I've seen two quite strange sights deer hunting in quite remote areas.
I saw a very big and orderly square stack of large animal bones, the next morning, just beyond a camp that I got to and made after dark the night before.
On another deer hunting trip, long after elk season, as I still hunted along I saw an elk cow and large calf dead ahead just a few feet apart. After a careful approach in case something was guarding its kill, I could find no mark on either elk. The only tracks in the snow were elk and birds, and not even the birds had fed on the elk. I have no idea why two elk in apparent perfect condition would just drop dead, nor why the birds inspected but did not feed on the carcases.
They got hit by lightening. The birds didn't eat it cause the meat was overdone .
Very little ever happens where I hunt. I did have a bear kill tag in 1999 and alwaystried sneaking up on the bear when I came into the bait. One time it was raining so I thought for sure I would sneak up on one and whatch it. When I came up on th ebait pile there were fresh tracks. I stood there a few minutes to see if I could see some black going through the woods. As I looked down the bear track in the mud were full of water. I am sure I spooked the bear but was close. I never snuck up on a bear yet.
Also, one night in the Wis. muzzloader season, it was almost 10pm. Sitting in my rocking chair in the cabin. It is so quiet up there it is hard to believe. Almost asleep a timber wolf lets out a howl very close to the cabin. It was so loud I jumped clean out of the chair. I opened the door and then could hear young ones howling too. It was The wolves were at least 130 yds from the cabin . They run along the river in winter to hunt. Never thought a wolf could be so loud. Also, I saw a coyote chase a snowshoe, catching it righ tin front of me while bow hunting. I shot the yote with the bow but only wounded it. Not much huh??
