A good 10 years back during a Fall Turkey Hunt with the Forest Floor thick with Brightly Colored Leaves,I scattered a Flock of Turkeys. Scattered them to the " 4 Winds".
And then on looking for my Camo Daypack,I never did find it. Inside was my African Blackwood Yelper with the Ivory Mouthpiece. Cost me,I believe about 125 Bucks through the - Midwest Turkey Catalog.
Went back the next day and looked again- Nada. Looked again a few more Mornings- nothing. Through the years,Right after,I looked in the Spring and never found that Camo Daypack.
Wonder if it is still there or perhaps a Deer Hunter found it or a kid on a Dirtbike. Wish,I had that African Blackwood Yelper back...
Anybody else here ever lose their Camo Daypack or Vest in the Turkey Woods?
My son borrowed my light weight ( nylon ) leafy jacket one year for turkey hunting. He lost it somehow and never could find it. He didn't know if he took it off in the woods and let it lay or maybe put in the back of his vest and it fell out while walking back to the truck. Another option was he took it off at the truck and it flew out while going down the road. Anyway, we never found it!
Another Spring turkey season came and went, and it was now time to archery hunt so 16 months went by. I'm leaving my stand and while walking through the woods I see something that caught my eye. Out of the brown Fall leaves I pull out my leafy jacket.
Upon investigation it appeared to be still good, so I took it home washed it and my son still wears it.
It might still be out there, ya never know!
So this post is good because I learned something.
Did your pack have any identification in it because if I found someone's gear and there was a way for me to reach them I sure
Would. I usually have my license in my pack so someone
Would be able to track me down. I know not every one would do the leg work but I bet there are many who would.
This actually just reminded me of a similar situation.
I was deer hunting with my dad. It was a warm day so he went back to the truck and hung his wool coat on the mirror. Passenger side. When he came out of the woods later that day he forgot about it and drove back to camp. That night he realizes what he did and took a ride to where it happened.
Along the way there was his coat hanging on someone's mailbox.
It must have blown off and someone picked it up and left it to be found.
I am down two pocket knives this past year, one left next to the river after cleaning a few fish, the other on a pick nick table after cleaning a turkey.
Both times I remember telling myself not to leave that there! I don't listen very well.
I usually on leave cheap camo gloves and trust me you don't want them.
Case trapper mother of pearl handled pocket knife (somewhere between Georgia and central Florida)
Striker for my primos Osceola edition pot call (on a dirt road in north Florida somewhere)
Took my vest off while setting up on a gobbler years back in the ozarks . Decided I needed to adjust my set up about 30 yards up the ridge . Well , that adjustment turned into several moves , Next thing I knew it was getting close to 1 o'clock shut down time . After looking for several hours , no vest . Went back later that eve with a buddy ,, luckily, he found it for me .
A rude mountain biker picked it up.
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Quote from: fallhnt on June 14, 2022, 01:29:07 PM
A rude mountain biker picked it up.
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Possible he found it!
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52146625453_5abffaf51c_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2ns25Zc)
Looks to me like that mountain biker is being attacked by a giant slug.
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Quote from: Happy on June 14, 2022, 02:11:58 PM
Looks to me like that mountain biker is being attacked by a giant slug.
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X2 :TooFunny:
This year I lost my own ceramic pot call in Florida. Last year I lost "the Dymondwood" striker. The first and the one that I tried to tune others to. Also lost in Florida. Dang.
Last spring in Hawaii I shot and wounded a gobbler at about 15 yards (Damned airline must've banged up my red dot), anyways gobbler took off and I took off running after him on a chase that lasted several hundred yards until I finally caught up with him and was able to take another shot. Well, I had left behind a pot call (Woodhaven Vision Crystal, they ain't cheap) two strikers and my nice Camelback water bottle under that tree. For anyone whose hunted the big island of Hawaii you'd know the terrain looks the same in every direction. Little shrub trees everywhere and what seems like an endless desert. I looked for a couple hours to try and find that stuff and finally gave up the search. The next few days I kept returning to the area hoping it'd turn up. I ended up getting back on my flight home without my Vision Crystal.
I often wonder if anyone ever stumbled across that pot and those strikers. I vision a young Hawaiian boy sitting at home practicing his new turkey call driving his mother crazy. Maybe I created a future Hawiian turkey killer by leaving that stuff behind...
I wonder who found my Black Diamond Carbon trekking poles I left leaning up by my truck a few years ago. Dang those were about $150. That's almost as bad as me leaving my shotgun this spring. I went right back for it and it was still leaning against the tree.
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Dang , you guys must be old , leaving stuff and can't remember where. Once I was , OH LOOK , A SQUIRREL !
... Ahh what was I talking about ? ;)
Quote from: Dtrkyman on June 14, 2022, 09:39:02 AM
I am down two pocket knives this past year, one left next to the river after cleaning a few fish, the other on a pick nick table after cleaning a turkey.
Both times I remember telling myself not to leave that there! I don't listen very well.
I'm down 2 good pocket knives too!! Lost or misplaced during season
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