What is your "fear factor"? - Page 4

troy_mclure · December 21, 2008, 10:37 PM

ive been sprayed before, luckily i had just turned to run away!

sc928porsche · December 21, 2008, 11:25 PM

Im not afraid of the dark, only what is in it.

Swampghost · December 21, 2008, 11:49 PM

'There's nothing in the dark that ain't there during the day.' My Dad.

Swimming the ACE canals with big gators can be be a little daunting. Actually I hate the boredom of sitting on the side for an hour to see what pops up. If a big one shows, you have to move a ways and wait for another hour.

I also learned that the human body is not designed to be soaked for 3 days.

deanadell · December 22, 2008, 09:49 AM

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Quail

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Covey of quail-early in the morning-bursting straight up.

+1 on Quail.....

I stepped right into a covey of them walking through an opening between wood lots while I was squirrel hunting. They held till I darn near stepped on them and I about soiled myself....LOL

SavageSniper · December 22, 2008, 05:24 PM

"The Feeling" freaks me out more than anything. You guys know what I mean. You are alone in the woods, it is dark and nice and quiet. Then you get "The Feeling". Like someone or something is watching you. When you get the chills and the hair on your neck stands up. We are grown men, armed and a bit tougher than your run of the mill man. But when you get the feeling you feel like a kid again and your mind wonders. Is it a deer, possum, Bigfoot, or maybe the ghost of someone.......Ever been there?

zahnzieh · December 23, 2008, 11:16 PM

Reflective eyes freak me out, deer or yote eyes when you get them in a flashlight/headlight. Like demon/devil eyes or worse cougar. Seems we are seeing more cats in the Midwest (IL<WI<IO) . Not a month goes by when some hunter sees one on his trail-camera. Makes you think twice when dragging a deer in the dark!!

Swampghost · December 23, 2008, 11:26 PM

Big kitties would worry me about as much as a Griz. We still have a few cats down here, my only FTF with one was over 40 yrs. ago.

zahnzieh · December 25, 2008, 02:30 AM

Yeah, And with you guys afraid of spiders - I'm with you 100%. A friend of mine had a real harrowing experience. Seems he was hanging tree-stands at his lease in So. Illinois. Weather was warm, he had nothing but a tee-shirt on his upper body. Felt a slight sting on his back, thought nothing of it. He started stuttering a half hour later, drinking everything in sight. Had his wife check him - small blasck dot on his lower back. First doctor thought it was an infection ,gave him antibiotics. 24 hours go by, spot is now baseball size with a black streak going across his chest. Shivering uncontrollably he's admitted to hospital. doctors run tests and tell him he has been bitten by a brown recluse spider. Tell him that if venom has spread to his organs (liver , kidneys) he will need an organ transplant!!! Turns out venom is only in his nerves,skin but they have to cut out the venomous area. General anaesthesia cannot be given due to weakened state - so only local anaesthesia (lidocaine). They excised this area out of him - he says it smelled like 3 dozen rotten eggs - I guess the venom turns flesh gangrenous. He spent 3 weeks in hospital and another 3 months recuperating at home! These spiders are found throughout the south - especially in gas-station restrooms!!

freakintoguns · December 25, 2008, 02:47 AM

thats the damned freakiest thing too, its worse when your at a river run type car show and its liek 3 in the mornign and everyones passed out and you get that feeling!

i had a friend get bit on his hand by a brown recluse and lost 3 fingers

FrankenMauser · December 25, 2008, 04:42 AM

Bears

Too many bad experiences with bears.

I hate seeing anything that has to do with a bear.....

akr · December 25, 2008, 05:16 AM

I'm darn near afraid of everything. I don't even know where to start.

zahnzieh · December 26, 2008, 04:03 PM

"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!!"

jckeffer · December 27, 2008, 08:17 PM

Turkeys! While turkey hunting with a friend near Troy, AL we called in several turkeys. My friend finally shot one at 20 yards. What happened next scared the #&*?%$# out of us. Two big toms had crept up to with 10 feet of us undetected (from behind). At the shot they took off, making a hellacious commotion!!! We both jumped a couple of feet in the air

jckeffer · December 27, 2008, 08:31 PM

Bad hunters!

The hunting buddy of a friend killed by a hunter with a muzzleloader - 'mistook it for a deer'. Guy who joined our hunting camp shot a moose in a clear meadow, broad daylight, less than 100yrs - thought it was an elk. Loaned an 'experienced hunter/shooter' a single shot H&R 16ga while duck hunting. We were sneaking up on some ducks on a pond in south Texas when all of a sudden the gun went off - 6 inches from my right foot. He was carrying it cocked! More that you read about every season, more hunters killed by other hunters than bears, cougars, snakes combined. More careful who I hunt with now than in my youth.

akr · December 27, 2008, 08:35 PM

I have never seen a human being that looked like a deer, especially with his orange on. Now, I have seen some that could be mistaken for hogs.

