Ever get scared?

[gsimmons3]

im just getting into coon hunting and im only 15. do any of yall get scared hunting alone?

[radar]

Heck ya, even with hunting with friends! Keeps ya on your toes and highthends the sences.
especialy huntin then aqua hairs!! take care

[Unreal_tk]

I hunt 90% of the time alone, it does get nerve racking at times. Especially in the dark, I've had some close ones with bluffs. Admittly I don't coon hunt much, but it is a brushy sob when I do. Usually have to cross the river or creek as well and that's never good alone in the dark. I also worry about bigger predators making a move when I can't see as well.

[driftwood blue]

You bet-- back about 50 years ago when I was 14, one night the fog set in heavy....even knowing I was only a mile from the house I got turned around (lost).. sure did scare me, but not enough to keep me out of the woods at night---did not even know what a compass was then.

heard all kinds of strange noises...Just wait until you hear one of those little screech owls---
I think now after seeing one do it, that was the source of all those "panther screams"
do keep up the faith.. and keep the hound in the woods.

[dwalton]

Lets just say at times it is easy to let ones mind over rule what is so. I can remember all to well my first hunt with my own dog. She was 8 months and I was 14 years old. We lived next to a cemetery to get to the creek and ponds where I might be able to start a coon one had to go across the cemetery. Was I scared, lets just say that was probably the fastest 100 yards through the cemetery that one could do. I am sure I set a new record for the 100 yard dash at night with a dog on leash. No I was not scared , just a little anxious to get to the creeks where I might start a coon. Dewey