too many encounters to list. hundreds of deer and moose. several dozen with black bear. one with a mountain lion in idaho, and a single elk in idaho. thousands of wild turkeys. a bobcat in my yard a few weeks ago. perhaps a dozen coyotes, and an equal number of foxes.
none were particularly threatening. indeed, for most of the bear and the one mountain lion, i had a "rear" view.
i treat them all as wildlife, not as domestic animals or farm animals, no matter how "docile" they might appear, and i don't intentionally get close to them.
truly, the biggest heart-pounders are the damned ruffed grouse that wait until the last possible moment and thunder off in a flurry of wings.
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