Hunter says three wolves crossed an old logging road, spotted him, and then started running straight at him — and all he had loaded was No. 7 shot
A Reddit user said one of the scariest things that ever happened to him in the woods started off…
Carrier says a stranger chased him through a parking lot with a tire iron — and he had just gotten his carry permit the day before
A Reddit user said the first time he ever had to draw happened almost immediately after he became legal…
Hunter says a mountain lion stalked him for 45 minutes in the bush — and the very next day a black bear with two cubs bluff-charged him too
A Reddit user from Canada said he wished he could legally carry a pistol in the bush because, in…
Hunter says the only thing he had on him was a .380 loaded with snake shot — and it still took four rounds before the black bear finally turned and left
A Reddit user said one of the worst animal encounters he ever had came with the kind of gun…
Hunter says he fell asleep against a tree 90 minutes before daylight — and woke up to coyotes screaming across the marsh before turkeys exploded out of the treetops beside him
A Reddit user said one of the hunting moments he never forgot happened when he was 14 years old…
Hunter says he heard crashing in the dark and thought a deer was coming in — then his light hit a huge feral hog already charging straight at him
A Reddit user said the encounter happened while he was walking in the dark, which is already when every…
Hunter says he went to help track a doe after dark — and then a light deep in the woods started gliding toward them eight feet off the ground
A Reddit user said the whole thing started with a pretty normal favor between hunting buddies. According to his…
Hunter says he was calling for a bear at dusk from the middle of a corn field — and then one wolf howled, four more answered closer, and coyotes started yipping from every direction
A Reddit user said one of the strangest and most unnerving moments he ever had in the woods happened…
Hunter says he thought an elk was walking into his clearing after dark — and then his headlamp lit up a black bear cub with the sow already charging behind it
A Reddit user said the encounter happened while he was bow hunting and getting ready to walk out after…
Hunter says a black bear came in close enough that he fired the first shell into the ground at its feet — and that was the only shot he got before it finally turned
A Reddit user said he had been hunting and shooting since he was six years old and had spent…