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In SE Okla I usually carry a Marlin .45-70 with hand loaded 350 grain bullets. During the day that is. At night I have a SCAR 17 7.62x51, 168 grains with a light in case things turn hairy. Always have a Glock 20 on my hip.

Careful BD, zoo gorillas throw poop. The tongue pop scenario is interesting guesswork. I can do tongue pops but the volume is low. 'Wood knocks' are a subject that I do not follow. One must identify the sound type and source at 'point blank range'. I have had 'percussion type' incidents in the past. A widow maker falling from the forest canopy and crashing to the ground. Also, I would walk up a snow covered Forest Service Road to perform seasonal altitude checks at a track way site. I was followed by something making sets of booming 'knocks'. They sounded like wood on wood in sets of 5 in repetition. The timing seemed mechanical. The sound was always above and behind me. I suspected a bird. Months later when I was at the track way site, a Sooty Grouse came at me from the treetops like a dying Hail Mary pass and landed several feet from me. Walked around and hooted. Verification at point blank range. Peterson Field Guides, Western Birds, attributes ventriloquism to Sooty Grouse. I did not need to be stalked by a ventriloquial game bird. The Sooty Grouse that stalked me was very loud. They have to be loud to go the distance to find a mate. The sounds that I have listened to on the web are very muted. The Sooty Grouse has an extensive range in Western North America. Do not be the subjects of fowl play.