I wasn't attacked, but a bobcat and I suffered a mutual fright one morning when it judged my calling sounded like a hen turkey and sneaked in behind me. I heard a leaf crunch and glanced to my left and there he was, six feet away. That tiny bit of motion was enough to make him nearly turn wrong-side-out as he changed directions and took off. I tried a shot, but it was mostly to let him know whose side I was on---might as well have tried to throw a corn cob at a lightning bolt.

Had a lone wolf scoping my goose decoys at fairly close range this past fall. Dairy farmer across the road had already warned me the bugger was pretty bold. They have ten little kids (note to self: put Planned Parenthood brochure in their mailbox this fall) and it would trot right by them when they were playing down by the barn. He wanted me to shoot it but I can't do that when my dogs are around. Unless you absolutely have no choice, never shoot ANYTHING you don't want your dog to pick up. So many idiots out there will turn and shoot a porcupine after their dogs get a few quills in the nose only to have the dog then tear into the quivering critter and get a real face full. Dumb! My dogs' reaction to the wolf was interesting. They did not think it was another dog. Hackles raised and growling at it whereas they are usually quite sociable with strange dogs.

I also had two foxes stalk my goose decoys several years ago in a torrential downpour rainstorm. That was kinda funny until one of them finally charged in and knocked several over. Lucky he didn't shatter a couple. Should have seen the look on their faces! "What the ..." Again, they were quite close. I shooed them off with some difficulty and had to slog out there in the muck and put the deeks back up again. Rained so hard Pearl wouldn't even leave the truck. But I got my limit!

My question is how do you let a coyote within biting range and manage not to kill it?

Hunting in Montana on a windy day with 4 inches of fresh snow on the ground I was walking with the wind in my face and came around a corner on a logging road and there was a bobcat 60 yards up the road just hanging out. The snow and wind had clearly drowned out my sounds and scent because it didnt notice me until it turned around. When it did turn around it was as if someone had zapped him with a cattle prod because it saw me and lept about 4 feet in the air, rotated 180 degrees and was gone before i could blink. I didnt kill anything but i dont consider that hunt to unsuccessful.

In 29 years of hunting turkey's in New York's Catskill mountains I have had 6 different Coyote's come into my calling and decoy's setup over the years.

I ruined their day a few times by rolling them over with some nickel plated 5's but have never been able to actually kill one yet.

Most of the time they wind me first and turn and run but I can see an attack happening if they come in upwind.

I guess in Maine I would be more worried about a Black Bear attacking me.

Seawolf

I had a similar incident about ten years ago. I was small game hunting on a beautiful October afternoon. I had shot a grouse which I had in my game bag. It was a warm day and I decided to sit down by a tree and have a drink of water. I was sitting there for about two or three minutes when for some reason the hair on the back of my neck stood up. I whipped around and there about eight to ten feet away from me was a coyote coming in from behind me we looked at each other for a split second and he took off running as I jumped to my feet. He was long gone by the time I got my gun up. I sure was weary from then on I was always checking my back trail allot more often than usual.