As intense as it gets

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If I had to pick one time I would class as as intense as it gets I would have to say I was sitting in a tree stand when a freak wind storm came up and the trees started falling. I could not get out of the tree stand and out of the bush fast enough.
Another time was unarmed and charged by a black bear which stopped at 10 ft but I don't think my sphincter was as puckered as the time in the tree stand.
 
Buffalo nearly whacked me ..

An all out charge by a wounded water buffalo in South America. The charge started at ten yards and ended at five yards when Gaucho and I mangaged to knock it down.
 
I have been through a hurricane. Trees blown over, houses torn apart, boats sunk and people died. Also been through several major earthquakes. Really I will give them all a miss thanks!
 
Getting called to track my lost 2yr old daughter through the bush and finding her alive, but neck deep in the swamp.......

Not only was the situation intense, but the drive there in my truck was pretty intense too.....half way there I wasn't even sure if I had put my boots on or not.
 
Holy crap Randy. That has to be the worst! My two have been known to dissappear around the corner and when you realize it nothing on this world can tame that feeling in your gut. Glad she is okay!

Closest calls, one might be getting charged by a Bighorn ram on a nasty ledge with just a Nikon SLR in hand.

Had a whitetail bounce off the hood and clear the roof of the car once.

My POC Ranger caught the edge of a snow rut after a bad storm and turned sideways, "crow hopping" down the road and nearly rolled....ah good times..

The Bighorn still was the biggest for me..
 
huntinstuff said:
Getting called to track my lost 2yr old daughter through the bush and finding her alive, but neck deep in the swamp.......

Not only was the situation intense, but the drive there in my truck was pretty intense too.....half way there I wasn't even sure if I had put my boots on or not.
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I couldn't even imagine, I don't want to imagine. That was one lucky little girl.
 
Riding our horses up a steep, rocky rise, with very little room to manouver, and then as we topped the rise, coming nose to nose wiht a grizzly who was coming up the other side. That was one of them, I am sure I can think of more, but that was spooky, becuase if the horses panicked I htink we woudl have been thrown on the rocks while they ran off wiht our rifles...:D
 
walksalot said:
I couldn't even imagine, I don't want to imagine. That was one lucky little girl.
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I yelled for her as I was down on my knees looking for her tracks and I heard her say "Daddy....can't find you".

About 3 minutes later, I spotted the top of her head and right ear as she spat out some swamp water.

She was out a a friend's farm and followed the dogs into the bush. The dogs went in the swamp water and she followed and got stuck and was sinking. They just weren't watching her.

Gentlemen, with all respect for the deity, Jesus wasn't the only man to ever walk on water. When I saw her, I am sure the bottoms of my boots weren't even wet I ran to her so fast.

You want nightmares, try that.

Wasn't sure I was gonna share that event you guys, but I figured I better just as a reminder to others to keep a good eye on your kids.
 
North Atlantic, 14 ft fibreglass, duck hunting, up comes a blizzard. Completely lost. Boat filling with the snow and the ice starting to build up to the gunnels.
drifeted 20 miles with gunnels almost even with the water.

no of other guys who got caught in the ice, were unreachable because of storm and crawled up onto the ice, pulled their boat up and lit it on fire,
they survived until a helicopter could get to them. I suspect once the boat burned out they would have had an hour tops before perishing
 
walksalot said:
I belonged to Search And Rescue for quite a few years and could relate not so happy endings. She was very lucky indeed.
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I'll bet you've seen some pretty horrific stuff. Search and rescue isn't a glamour job that's for sure. Too often it is "Search and Recover".....

Where did you take your training if I might ask? I was at Nordegg for awhile and then a US Navy Ranger did a course out by NorthRam River a few years ago that I refreshed on. I never did join an organized group tho. My buddy Mike Cook does alot on the rivers.
 
sealhunter said:
North Atlantic, 14 ft fibreglass, duck hunting, up comes a blizzard. Completely lost. Boat filling with the snow and the ice starting to build up to the gunnels.
drifeted 20 miles with gunnels almost even with the water.

no of other guys who got caught in the ice, were unreachable because of storm and crawled up onto the ice, pulled their boat up and lit it on fire,
they survived until a helicopter could get to them. I suspect once the boat burned out they would have had an hour tops before perishing
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Now THAT's intense....cold wet and lost. But someone had some of BR's "woodsmanship"
 
huntinstuff said:
I'll bet you've seen some pretty horrific stuff. Search and rescue isn't a glamour job that's for sure. Too often it is "Search and Recover".....

Where did you take your training if I might ask? I was at Nordegg for awhile and then a US Navy Ranger did a course out by NorthRam River a few years ago that I refreshed on. I never did join an organized group tho. My buddy Mike Cook does alot on the rivers.
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I Trained with a group in the South Okanagan and was a team leader in cliff rescue, ground search and rescue and got my level three first aid. You are right and it's the children you can't forget, I think about them to this day. My son told me I was over protective and after relating a couple of recoveries he understood why.
 
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