re: Most Dangerous Animal You Have Come in Contact With in the Wild? (no snakes)

Hiking in Glacier Montana on one of the trails where it is an incline to your right and a big drop off to your left and had a fricking black bear cub come rolling down the mountain and land right at my feet. Momma bear saw us and came busting it down the side of the mountain like a damn train. Dad and I hauled arse back down the trail and momma and baby bear scrambled back up the mountain side.

Got trapped in a little inlet in a canoe in Canada. Thought we were following a moose up stream but it had circled back and blocked off the only exit to the lake. Very tense 5 minutes of it just staring at us from 20 feet away, I never would have believed they could look so GD huge.

for those of you that don't know......

back in 1991.... during muzzleloader season in MS...

I took a 50 yard shot at a 5pt(yeah yeah yeah.. times were different then).... boom.. puff of smoke..... four legs sticking up kicking....kicked for a few minutes.. then stopped...

It was pretty chilly that morning.. and I had a pretty bad hangover..... climbing down from stand.. dropped gear back.. powder spilled everywhere... so.. no go.. all over moist ground....so... I leave gear pack... where me knife was.. .with gun.. lean on tree....

amble over to said buck.. who now for 20 minutes has not so much has flinched...... I walk over there.. eyes are open.. NO MOVEMENT. .no breathing >>> NOTHING...

keep in mind.. I am at the time 6'1 bout 200 lbs.... and what many would consider a fairly formidable individual..ie... most of you in real life would not have chosen me as a sparring partner... and.. I have some ability to endure great pain and hard ship.... without diverting from the task at hand.......

so.. here I am.. I reach down grab him by the horns... and WHAT THE PHUCK DO YOU KNOW he wheels his head around.. nearly breaking may arm in the process - had same thing happened now... the deer would probably win...

I then grab the other antler with my free hand.. he is now kicking and draggind me..... I could not let go.. because.. I seriously thought the only way I could not get trampled was the angle I was hodling him... and.... I had to walk/run/stumble.. with him as too NOT get behind him again.. front legs not as powerful as back...

I tripped him a few times.. tried in vain to pin him.. bout the time I thought he was done.. he would regain strength.. and move on.... this went on for about and hour and half.. through a pine thicket... and many briars.. Finally.. I had him pinned down pretty good... and he was pretty whipped... so was. I... I had that I am about to die metallic taste in my mouth about 3 times.. puked once.....

so.. this time we are about 100 yards from a road...with a free hand I took off my belt.. put it around his neck.. and walked/ drug him to the road... which was well over a mile from where I left my truck.... and I could SEE my truck from where I was hunting....

I was standing in the road walking him towards my truck when another truck from the the club drove up(actually a fairly famous family).... the mom jumped out... yelling my name... wanting to know how I caught that deer... as they pulled up to me... the deer keeled over and dropped.... this time we cut him just to make sure....


I had whelps and bruises ALL over me.. I was picking briars and thorns out of me form days....


I did not touch another live deer until 2007 when lil choupique broke a does back and she was making all kinds of noise.....

like I and another poster have said... i had witnesses....


the yellow box is where I was hunting... the red box is where we ended up

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Drunk cajuns with guns.

By a long shot.

Most of mine aren't dangerous, just a shock/scare.

Brown Bear in Alaska - Technically it was so fat and happy on salmon that it wasn't particularly dangerous. We'd be fishing our way up a stream crossing back and forth and kept getting stuck midstream when a bear would show up where we were headed.

Bull elk in RMNP - Then 16 year old me and my brother had the bright idea to frick with a huge elk while backpacking. We'd keep a few trees between it and us so that it couldn't complete its charge each time. Looking back it wasn't very smart.

Killer armadillo - A cousin shot a doe late at my place. He was waiting at the house when I got home and we drove out there to find and clean it. Had to send him back to the house for some things and I waited in the woods, it was "can't see your hand in front of your face" pitch black out. Anyways, something came charging at me in the dark and I flipped out. Finally got my phone out to light it up and it was an armadillo.

Pack of coyotes - Coming down from a stand after dark. Dropped right down in to the middle of a pack of yotes. They went ballistic all around me. Not really a threat but scared the crap out of me and I'm sure I looked ridiculous spinning in circles with an arrow ready.

Wolf - Canoe trip in the boundary waters. Never saw a wolf the entire trip. Back at the entry point I was taking a bag of trash to the dumpster and a large one darted out from behind the dumpster and in to the woods when I opened the lid.

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back in 1991.... during muzzleloader season in MS... I took a 50 yard shot at a 5pt(yeah yeah yeah.. times were different then).... boom.. puff of smoke..... four legs sticking up kicking....kicked for a few minutes.. then stopped... It was pretty chilly that morning.. and I had a pretty bad hangover..... climbing down from stand.. dropped gear back.. powder spilled everywhere... so.. no go.. all over moist ground....so... I leave gear pack... where me knife was.. .with gun.. lean on tree.... amble over to said buck.. who now for 20 minutes has not so much has flinched...... I walk over there.. eyes are open.. NO MOVEMENT. .no breathing >>> NOTHING... keep in mind.. I am at the time 6'1 bout 200 lbs.... and what many would consider a fairly formidable individual..ie... most of you in real life would not have chosen me as a sparring partner... and.. I have some ability to endure great pain and hard ship.... without diverting from the task at hand....... so.. here I am.. I reach down grab him by the horns... and WHAT THE PHUCK DO YOU KNOW he wheels his head around.. nearly breaking may arm in the process - had same thing happened now... the deer would probably win... I then grab the other antler with my free hand.. he is now kicking and draggind me..... I could not let go.. because.. I seriously thought the only way I could not get trampled was the angle I was hodling him... and.... I had to walk/run/stumble.. with him as too NOT get behind him again.. front legs not as powerful as back... I tripped him a few times.. tried in vain to pin him.. bout the time I thought he was done.. he would regain strength.. and move on.... this went on for about and hour and half.. through a pine thicket... and many briars.. Finally.. I had him pinned down pretty good... and he was pretty whipped... so was. I... I had that I am about to die metallic taste in my mouth about 3 times.. puked once..... so.. this time we are about 100 yards from a road...with a free hand I took off my belt.. put it around his neck.. and walked/ drug him to the road... which was well over a mile from where I left my truck.... and I could SEE my truck from where I was hunting.... I was standing in the road walking him towards my truck when another truck from the the club drove up(actually a fairly famous family).... the mom jumped out... yelling my name... wanting to know how I caught that deer... as they pulled up to me... the deer keeled over and dropped.... this time we cut him just to make sure.... I had whelps and bruises ALL over me.. I was picking briars and thorns out of me form days.... I did not touch another live deer until 2007 when lil choupique broke a does back and she was making all kinds of noise..... like I and another poster have said... i had witnesses.... the yellow box is where I was hunting... the red box is where we ended up

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If all of this is true you are a badass!

shark

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Grizzlies. The closest was about 50 yards. He ignored me and went on his way.

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I've got some good close ups of brown bears, they are fairly predictable. I Feel more threatened in most cities than I do around most bears.



Most animals are more predictable than people.

Bears will usually warn you before the frick with you. People, not so much.

I survived an attack by two lions.
Straight up life-time man card member here