I was sitting on a ridge with my buddy in Millry AL one morning, waiting on the sun to rise to listen for birds. It was still pitch black, and we heard something slowly coming up the ridge, sounded just like a turkey walking through the leaves, but we thought no way it was since it was so early. The dang thing got about 10ft from us, and we decided to turn on a flashlight to make sure it wasn't something trying to eat us. The light comes on, and my buddy yells "SKUNK!!" He and I both rolled about 20 yards down that ridge because we violently threw ourselves away from the skunk. I don't think I've ever moved that fast in my life.

Same property, we setup on a gobbling bird, just over a ridge. We were waiting and listening, and heard something coming from behind us, but thought no way the bird circled all around us without us knowing. Slowly turn around, and there's a cow about 3ft from us, just staring at us. Needless to say she kind of ruined the hunt.