Arthur P

The noises in a dark Dallas backalley are creepier than anything I' ve ever heard in the woods when it' s dark.

davidmil

There aren' t any boogers going to get you out there. I may be the odd one here. I just love to walk in the woods when it' s dark. Whenever I select a stand site or a tree for future use with my climber, I back myself out picking out landmarks, stumps, skylines etc that will allow me to return in the dark. I try to find downed trees, turn 10 yards past the crotched tree, ditches, odd shaped trees or anything to point me to the next check point. As I go out I keep repeating my check points to that point... stump, triple tree, down log, creek, ditch, open area etc etc. I rarely get screwed up, and if I do I stand where I am until it gets light enough to get back on track or I just pick a tree in the dark if I can be sure it isn' t dead. Then when I come back I just allow plenty of time to slip and sneak as quiet as I can. It' s just too cool. I hold one hand or my bow up to catch the cobwebs[X(] I' m telling you,... it' s almost better than the hunt just slipping around in the dark. If I were in Grizzly country I might feel different... but I' m not. The only place I hunt around bears is in NY and they usually run or you never know they were around. The coyotes up there can get a little testy at times. I usually have a light in my hand if I need it.

TREEDOG

Sometimes a lil creepy. But once in the stand its all good.

comndr45

I got creeped out after dark, when I was coming down from my stand. The landowner had just finished telling me about some puma/panthers seen on his property. I didn' t really believe him because I' m in TN and he really likes his corn whiskey. Sure enough, one growled really loudly within 50 yds of me in the inky black. I got my flashlight out from then on.

LittleRhody

You talk about how creepy it is on stand in the dark! What about us guy' s who still hunt or hunt from sitting at a base of a tree.[]

wrongway

I get more nervous at night than in the early morning. It is all in my head. I haven' t had to field dress a deer in the dark yet. I am dreading it. I will probably haul it out and gut it with my headlights on, for light.

DUMB BASS

I' ve never been freaked out walking in the woods at night, but put me on a city street at night, and I' ll get the creeps.

Tazman

HighCountry_BruteForce I am with LittleRhody on this, how in the world would you deal with a ground blind? I hunt from the ground 90% of the time and when you hear something walking within 10-20 feet of you while you are sitting on the ground it will get the imagination going, most of the time it is a coon or possum, I have had deer slide by me in the dark, this is a bit infuriating because it is to dark to see the pins or legally shoot.

David I am like you, I love walking through the woods in the dark, I really feel like part of the forest then.

nselvis

I get a little creeped out going out to my stand, but once I' m up there I' m alright. That is until I remember that I forgot to shine a light in my stand before I got up there to look for porkies.[]

John Deer

I don' t get spooked when I' m walking in or out. But I don' t think there' s any varmits around Northeast Oklahoma that could do much damage to a guy.