do you get this feeling too???

[Dustin Waters]

During the Indiana Firearms opener I get that nervouse feeling.  You never really know which nutjob is going to tresspass and decide to sit in your stand.  You never really know who has all his marbles and who doesn't.  You never really know if someone is going to identify a target before they shoot, or shoot first then ask questions later.  Thats why I usually stay in bed that weekend.  But if there was a chance to see a Mtn Lion in the wild doing the same thing I was doing, hunting, you bet your bottom dollar, id call it beatiful and be amazed. (Until it was hunting me, then id have to stand over its dead carcass and think, how beautiful this thing was)

[gregg dudley]

From what I understand, most of the time that laws prohibiting possession of a firearm during hunting season have been challenged, the laws have ended up being amended to allow concealed carry.  

I have toted a pistol a few times while bowhunting.  We had a pretty agressive pack of feral dogs on a piece of property that I hunted that I had a few encounters with...

Usually, I get tired of the agravation of carrying a pistol and end up carrying it in my backpack.  Then it becomes an issue of why am i toting this extra weight around.  

Personally, the two legged varmint issue is one that has caused me more concern for my personal safety than any critters that I have hunted.  I was gun hunting a WMA one time when I was about 17 or 18 and I had my girlfriend with me.  When we came out to the parking area at dusk, there were about three rough looking guys that had obviously been drinking all day long.  We were way back in the woods and a few looks and stage whispered comments on their part made me glad that I had the gun with me.  We kept our distance as we got in the truck and I had her drive out so that I could keep an eye on them.

[ELKDUDE07]

In 2000, I had 2 hair raising grizzly encounters in Wyoming on consecutive days.  My can of bear spray didn't offer much comfort and caused me to retreat south to Colorado for all of my elk hunting since.  The second encounter was so close that I could feel the vibration in the ground from her roar.(sow with cub) It really put a damper in my desire and ability to move in darkness. Now, it's still tough to travel in darkness in Colorado cause I know a mountain lion or black bear could make a turd out of me just the same.

[illianabowhntr67]

No grizzlys or mountain lions but in my neck of the woods you  have to be aware of walking up on a meth lab.

[yekrut]

Yeah , I guess ya never really know what you are gonna run into out there. But just need to be prepared, and ready for it...