Hunting party shadowed by footsteps after loud vocalization heard from treeline witnessed in Sumter County, Georgia

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I had been hunting with my 2 older brothers. One of my brothers had shot a deer and they were following the blood trail in an attempt to locate the deer that had been shot. I had been left at the bottom of the gully to watch equipment. The sun had already set, but it wasn't dark yet, twilight. I had waited for approximatly 20 to 30 mins, when "something" woofed at me from the edge of the tree line about 10 yards away. It was a deep sound that startled me. After hearing this, I thought it better that I wait at the top of the gully, where my brothers had entered the woods. Before long, my brothers had returned, but without the deer.They had been unable to locate it. I told them what I had heard and neither of them took me too series. The 3 of us walked back to where the equipment had been layed, I didn't pick it up on my quick hike up the hill. After we had gathered the equipment, we started to walk up the opposite side of the gully going back to our vehicle. The trail was in a bac...