without us meeting. I was a considering which window I would jump through had he decided to root under.


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Originally Posted By: h20thief
Had a large boar rooting next to my pop up during archery season. Of course that window was closed so I could hide in the corner facing the feeder. Close enough the sand was hitting the side of the blind. I had a pistol at the ready but he finally wandered off without us meeting. I was a considering which window I would jump through had he decided to root under.


That was my thought. Would the animal run or attack should the two of us get too close?

Stxranchman also makes a good point.


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had a bobcat come up behind me, close enough I could hear that hiss thing, darn near messed myself


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Had a cow come up and lick me behind the ear once. Poopypants!


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I remind myself that I am the most dangerous predator on the continent.

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Had a cow come up and lick me behind the ear once. Poopypants!


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Re: When wild game gets too close [Re: nak] #6099771 12/24/15 03:51 PM
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Originally Posted By: nak
I worry about the things I cannot see and hear...snakes!




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I'm not worried about them being too close. Just if I'm going to get to put them in an ice chest.


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Getting licked behind the ear is Ok in some social situations, but only by wild women, not wild game.


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cheers Would haveta go with nak . On them cool, clear evenings way back in the hollers, ya can still hear the faint girlish far off shrills... Some say its a panther others a squash... Twas just me after runnen across one of them thar, sneaky snakes... scratch Think that's were the rummors got started bout squash knockings.. twas me runnen threw de woods screamen & banging me noggen on ever low limb run inta cause didn't carry flash light... Some times i'd wake up from me nap in de wee hours of de morning... rofl rumors of panthers & squash soon started, scratch kinda like the crop circles got started back in 70's... bolt
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Originally Posted By: stxranchman
An armadillo can sound like Sasquatch in the pre-dawn darkness.


That ain't no joke


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i've had animals just feet from me.
the worst when out hunting was a skunk
coming toward me on the trail. just
barely enough light to see, and we
didn't see each other until we were
right on top of the other. i had to
yield the road very slowly and it went
on about it's way and did not spray me

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I've had a bird land on my head, squirrel run across my legs, and spooked a deer (I think) before light on the way to my stand. The first sound of that animal taking flight was as loud in my mind as any gunshot has ever been. Soul-piercing.

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Originally Posted By: stxranchman
An armadillo can sound like Sasquatch in the pre-dawn darkness.


Amen brother... I thought I was about to be ripped to pieces by one. blush Don't see how he made as much of a racket as he did.

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I love it when the deer get close. I had a doe walk about 6 feet away from my popup blind last night. Too close to shoot with my rifle, and I decided against shooting her with my 10mm.

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Between sundown and dark I was walking down the road to a stand for some night pig hunting. Rifle slung, NV folded up on to the helmet, with a sandwich in one hand and a Diet Coke in the other. There was an armadillo ahead, making a lot of a noise, just to one side of the trail. As I walked by the 'armadillo', the grass exploded right beside me as 7-8 piglets tore out squealing and moma shot out from the other side of the road.

The sandwich went flying and it is a wonder I did not shoot my foot off trying to get my pistol on the little sow. She was running away as I unloaded a mag, without a trace of blood to be found. After I calmed down, I noticed liquid running down my right pants leg...luckily it was just the diet Coke, which I had somehow stuffed in my pocket.

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When I was 12 I fell asleep one morning leaned against a tree, I had wrapped 3 trees with camo netting and was sitting inside of it. A noise woke me up, when I opened my eyes I was in a staring contest with a doe at ~6ft. Took me a second to get my heart rate under 1000 bpm, once I shook the sleep off. She stood there for a min or two before grazing away.

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Sitting in a stand at Mason Mountain several years back when an Schimitar Horned Ibex decided to feed my way. At 10 feet, those horns look pretty imposing. Found a stick and chunked it to get his attention away from me. I could hear his teeth clipping the grass as he fed, and had no idea what I would tell the rangers if he had decided to get up close and personal. Fortunately, he fed in a different direction after I threw the stick.

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