Dawg Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Those were raccoons. They're everywhere. Uhhhhhh......yea.....that's what I said in my post........and no, they are not everywhere. The chupracabra, however, is everywhere......just like bigfoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethan Givan Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Uhhhhhh......yea.....that's what I said in my post........and no, they are not everywhere. The chupracabra, however, is everywhere......just like bigfoot. LOL yep there was a chupacabra killed here last year. Was all over the news. Turned out to be a hairless raccoon after they did DNA testing. BTW just noticed the Lonesome Dove quote in your sig. Great movie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterfowler Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Mostly just coyotes around here (NW Ohio). I was duck hunting with my dad on this swamp that is partially in the woods and we just started setting out decoys when a pack of yotes started howling in the woods next to us and my dad quickly got his gun out and loaded it. I asked what he was doing (stupid question but i was very little) and his answer was just in case we get some dog action! Funny but kinda serious. The dark can be a very scary place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griz Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 The dark has never bothered me or walking alone in the woods. When it comes to hunting, Scouting or what ever I'm doing, I am in my world and lovin' every bit of it... I have walked in the middle of a group of wild hogs before. I even had something follow me to my stand. It never slowed me down... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 The only thing to fear is fear itself.... Fear of the unknown will have you shaking in your boots. I have never been afraid in places that I know like the back of my hand and what lives there. There were a few times when I was just a little shaky. Up in Alaska with brown bears in the wilderness and in Kansas where dogs run in packs. My biggest fright came from a screaming raccoon one night as I fished for stripers here on the Delaware. I was away from the light of town, wading close to shore and reflecting on what a spooky place it was this night. The breeze in the trees, the sounds of critters shuffling in the night. The half moon appearing in broken clouds. Stuff right out of Edgar Allan Poe. Just as my mind conjured up the fear a raccoon screamed from his hide in a tree right behind me. Needless to say, I had to check my shorts. Even after hearing that sound tens of times it scared the living be'jesus out of me. Or did i scare myself? :jaw: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCH Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Walked within 50 yards of a black bear in the dark one morning. A lot of my friends carry a side arm in the woods, but I've never felt the need until that morning..lol.(still don't carry though). Unless its a full moon, though, I always have my light on. I hear a lot of guys saying that they don't use a light, but apparently they don't hunt flat land woods. Its extremely hard to find your tree in a 500 acre pine plantation where every tree looks the same and you can't use a creek or a hill as a landmark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scbasshunter Posted September 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 I carry my pistol with me everytime I go into the woods. Maybe I don't have anything to worry about, but it helps to know that I have a gun just in case. I even carry my pistol if I am rifle hunting. Paranoid much? Haha!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApexPredator Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Not sure where you have hunted in SC but you may want to look out for black bear in the west, multiple species of poisonous snake and spider, wild boar through most of the state, oh and those pesky alligators. Walk near a water hole in the low country in the dark at your own risk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scbasshunter Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Well, thanks for that image. Haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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