I've never been close to a bobcat (that I know of) but I did almost come face to face with a bear one time. I was hunting with my husband, it was muzzleloader season for deer. One shot is all ya get with them! I was walking down a skidder path and somewhere between my path and my husbands path in a thick patch of woods was a bear rummaging around. I had forgotten to bring my pistol (for just such times) and it scared the bejesus outta me!

I don't know how I did it, but slowly I walked back up to the meeting point, making lots of noise along the way. The bear must have been scared and took off, cuz my ex heard it running through the woods behind him too. LOL