I was a very "green" hunter when this happened to me.....I had not been hunting this certain property for very long and was trying to figure out how the deer were moving, I had plans to walk to the very back part and set on the ground, I got up plenty early and was in the woods way before legal shooting time, no moon and you talk about dark, walking through the woods as stealthy as I could and would stop every few steps and listen, as I was standing there I heard something walking in the woods, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh........I could not see it but immediately pulled the hammer back on my 30/30 and held it in the direction of the noise, I bet it was no further than 5 yards away, I never saw it and it just walked right on past me......Don't know if it was a deer, coyote or what but really unnerved me. My bro-in-law has seen a big cat and says he has found bear tracks very close to where this happened to me. I very seldom hunt on the ground now and when I do I think about that one scary morning.cdg"??"
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