Closest you've ever been to an animal?

[BOWMARKS]

Watch the  "OMG MUST SEE VIDEO " below this post   :eek:

[RETARMY06]

I've been 10 feet from a black bear, but I wasn't hunting at the time. Nothing I'd care to do again.

[Otto]

A few years ago I posted a series of pics where I snuck up on a turkey that was asleep on a log.

Here's the final pic.  I'm about 3 feet away.  Coulda reached out and stroked his beard.



Was sitting on the ground once while squirrel hunting and had a red fox come walking by and step in between my legs, sniff my crotch and then kept on walking....that was odd.

[Canadian Idle]

Two years ago while moose hunting in northern Ontario, I was sitting 20' off the side of a new logging road on an up hill grade, leaning against a spruce tree. I just finnished a granola bar and juice drink and it was about half hour before dark, just the right time to see the moose. I happened to look down the road to my left and up from the opposite side about 100 yds came this black bear. When it made his way to the road, it stayed there looking both ways, then started down the road away from me. I gave a calf call and the bear stopped, turned and looked my way then turned and started to walk away again. I then gave another calf call with a little more "soul" and the bear swung around and started it's way up the road towards me. I was hunting with a Crossbow { Iknow, Iknow }, so I rested the forestock on my knee and waited. The boar walked up the road to the exact spot that I left the road and started up the small grade towards me. When he was parallel to me there was a small spruce tree that he walked around and at that time I reddied the crossbow and when he cleared the tree I put an arrow behind the front shoulder. He went about 75 yds up the hill, then the death moan. He was about 8 to 10 feet away when I shot, never found the arrow. The boar weighed 400 lbs and yes I had a bear tag in my pocket. Bear sausage is really good to eat as are bear roasts. Unfortunatly, we were not successful in our moose hunt but as always had a really good time. Lloyd

[GW14]

About three springs ago I was turkey hunting sitting on the ground leaned against a tree when a hen flew in on top of me. I had to move my head to keep her from flogging me as she came in. She stuck around for ten or fifteen minutes. At any point I could have reached out and grabbed her.

[Matty]

Originally posted by mooseman1967:
I've had some close calls with deer but this one was quite interesting. This yearling doe acted like she was stuck in the crotch of a tree in a flooded creek (normally this is dry). If she would of backed out she would of been free. She was so wiped out she didn't fight me at all when I drug her up on the bank which was a chore because it was pretty steep. First pic is of her where I found her the video is when I was trying to get her away from the creek so she wouldn't fall back in. I searched the whole area a couple days after and didn't find any sign of hair pile or remains so hopefully she made it.



 
Click on second pic to see vid. Dave

If you didn't read this post or click this video. Do it..
And people say hunters are cold blooded killers....