re: Who here hikes or camps alone?

Years ago I was invited to go Dove hunting in West Texas. I decided last second to go but was told there is no room in the Cabin to sleep b/c I waited to long to decide. No problem, I’ll just sleep in my tent alone. I put up my tent about 200 yards from the cabin in a nice secluded spot. Worst night ever in a tent. I forgot my sleeping pad and I did not tie the rain fly tight enough and it was whipping in the wind loudly that night waking me up. We were told not to bring a handgun to the lease or the old man who owns it will throw you off without a refund. So I left my pistol at home and was sleeping next to my shotgun in my tent. I woke up in the middle of the night to a loud growling just outside of my tent. Probably a coon or coyote. But I felt like an old man holding my double barrel shot gun hollaring...”get out of here!!!”