I was thinking more about the aggro homeless folks, tweakers, and home invaders. Animals in the wilderness are to be expected.
I spend a lot of time in the Appalachians of Virginia and West Virginia (hunting, hiking, camping, mountain biking. 4x4ing). While you're never too far from civilization, some of those hollars can feel awful isolated. I live in one of the shittier cities in the Northern Virginia area on top of that. I'm not going to claim any special MUC skills. Most folks I run into are cool, maybe I'm the "tard whisperer".
But yeah, any encounter peacefully resolved is a win. I just prefer to have fewer encounters.
Chris