Son_of_Perdition
Senior Member
Years ago my son (age 13-14) & I were deer hunting on the western slope of the Rockies in Utah. I was on the west side of a ravine. I had my son brushing for me in the draw I was just ahead of him maybe 50 yards above. I paused watching him and the east side of the ravine. I had this eerie feeling, no bird noises and dead silence. I yelled for him to come up with me. When he arrived we both sat down and were watching the hill side. 200+ yards away just below the Juniper tree line I spotted a cat moving parallel to us. I stood up yelled, he stopped, not wanting to shoot him I placed a warning shot maybe 10 yards below him and the 3 of us went in different directions. Me and the son west & south, him back up east into the Junipers. We couldn't get to our truck fast enough, I don't think I had run that fast in my life but couldn't keep up with my son. Never hunted that area again, my season ended early that year.