Whats the most dangerous animal you've come across?

[peter]

In the zoo doesn't count...or safari. My question is whats the most dangerous animal you stumbled across backpacking hunting or whatever? I am from England so there really isn't much to be scared of here... probably the most dangerous thing iv came across is a angry dog or farmer.

 

[idig4au]

my angry ex during her favorite time of the month!

 

[shaun]

My wife! But in all seriousness probably a grizzly bear at 50 yards ready to charge snapping his jaws and pounding the ground I would have to say my ass was puckering a little

 

[Darren Best]

My first ex wife ...............

I trust moose less than I trust a bear.

Had one encounter with a grizzly at 15 feet, he ran off.

 

[Trumpkin The Dwarf]

Griz on a moose carcass in the willows...could hear him at 20-30 yards just pacing back and forth.

 

[mt100gr.]

Cow moose with a calf and sow grizzly with a cub. Both much closer than I wanted.

 

[mtnwrunner]

Grouse. Man, I can't tell you how many times I've about had a heart attack......................

Randy

 

[dreamingbig]

Very funny Randy. They have made me jump once or twice!

 

[Browtine]

Cow moose with calf.

We were pushing them up a narrow canyon in the Tetons. They trotted away the first couple times we bumped them. 3rd time, she'd had enough and charged. We had a nice cat and mouse game around a tree for a few seconds. After that, we decided a nice scramble up and over the trail to get ahead of them was a good idea.

 

[LJ Buck]

Moose with Calf and Brown Bear.

 

[TEmbry]

Cow moose w calf followed by a grizzly.

 

[Archelk]

Black Bear Sow with her cub. Both were feeding on a rotting elk hind quarter when we came up around the bend in the trail and were across a small creek from us.

 

[Backpack Hunter]

Mountain lion that brushed up against me.

 

[KINGSNAKE]

Probably a bull moose in the rut in Wyoming on horse back in the moon light. He was about 40 yards across the creek.

 

[jm1607]

Came face to face with a bobcat, literally. Our faces were probably 2' away from each other..

Besides that I've almost stepped on (did step on one) probably a dozen different venomous snakes (mainly rattlers) from TX to AZ..

 

[Outwest]

Mountain Lion. He stared me down at 30 yards before he decided I looked a little scrawny to eat and went on.
I would have to agree with mtnwrunner though, I have been scared by birds more times than I would like to admit.

 

[60x]

Alaska brown bear. I shot him in the mouth at close range.

Second would be cow moose with newborn..

 

[badkneesbro]

rattlers

 

[JoshTX]

rattlers

NO DOUBT. They are everywhere I hunt here in Texas and I'm always damn certain of where I step or put my hand because of them.

2nd would have to be a Mountain Lion. I came eye to eye with one at about 10 yard and I thought to myself, "that is one big damn cat". I was glad that it wasn't too interested in me but I was nervous until I got in the truck.

 

[krueger]

I was severely bit in the face by a yellow lab when i was young kid. Dogs are significantly more dangerous to humans than bears, cougars, snakes or bigfoots