Anyone been in the woods and had a scary experience with coyotes

I had one come out full sprint after something the other day.

Fortunately he was too quick to pick my rifle up, I was scared I'd have to waste a round on his arse.

Walked into the back yard about two years ago and my two bulldogs had blood on their faces. LGD was limping around. I thought they were in a fight. Go out there and there were dive coyote dead in the yard. Two larger females were dead on the other side of the fence.

I can only assume they heard the pup whining and thought it would be an easy meal.

It was not.

Had the unfortunate side effect of making the LGD think he's a complete hard arse. The other dogs are gone, but he will lay in the yard at night and whine like a puppy trying to bait them in when they start howling.

None of them take the bait anymore. Last one was a large male about a year ago. Poor bastard ran for the fence and got grabbed and tossed around for twenty minutes or so.

Had a coyote charge me one time while walking to my stand. He got about 5 yards away and spun around and went back the direction he came from.

When we moved to pelican point years ago, the small 18 hole golf course wasn’t built yet, from what I recall the cart paths were either installed or atleast marked.
We would take our male golden retriever and about dusk we could hear the coyotes coming alive. Being unarmed with a dog and your wife wasn’t my best planning.

I was standing in the bottom of a ravine this year at the camp in centreville after killing a doe. It is about 6:00 and I’m waiting for my buddy with the 4 wheeler. A pack starting howling and they were so close I could hear them running. I have never ran up a stand so fast in my life.

Dogs and hogs don't bother me ....
but I did scream like a little girl and shite in my pants
after walking face first into a banana spider at 5:30 am

My parents place is infested with the suckers. A lack attacked my mom’s dog in their backyard a year or two ago. I have had a few run up on me in the woods but nothing to crazy. A buddy trapped a black coyote yesterday. Never seen one of those before.

Now you want to crap your pants, try spooking a bear when walking out of the woods at dark with no flashlight. Never been more scared in my life.

Six years ago we were in the campground at the entrance to Denali. It was 2:00 AM but there was some light and I heard owls hooting down by the creek so I went down because I was curious what kind of owl. When I got 20 feet from the water I heard clattering approaching from up stream. Well, here comes a caribou with wild eyes sprinting along the waters edge. I look further back because it was running for a reason and sure enough there's a wolf running the caribou. Scrawny, white, and with a radio collar; but still a wolf. The caribou passes along the creek in front of me; so 20 feet away. The wolf is further from the creek and headed straight for me; its eyes are locked on the caribou and I've been motionless and the light is dim. The wolf finally sees me at about 15 feet and veers around me and keeps on after the caribou. But I had visions of it leaping up right for my throat. Definitely a weird feeling seeing a wolf headed right at you; and close.

It really surprised me, this wasn't far from a campground with a couple hundred campers, and also not far from the main highway; it wasn't some remote wilderness. We did see another wolf while riding the bus; well out in the park. It looked very much like the one I saw by the stream but was 50 miles away so I doubt it. From the bus window:

No. The only thing that scares me that might be in the woods around here is meth heads. I ain't scared of no coyote.

I was standing against a tree watching deer trails and heard one coming up my scent trail from behind. I turned around and waited on him. All of a sudden I realize its 3 of them back to back noses on the ground and in the wind. I brace my left hand against the tree and as soon as the first one walks by I put a size 12 steel toe boot to his head and D*IC*K rolled him about 20ft. He ran off screaming like he was shot and one of his buddies shite himself as they left. I about pissed myself laughing so hard. No deer that evening but you couldn't beat the entertainment.