RE: Have you ever found a Knife or other gear while on the hunt?
Found several things. I don't what it is about this place during dove season but for some reason, people forget about these things. I've found:
3 Knives
2 Chairs
1 Shotgun *
6 boxes of un-used shells
2 sets of keys
1 Dog **
1 Bag of weed***
* I figured the guy who lost it would come back the next day but the chances of someone else finding it and keeping was likely since it was close to being dark time I found it. I kept it in my truck and went out there for the following few days. Three days later the owner came back looking for it. I told him that I had found it and kept it safe keeping and if he didn't come back, i would have returned it to the police department is hopes they would be able to track him down to return it. He was thankful and offered me award money but I declined.
** I think this dog might have jumped out or fell out of someone's truck.It had a tag with the number of the owners so I called from my cell phone to let them know they were short one dog; Thankfully they only lived 15 minutes away. He fetched few of my birds for me before they came back lol
*** Its not uncommon for teenagers to go out there and smoke weed so i'm guessing it was left there during the day rather then actual hunting (I hope)