How camo can kill you or We did so good we almost got our ***** shot off

ROTC training in Vermont in the winter. My buddy and I set up a fighting position, foxhole, in the Vermont woods. Used natural camouflage plus bedsheets as snow suits. We were waiting for OPFOR to advance when we start hearing, "ZZZZZ, SNAP, BANG," "ZZZZZ, SNAP, BANG," "ZZZZZ, SNAP, BANG," really close. We had M14s but with blanks so we started firing them and hollering. It turns out Elmer Fudd was hunting wabbits and one was about 4' from our position. He had "wandered accidentally" into university land and had absolutely no idea we were there. Needless to say, my buddy and I aced our objective. The instructors brought the others over and used our fighting position to show how to do it right.