Disaster!
11-10-2016, 02:33 PM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Harford Co Maryland USA
Posts: 4,966
Disaster!
I always have said the very best days of the year to be in the woods bowhunting (if I could only pick 3 days) are the 10th-12th of November. The rut is really kicking up here and I'm finally seeing scrapes where I can hunt.
This afternoon, I arrived at my hunting spot and found out my tailgate was down ... and ALL of my equipment was gone! I patched a hole on my Lone Wolf treestand earlier today and I GUESS I forgot to put the tailgate back up -for the first time ever!
I retraced my steps and eventually did find my bowcase (I always leave it open) and the treestand. EVERYTHING else was gone -including my pack with about $400-$500 worth of stuff in it. It was sitting stacked so I know that stuff was found by someone and taken -less than 1 1/2 hours. THIS SUCKS!!!
This afternoon, I arrived at my hunting spot and found out my tailgate was down ... and ALL of my equipment was gone! I patched a hole on my Lone Wolf treestand earlier today and I GUESS I forgot to put the tailgate back up -for the first time ever!
I retraced my steps and eventually did find my bowcase (I always leave it open) and the treestand. EVERYTHING else was gone -including my pack with about $400-$500 worth of stuff in it. It was sitting stacked so I know that stuff was found by someone and taken -less than 1 1/2 hours. THIS SUCKS!!!
11-10-2016, 05:23 PM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 2,743
man that sucks for sure
BUT your NOT the first guy to do this
I have seen a few times now over the yrs, guys do the exact same thing, even with guns
had a close friend find two rifles on the side of the road about a 1/4 mile from the local gun range
guessing the same deal
I once forgot a high end spotting scope at a range, but got lucky came back 30 minutes later and it was still sitting there, with a guy using it, he thought it was a range item LOL
I guess this is a , as good an excuse as you will ever have to get all new gear, so try and think of it as a lesson learned you will surely never repeat!
and MIGHT be a long shot, but you can try contacting local police in the area and see if anyone reports it, there is still a few honest folks out there.
back in early 2000's my buddy left his bow on the tailgate leaving our gun shop parking lot. and a customer seen it and brought it back a couple days later for him!
BUT your NOT the first guy to do this
I have seen a few times now over the yrs, guys do the exact same thing, even with guns
had a close friend find two rifles on the side of the road about a 1/4 mile from the local gun range
guessing the same deal
I once forgot a high end spotting scope at a range, but got lucky came back 30 minutes later and it was still sitting there, with a guy using it, he thought it was a range item LOL
I guess this is a , as good an excuse as you will ever have to get all new gear, so try and think of it as a lesson learned you will surely never repeat!
and MIGHT be a long shot, but you can try contacting local police in the area and see if anyone reports it, there is still a few honest folks out there.
back in early 2000's my buddy left his bow on the tailgate leaving our gun shop parking lot. and a customer seen it and brought it back a couple days later for him!
11-10-2016, 07:19 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Germany/Calif.
Posts: 2,664
I've got one of those big boxes or tool boxes across the bed of my pickup near the cab. I often lay my gear up there, while sorting it out and packing it away.
I lost two hats and a machete doing that. Almost lost a rifle, got a mile down the road and had one of those oh chit moments. Found my rifle in the middle of the highway with a broken stock. Thankfully that was all that broke.
I lost two hats and a machete doing that. Almost lost a rifle, got a mile down the road and had one of those oh chit moments. Found my rifle in the middle of the highway with a broken stock. Thankfully that was all that broke.
11-11-2016, 02:22 PM
#9
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Germany/Calif.
Posts: 2,664
I don't know what kind of truck you have, but sometimes (not often) the tailgate on my Silverado just falls open. Seems to be random, no big bumps or other reasons I can identify.
Some kind of design flaw. My guess is they compromised on it being easy to open and staying closed. Not the first time the engineers got it wrong.
Some kind of design flaw. My guess is they compromised on it being easy to open and staying closed. Not the first time the engineers got it wrong.
