Not exactly back country.
But I did get a piece on video.
It was two years ago ? I was going out duck hunting. And I believe it was around 3 am I get to the boat launch. My old motor was a real PIA to get running. Especially in cold weather. I believe the temps were at 8 degrees or about that and then the "high" was gonna be 14? Anyways I hunt ducks by myself for the most part. And knew that it takes me this long to launch the boat, this long to get to the spot ,this long to set up,yada yada. I'm there very early. I like to take my time and not get overheated when I've got 6 layers on,my long johns,pants,bibs,waders,jacket etc. etc. I pull up to the launch and normally there's 2 good bucks and a couple does in the parking area. Not that morning . It was dead quiet. You could hear a muskrat fart from 250 yards away.
I pull up hop out look around ,unhook the boat from the trailer. Look around and it's cold ,like you can see your water bottle freeze in real time cold. I don't see anything at all. Get back in truck a moment later,forgot to toss my lifejackets in and turn on a dime to do that. In that moment. I see a large orb or light across the mountain hovering 100 yards in the air . I'm probably 2 miles on distance to the orb or light or UFO.
I thought well maybe someones out with a drone. There is supposed to be a moderate meteor shower going on soon.
I'm sorry of big into topography and why and what is going on where. There isn't a road near that spot for 3/4 of a mile. So if someone was with a drone they had dedication to be out at 3 am in the freezing cold flying it up there on top of the mountain.
I take a video,and still got it. I thought it was odd. But I was ready to hunt; this was a fresh cold front and should be good for hunting.
Get launched out and the orb or light or UFO is still there . Ok well idk what's going on but it is what it is . Maybe I'm just too tired or not enough sleep. I drive slowly with just my nav lights on . And look around see if I can spot any birds rafted up before I drive through the area. I'm seeing some swans and boots and small divers. I turn to look at the object hovering and now it's 2 miles east from where it was. I'm my head I'm like ok well maybe it's just a drone. I check the birds on the water again ,by now it's probably 345 am . And check the object within I'd say 5 seconds and now the object is back where it originally was. Ok well that's odd. Go grab my phone in my deep chest pockets to video it. By the time I get my phone out and video it now the orb UFO has traveled right where I hunt . It's right above 200 yards above my spot where I'm headed 4 miles now from where it started. So it traveled 4 miles in a matter of 8 seconds or so and is hovering. It stays there and I continue to drive towards my spot more. I keep my eyes peeled for some downed trees and swans . I get a mile closer to my spot. Forgot to unpack my hand warmers and get a drink and I did get with that for a few minutes. And in that time the object went from my spot to almost next to me one mile away on top of the mountain instead of being over the lake now . I think to my self ,well someone is either gonna get a show when this coffee decides to cut right through me or the UFO is gonna see a second moon this morning . I get to my spot slowly but surely and the object stayed in it's place one mile away for a half hour then while I'm setting up decoys for an hour it had moved above the mountain across the launch I'd say it was there a few minutes then disappeared. I took a couple videos,but must have had a couple scrubbed for data saving purposes. I didn't experience anything else that morning. It was very very dark and probably could see more stars than I normally would .
I was the only one out there hunting after checking all launches and texting around . What it was idk.
The same area I was out at 4 am duck hunting again ,nobody around me at all, I can see from the roads systems if theirs headlights or anything. I was against a deadfall ,so I have perfect cover from being spotted by ducks the way I was set up but also I couldn't see behind me . It was just a root system . I heard a very close like 30 yards away,I can only describe as primate or bigfoot tv show type yell right behind me . Hair on my neck stood up. But also I was pissed ,if someone is messing with me ,they might be messing. Up one of my only times I could duck hunt that week. So I shined my light didn't see anything . But I yelled ,"I got a 12 gauge ,I'll blow your head clean off ,get the F out of here " I didn't see a thing . I sat back down 5 seconds later and then heard some really big heavy footsteps on the frozen ground running off . What it was idk but I was mad that it could have been kids messing around . I am very good at seeing lights or anything sort of reflection and didn't see any at all the whole morning. So the likely hood of someone doing it was low imo .
Sort of related sort of not. Being what I am I have received many creepy calls late at night or early morning. You never know who calls or why or what the deal is. This past week was someone wanting a guinea pig skeleton articulation. At 10 pm .
This isn't hunting related. But I was sleeping one night a few years ago, just me and my wife sound asleep at 2 am . And I was pulled three feet towards the foot of the bed. Just sleeping and all of a sudden instead of being on the pillow ,my legs are almost dangling off the bed. I felt the pull and was awake probably 5 seconds before it happened. Not sure why I was awake right before it happened but it was really creepy. Shined the light on the gun around the house and checked the cameras. Nothing at all on he property. I did immediately go back to sleep though. I'm surprised I wasn't kept all night with that.