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  1. The meaningful decision making, how the tide can turn for better or worse in a matter of minutes depending on your luck! Warning: self indulgent story ahead. This happened to me recently. I'm determined to get the wrapped in furs achievement. I have everything, I just need the bedroll... After scouring ML I found a black bear skulking around in the clearcut. I have three rifles and 16 rounds in total, no problem right? I bring a fully loaded rifle and some bandages with me in case things go pear shaped. By the time I get to the clearcut I had about six hours of daylight left. I spot it from afar, too far to get a good shot. I'm thinking I'll shoot the bear once and wait for it to bleed out. As I crouch down in waiting, I hear the unmistakable sound of a deer being killed. It must be a wolf. Nothing better than a wolf and deer with one bullet, right? The bear can wait, I'll get it tomorrow. I make my way to the sound of the feasting wolf. I'm quite tired at this point, but I crouch and try and get close enough to get it in one shot. I aim, its head in my iron sights, and pull the trigger. Instead of dying instantly, the wolf runs away. Ridiculous! I popped it right in the head. My exhaustion must have caused the barrel to sway too much. Dammit. I get up and walk around for a bit, looking for the fleeing wolf. It seems to be staying in the area. That's good; I'll get it tomorrow. As I make my way to the deer carcass, ready to harvest it, I notice the bear. It must have spotted the deer too and is making its way there for a snack. We're suddenly a lot closer than before. Thinking on my feet, I decide to shoot it now. I'm fairly close to the path up to the forestry lookout, so straight after I shoot it I'll spend the night there. Before I can think of doing that, I catch sight of a wolf. Thinking it must be the wounded one from earlier I ignore it and get into position for the bear. But it's not the injured wolf from before, it's a new one with its sights on me. Before I can register it quickly enough to light a torch it's attacking me. Now I have a sprained wrist and am at about 75% health. The wolf runs away, yelping. I quickly take some painkillers and look for the bear. It's closer, now. In hindsight I should have backed up and tried from a height, but I was feeling impatient after the trouble with the wolf and thought it would run scared after being hit once. I lift the rifle and take a shot. The bullet hits it in its side. It starts running, seemingly away, but then it turns toward me. Oh no, oh no, oh no... I decide to try and deter it with another bullet. It does seemingly nothing and continues barreling toward me. Why do these things seem to happen in slow motion? I fumble to light a torch but its too late. It's on me. By the time it's done with its attack I'm at 7% health. My scarf is ruined. It's almost completely dark and my vision is blurred; I hadn't even harvested the deer yet. I start a fire and take what I can from the corpse. After I finish it's pitch black. The trees hide the light of the moon and I don't have a lantern. Why I didn't I think this through better? I'm exhausted. My health ticks down to 6%. I need to get to the lookout, get some food in me and heal up. I begin the climb. My vision is making me see double. The path winds more than I remember. Is that a fence or a rock? I try and stay away from the edges but it's hard to tell where they are. Every so often, I look towards the sky for some light from the moon. How could this have all gone so wrong? I think about what my remains will look like on the path to the lookout tower. Amazingly, I don't die and get into a bed with 4% health. When I wake up the next day I'm at about 50%. Time to harvest the bear. I see the corpse the second I make my way down the mountain. No wolves in sight. This time I'll be careful. I check my rifle and start a fire next to the bear. This will take a while, but the pelt will be worth it. Just think of the bedroll! I drink some coffee and begin harvesting. I'm only able to get about ten kilos of heavy duty bear meat when I realise the corpse it too degraded to harvest anything else from. No pelt to speak of and only ten pieces of meat. The two wolves from yesterday are nowhere in sight and I'm encumbered anyway. I decide to cut my losses and make my way back to base before anything else can go wrong. Just my luck, huh?