I guess I'm lucky that I've never had any real close calls. A couple of moose with attitudes but nothing I would call real close. One time while fishing the Kenai my buddy was taking a piss break and went into the woods. When he got back in there I started firing rocks into the brush. He came peeling out of there pissin all over himself screaming about a big bear he just saw crashing though the trees. I just about pissed in MY waders as I was laughing so hard. He still likes to tell the story about it and I have never told him the difference. It might not have been a nice thing to do, but it was the RIGHT thing to do at the time!