Re: Who has hunting nightmares?
I had a reoccurring dream since I was a young teenager - same story exactly in the dream every time, only the back ground changed. I would be hunting and spot a grizzly bear a long ways off and it would be walking slowly towards me. I would back away and loose sight of it, next thing it would be coming over the hill directly in front of me in a full run. It would get right up in front of me and then jump on me. I would wake up myself, and the rest of the house, as I tried to shout - which was in actuality was only a loud whine apparently. This happened about once every couple months for years and years. 2 years ago while on a northern hunting trip my dream (nightmare) came to reality - I mean exactly like my dream up until it was supposed to jump on me. I spotted this large griz above me on a cliff about 300yds away. It just hung out for a while and then jumped down and started coming very fast and then I lost sight of it. There was a small roll just in front of me (where in my dream it would suddenly appear and then get me) This time, in real life, it stopped below me and I was able to retreat without further incident. Very scary moment as I had an elk quarter on my back as well! The interesting part is, since that day, I have not had this dream any more?!?
Tick tock, tick tock...waiting for hunting season...