STEINER · December 31, 2008, 04:42 PM

Many years ago. My parents take the family camping for a week. I met two other kids while hiking around the location my dad decided to set up camp.
My older sister, younger brother, these two other kids, a big black german shepard and myself go hiking. No particular destination, just following narrow trails.
We came up on a pond. The pond was about 100' in diameter and surrounded by trees. The dog ran over to what turned out to be a dead horse. What we saw was a horse that was partially eaten and had been dragged up to the edge of the pond. Sort of creeping us all out.

The shepard gets our attention... growling while standing at the edge of the pond and looking across it.

Suddenly this huge hairy head starts emerging from the center of the pond.
As this thing rises to waist level, the dog gets cold feet and starts back peddling and whinning. We all freaked out. Took off running down the trail we came from. If I remember correctly, I was screaming like a little girl in unison with my sister.
We are all hysterical and explain to my Dad what we saw.
He says he will go check it out later and does. Dead horse, yes....
great big hairy human-like, water drenched monster with piercing eyes... no.
I kid my sister (lives 1000 miles away) whenever we get together. She saw it,
I saw it and we have never tried to convince anyone what we believe we saw.

billythekid007 · December 31, 2008, 05:21 PM

snakes snakes snakes

Flat Tire · December 31, 2008, 08:28 PM

this was a hunded yards from the house-

Art Eatman · January 1, 2009, 10:45 AM

I dunno as I'm afraid of anything. Sure, I'll jump away from a rattlesnake's buzz, or snatch my hand back from a scorpion, but that's just natural caution--after which I'll probably become the one who should be feared.

Just seeing a snake, a cougar or a pack of feral dogs doesn't make me afraid. I'll take appropriate action, as the situation demands or as my mood decides...

Aw, okay, I'll recant a little: Fear is induced by a Yankee with a U-Haul.

JagFarlane · January 1, 2009, 10:58 AM

Snakes, pure, plain, and simple. I understand their purpose in nature, and fine by that. But will go out of my way to leave them alone.

sparkysteve · January 1, 2009, 11:42 AM

Spiders are evil and creep me out every time. Also, jumping a pheasant or partrige in the dark is good for staining my undies every time. I was tracking a bow-shot deer in the dark this fall and jumped a partridge. I almost stepped on it. It flew straight up and hit me in the face. Got my heart going pretty good.

BK1977 · January 1, 2009, 07:49 PM

CHIGGERS!! and ticks, had two buddy's that got the Rocky Mt spotted fever this year and I got into chiggers so bad early season I almost had a wire scraper out!!

Playboypenguin · January 1, 2009, 08:14 PM

Millipedes...they make me run for cover every time.

Wayward_Son · January 1, 2009, 09:53 PM

I have no phobias of anything in the natural world. My creepy crawlies are all of the social type: being seated next to strangers at a dinner party, that sort of thing. Yeah, I'm neurotic.

In the natural world? Nothing. Heights? Water? Spiders? Snakes? Open spaces? Closed spaces? Nothing. No problemo.

But there are a few that certainly make me cautious: bears and mountain lions. Carnivores that are large enough to eat me have my utmost respect. More than that? Other humans. I feel that I stand a worse chance against some idiot with a gun than against anything that Mother Nature can send.

But you know what will make me jump out of my boots every [sic] time? A ruffed or blue grouse exploding out from beneath my feet. Those little bastards should be exterminated. (And then eaten in a tasty stew, or roasted in a crust of garlic and rosemary!)

tuffteddyb · January 3, 2009, 01:48 AM

MICE!
and standing outside in the fall outside yer camp at three in the morning and standing there enjoying nature and washing the tree that desperatlley needed it and about 3 million wolves start to howl around yah!that definatley creeped me out ,only took 3 days for the hair on my neck to lay down again!

December 21, 2008, 10:37 PM	#76
troy_mclure Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2008 Location: gulf of mexico Posts: 2,716	ive been sprayed before, luckily i had just turned to run away! __________________ There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."

December 21, 2008, 11:25 PM	#77
sc928porsche Senior Member Join Date: May 29, 2008 Location: now living in alabama Posts: 2,433	Im not afraid of the dark, only what is in it. __________________ No such thing as a stupid question. What is stupid is not asking it.

