I was on a Minuteman quest to save the farmer's wife at Nordhagen Beach. On my way to the beach as I was in an area next to Easy City Downs, a deathclaw jumped right out of the bushes with no warning. I was like, "oh ^*()! A deathclaw!" It was all on me like white on rice and I didn't have time to prepare as I was laying mines as I ran. I was running and shooting as the thing flailed its claws and swiped at me. It was still kicking even after it was caught in an explosion wrought by an exploding truck and one of my mines. I was shooting it with V.A.T.S and a critical and scarfed down refreshing beverages and stimpacks and I finally brought it down and moved on to the beach.