Help Please.... "Lost" Ground Blind, Stool, etc at Cooper...
I was hunting at Cooper yesterday on the north side of the lake between Klondike and Cooper. After the morning hunt, I decided to look around to find a hot trail with some fresh sign and hunt there that afternoon. I had my ground blind, stool, bow stand, bow, pack, etc with me.
I found a great trail, followed it towards where I figured they'd bed and when I got to a good stopping point, I decided to drop the blind, stool, etc right there to lighten my load a bit. I didn't set the blind up because I was going to look around a bit more and wanted to be able to move quickly if I found something better. Well, I did a bit more scouting, decided to leave the stuff where I'd dropped it, and left the area around 10:30a to run to town. I came back around 3:45p to get setup plenty early before the evening hunt. When I got back to the spot, my stuff wasn't there.
Let me assure you that I didn't "loose" it. I could take you to this spot in the dark... without a flash light... and I'm not talking about taking you to the general area, I'm talking about THE specific spot. I know exactly where I sat it down. That said, just to be sure, I marked the spot with my GPS when I dropped it off and even though I knew I was in the right spot when I returned, I went ahead and fired up the GPS just to make sure I wasn't crazy. I'm not. I was standing right where I'd marked the spot when I dropped the stuff off.
My first thought (and still what I figure actually happened) was that somebody stole it. However, I started thinking that perhaps someone else was scouting too and found the same area and ran across my stuff. Since I was no where to be found and the stuff was just dropped there on the ground and not actually set up, I was hoping that maybe they thought that I'd "lost" it and couldn't find it and they'd bring it out and return it to it's owner. Maybe when they came out I was already gone.... who knows... I can hope can't I?
I never saw anyone or any parked vehicles in that specific area all day. In fact, I only saw one other truck, a newer maroon Ford dually, within a reasonable walking distance, but that would have been a pretty long walk.
Perhaps it was someone who showed up after I left and left before I returned. I was kind of hoping that they would show up out there that evening, but no luck.
The ground blind is an Ameristep Doghouse with the leafy netting add-on. In the blind bag was a bow stand, rope, and camo netting. The stool is a Double Bull Magnum.
Unfortunatley, I can not afford to replace any of this right now. So I'm hoping and praying that someone found it thinking I'd "lost" it. I'm going to post a sign or two out there with my name and number, but figured I'd post to some of the online forums too in hopes of getting lucky.
If you happen to have it or know who does and are looking for the owner, I'd greatly appreciate a call at 817-689-5718.
Thanks!
Gary
I found a great trail, followed it towards where I figured they'd bed and when I got to a good stopping point, I decided to drop the blind, stool, etc right there to lighten my load a bit. I didn't set the blind up because I was going to look around a bit more and wanted to be able to move quickly if I found something better. Well, I did a bit more scouting, decided to leave the stuff where I'd dropped it, and left the area around 10:30a to run to town. I came back around 3:45p to get setup plenty early before the evening hunt. When I got back to the spot, my stuff wasn't there.
Let me assure you that I didn't "loose" it. I could take you to this spot in the dark... without a flash light... and I'm not talking about taking you to the general area, I'm talking about THE specific spot. I know exactly where I sat it down. That said, just to be sure, I marked the spot with my GPS when I dropped it off and even though I knew I was in the right spot when I returned, I went ahead and fired up the GPS just to make sure I wasn't crazy. I'm not. I was standing right where I'd marked the spot when I dropped the stuff off.
My first thought (and still what I figure actually happened) was that somebody stole it. However, I started thinking that perhaps someone else was scouting too and found the same area and ran across my stuff. Since I was no where to be found and the stuff was just dropped there on the ground and not actually set up, I was hoping that maybe they thought that I'd "lost" it and couldn't find it and they'd bring it out and return it to it's owner. Maybe when they came out I was already gone.... who knows... I can hope can't I?
I never saw anyone or any parked vehicles in that specific area all day. In fact, I only saw one other truck, a newer maroon Ford dually, within a reasonable walking distance, but that would have been a pretty long walk.
Perhaps it was someone who showed up after I left and left before I returned. I was kind of hoping that they would show up out there that evening, but no luck.
The ground blind is an Ameristep Doghouse with the leafy netting add-on. In the blind bag was a bow stand, rope, and camo netting. The stool is a Double Bull Magnum.
Unfortunatley, I can not afford to replace any of this right now. So I'm hoping and praying that someone found it thinking I'd "lost" it. I'm going to post a sign or two out there with my name and number, but figured I'd post to some of the online forums too in hopes of getting lucky.
If you happen to have it or know who does and are looking for the owner, I'd greatly appreciate a call at 817-689-5718.
Thanks!
Gary
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