December 21, 2008, 11:49 PM	#78
Swampghost Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2008 Location: Florida, east coast Posts: 2,106	'There's nothing in the dark that ain't there during the day.' My Dad. Swimming the ACE canals with big gators can be be a little daunting. Actually I hate the boredom of sitting on the side for an hour to see what pops up. If a big one shows, you have to move a ways and wait for another hour. I also learned that the human body is not designed to be soaked for 3 days. __________________ NRA Patron Member

December 22, 2008, 05:24 PM	#80
SavageSniper Senior Member Join Date: November 25, 2005 Location: Crawfordville, FL Posts: 494	"The Feeling" "The Feeling" freaks me out more than anything. You guys know what I mean. You are alone in the woods, it is dark and nice and quiet. Then you get "The Feeling". Like someone or something is watching you. When you get the chills and the hair on your neck stands up. We are grown men, armed and a bit tougher than your run of the mill man. But when you get the feeling you feel like a kid again and your mind wonders. Is it a deer, possum, Bigfoot, or maybe the ghost of someone.......Ever been there? __________________ This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights!

December 23, 2008, 11:26 PM	#82
Swampghost Senior Member Join Date: April 18, 2008 Location: Florida, east coast Posts: 2,106	Big kitties would worry me about as much as a Griz. We still have a few cats down here, my only FTF with one was over 40 yrs. ago. __________________ NRA Patron Member

December 23, 2008, 11:16 PM	#81
zahnzieh Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2006 Posts: 206	Reflective eyes freak me out, deer or yote eyes when you get them in a flashlight/headlight. Like demon/devil eyes or worse cougar. Seems we are seeing more cats in the Midwest (IL<WI<IO) . Not a month goes by when some hunter sees one on his trail-camera. Makes you think twice when dragging a deer in the dark!!

December 25, 2008, 02:30 AM	#83
zahnzieh Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2006 Posts: 206	Yeah, And with you guys afraid of spiders - I'm with you 100%. A friend of mine had a real harrowing experience. Seems he was hanging tree-stands at his lease in So. Illinois. Weather was warm, he had nothing but a tee-shirt on his upper body. Felt a slight sting on his back, thought nothing of it. He started stuttering a half hour later, drinking everything in sight. Had his wife check him - small blasck dot on his lower back. First doctor thought it was an infection ,gave him antibiotics. 24 hours go by, spot is now baseball size with a black streak going across his chest. Shivering uncontrollably he's admitted to hospital. doctors run tests and tell him he has been bitten by a brown recluse spider. Tell him that if venom has spread to his organs (liver , kidneys) he will need an organ transplant!!! Turns out venom is only in his nerves,skin but they have to cut out the venomous area. General anaesthesia cannot be given due to weakened state - so only local anaesthesia (lidocaine). They excised this area out of him - he says it smelled like 3 dozen rotten eggs - I guess the venom turns flesh gangrenous. He spent 3 weeks in hospital and another 3 months recuperating at home! These spiders are found throughout the south - especially in gas-station restrooms!!

December 25, 2008, 02:47 AM	#84
freakintoguns Senior Member Join Date: October 6, 2008 Posts: 496	The Feeling thats the damned freakiest thing too, its worse when your at a river run type car show and its liek 3 in the mornign and everyones passed out and you get that feeling! i had a friend get bit on his hand by a brown recluse and lost 3 fingers

December 25, 2008, 04:42 AM	#85
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Bears Too many bad experiences with bears. I hate seeing anything that has to do with a bear.....

December 25, 2008, 05:16 AM	#86
akr Senior Member Join Date: March 6, 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,379	I'm darn near afraid of everything. I don't even know where to start. __________________ Http://www.nationalgunforum.com NRA Lifetime Member

December 26, 2008, 04:03 PM	#87
zahnzieh Senior Member Join Date: September 19, 2006 Posts: 206	"Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!!"

December 27, 2008, 08:17 PM	#88
jckeffer Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2007 Posts: 185	Turkeys! While turkey hunting with a friend near Troy, AL we called in several turkeys. My friend finally shot one at 20 yards. What happened next scared the #&*?%$# out of us. Two big toms had crept up to with 10 feet of us undetected (from behind). At the shot they took off, making a hellacious commotion!!! We both jumped a couple of feet in the air

December 27, 2008, 08:31 PM	#89
jckeffer Senior Member Join Date: July 29, 2007 Posts: 185	Serious fear Bad hunters! The hunting buddy of a friend killed by a hunter with a muzzleloader - 'mistook it for a deer'. Guy who joined our hunting camp shot a moose in a clear meadow, broad daylight, less than 100yrs - thought it was an elk. Loaned an 'experienced hunter/shooter' a single shot H&R 16ga while duck hunting. We were sneaking up on some ducks on a pond in south Texas when all of a sudden the gun went off - 6 inches from my right foot. He was carrying it cocked! More that you read about every season, more hunters killed by other hunters than bears, cougars, snakes combined. More careful who I hunt with now than in my youth. Last edited by jckeffer; December 28, 2008 at 01:42 AM.

