Some people are terrified at the sight of a gun of any kind. We were deer hunting in south Texas and we were still working on our hunting camp. The first night down there we stayed at a hotel in Laredo and were going out the next morning to get our camp ready for us to stay there.
The next morning we all came down in the elevator, 6 people all carrying rifles. The elevator door open and 3 people were waiting to go up. When they saw all our guns they gasp for breath and I was afraid they were going to pass out from fear. A funny memory (for us) and one that still makes me (evil hunter) smile.
It is not permissible to allow other people’s fears to trump our rights.
If that were the case, then anyone could violate any other persons rights at will, simply by claiming that they “fear” whatever the other person is doing that they wish to stop.
For example, someone fight “fear” a black person eating in a restaurant near them.
Glad you had fun on your Texas hunt.