It is almost Halloween, so lets talk. If you have the nerve, describe the scariest experience you have had in the forest, especially out elk hunting.
I have three that vary in scope, but were all difficult or scary at the time. I will try to put them in order of the scariest.
1. This was the time I fell from my tree stand. I landed on my head and shoulders. I was unconscious for over 1/2 hour. When I regained minimal consciousness, I did not know where I was, who I was with or what I was doing. I looked around and was confused. Fortunately I could see my truck off in the distance and it slowly started coming back. I wanted Luke, then it dawned on me that he was nowhere near. I slowly walked out to the truck and things seemed to return to my mind. I remembered I had to go pick up the fellow I was hunting with. Fortunately he was out and waiting for me. I got him to drive me home. I felt sick to my stomach. When I arrived at the house I told my wife what happened and went to bed. I was not hungry and just turned in. She kept telling me to go get checked out at the hospital, but I reassured her. I knew she was right, but I just needed to rest.
2. A friend and I hiked about six miles back into an un-roaded area. Then we split up. I hunted in one direction while he went another. We wanted to cover as much ground as possible. It was late rifle elk season, and was going to get dark early. After hiking around all day, I thought I knew the way out, but was unsure. I was unprepared to stay the night. I knew that was a bad move on my part. I looked around and headed out. It would soon be getting dark and I had a long hike ahead. I went as fast as I could in the direction I had picked. After going about two miles down hill, I hit a Forest Service trail. It looked like the one I wanted, but I was very unsure. Still it felt good and it was heading down. As dark settled in I just had enough light to stay on the trail. With no time to spare, I saw the light of camp and a good fire was burning. I felt great. I was on top of the world. I could not thank the Lord enough.
3. It was dark, and I was hiking back to the truck from my tree stand. Just down the draw from where I was, about 100 yards away, I heard the craziest, most awful howling or screaming, I ever heard in the woods. I stopped, unsure if I should run get back in my stand, or stay put. To this day I have no idea what made those long awful sounds. They continued on for several minutes and just stopped. I got back to the truck and quickly drove off. The next morning I went back to look the area over, but saw nothing unusual.
Happy Halloween.
I have three that vary in scope, but were all difficult or scary at the time. I will try to put them in order of the scariest.
1. This was the time I fell from my tree stand. I landed on my head and shoulders. I was unconscious for over 1/2 hour. When I regained minimal consciousness, I did not know where I was, who I was with or what I was doing. I looked around and was confused. Fortunately I could see my truck off in the distance and it slowly started coming back. I wanted Luke, then it dawned on me that he was nowhere near. I slowly walked out to the truck and things seemed to return to my mind. I remembered I had to go pick up the fellow I was hunting with. Fortunately he was out and waiting for me. I got him to drive me home. I felt sick to my stomach. When I arrived at the house I told my wife what happened and went to bed. I was not hungry and just turned in. She kept telling me to go get checked out at the hospital, but I reassured her. I knew she was right, but I just needed to rest.
2. A friend and I hiked about six miles back into an un-roaded area. Then we split up. I hunted in one direction while he went another. We wanted to cover as much ground as possible. It was late rifle elk season, and was going to get dark early. After hiking around all day, I thought I knew the way out, but was unsure. I was unprepared to stay the night. I knew that was a bad move on my part. I looked around and headed out. It would soon be getting dark and I had a long hike ahead. I went as fast as I could in the direction I had picked. After going about two miles down hill, I hit a Forest Service trail. It looked like the one I wanted, but I was very unsure. Still it felt good and it was heading down. As dark settled in I just had enough light to stay on the trail. With no time to spare, I saw the light of camp and a good fire was burning. I felt great. I was on top of the world. I could not thank the Lord enough.
3. It was dark, and I was hiking back to the truck from my tree stand. Just down the draw from where I was, about 100 yards away, I heard the craziest, most awful howling or screaming, I ever heard in the woods. I stopped, unsure if I should run get back in my stand, or stay put. To this day I have no idea what made those long awful sounds. They continued on for several minutes and just stopped. I got back to the truck and quickly drove off. The next morning I went back to look the area over, but saw nothing unusual.
Happy Halloween.