December 27, 2008, 08:35 PM	#90
akr Senior Member Join Date: March 6, 2006 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 1,379	I have never seen a human being that looked like a deer, especially with his orange on. Now, I have seen some that could be mistaken for hogs. __________________ Http://www.nationalgunforum.com NRA Lifetime Member

December 31, 2008, 04:42 PM	#91
STEINER Senior Member Join Date: September 24, 2008 Posts: 168	Many years ago. My parents take the family camping for a week. I met two other kids while hiking around the location my dad decided to set up camp. My older sister, younger brother, these two other kids, a big black german shepard and myself go hiking. No particular destination, just following narrow trails. We came up on a pond. The pond was about 100' in diameter and surrounded by trees. The dog ran over to what turned out to be a dead horse. What we saw was a horse that was partially eaten and had been dragged up to the edge of the pond. Sort of creeping us all out. The shepard gets our attention... growling while standing at the edge of the pond and looking across it. Suddenly this huge hairy head starts emerging from the center of the pond. As this thing rises to waist level, the dog gets cold feet and starts back peddling and whinning. We all freaked out. Took off running down the trail we came from. If I remember correctly, I was screaming like a little girl in unison with my sister. We are all hysterical and explain to my Dad what we saw. He says he will go check it out later and does. Dead horse, yes.... great big hairy human-like, water drenched monster with piercing eyes... no. I kid my sister (lives 1000 miles away) whenever we get together. She saw it, I saw it and we have never tried to convince anyone what we believe we saw.

December 31, 2008, 05:21 PM	#92
billythekid007 Senior Member Join Date: July 23, 2007 Posts: 178	snakes snakes snakes

December 31, 2008, 08:28 PM	#93
Flat Tire Member Join Date: December 31, 2008 Posts: 59	this was a hunded yards from the house-

January 1, 2009, 10:45 AM	#94
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	I dunno as I'm afraid of anything. Sure, I'll jump away from a rattlesnake's buzz, or snatch my hand back from a scorpion, but that's just natural caution--after which I'll probably become the one who should be feared. Just seeing a snake, a cougar or a pack of feral dogs doesn't make me afraid. I'll take appropriate action, as the situation demands or as my mood decides... Aw, okay, I'll recant a little: Fear is induced by a Yankee with a U-Haul.

January 1, 2009, 10:58 AM	#95
JagFarlane Senior Member Join Date: December 7, 2008 Posts: 282	Snakes, pure, plain, and simple. I understand their purpose in nature, and fine by that. But will go out of my way to leave them alone. __________________ Too many to list...enjoy em all!

January 1, 2009, 11:42 AM	#96
sparkysteve Senior Member Join Date: December 26, 2005 Location: Byron Center, Michigan Posts: 418	Spiders are evil and creep me out every time. Also, jumping a pheasant or partrige in the dark is good for staining my undies every time. I was tracking a bow-shot deer in the dark this fall and jumped a partridge. I almost stepped on it. It flew straight up and hit me in the face. Got my heart going pretty good. __________________ I have ADHD........Attention, Defficit, Hey there goes a squirrel! Dont tread on me.

January 1, 2009, 07:49 PM	#97
BK1977 Junior Member Join Date: December 5, 2008 Posts: 7	CHIGGERS!! and ticks, had two buddy's that got the Rocky Mt spotted fever this year and I got into chiggers so bad early season I almost had a wire scraper out!!

January 1, 2009, 08:14 PM	#98
Playboypenguin Junior member Join Date: February 27, 2006 Location: Great Pacific Northwest Posts: 11,515	Millipedes...they make me run for cover every time.

January 1, 2009, 09:53 PM	#99
Wayward_Son Senior Member Join Date: January 5, 2008 Location: Southeast Texas Posts: 406	I have no phobias of anything in the natural world. My creepy crawlies are all of the social type: being seated next to strangers at a dinner party, that sort of thing. Yeah, I'm neurotic. In the natural world? Nothing. Heights? Water? Spiders? Snakes? Open spaces? Closed spaces? Nothing. No problemo. But there are a few that certainly make me cautious: bears and mountain lions. Carnivores that are large enough to eat me have my utmost respect. More than that? Other humans. I feel that I stand a worse chance against some idiot with a gun than against anything that Mother Nature can send. But you know what will make me jump out of my boots every [sic] time? A ruffed or blue grouse exploding out from beneath my feet. Those little bastards should be exterminated. (And then eaten in a tasty stew, or roasted in a crust of garlic and rosemary!) __________________ Speak softly, but carry a .357 magnum. Last edited by Shane Tuttle; February 28, 2010 at 09:24 PM. Reason: language

January 3, 2009, 01:48 AM	#100
tuffteddyb Member Join Date: November 9, 2008 Posts: 43	MICE! and standing outside in the fall outside yer camp at three in the morning and standing there enjoying nature and washing the tree that desperatlley needed it and about 3 million wolves start to howl around yah!that definatley creeped me out ,only took 3 days for the hair on my neck to lay down again!