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Weird finds in the woods #8587799 03/23/26 01:21 PM 03/23/26 01:21 PM
Joined: Mar 2023 WI WI Outdoors OP trapper
WI Outdoors OP trapper Joined: Mar 2023 WI	Public land way out in the woods I found a toy grabber thing laying next to a plastic coffee can under a bush. As much as I was curious, I left it alone. One never knows what could happen. You guys ever find weird things in the woods?

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587803 03/23/26 01:31 PM 03/23/26 01:31 PM
Joined: Jan 2012 Ohio OhioBoy trapper
OhioBoy trapper Joined: Jan 2012 Ohio	box of magazines count?

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587806 03/23/26 01:51 PM 03/23/26 01:51 PM
Joined: Jun 2015 rogers city mi. J jeff karsten trapper
jeff karsten trapper J Joined: Jun 2015 rogers city mi.	Mayb some old guy trying to pick mushrooms olden tyred

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587816 03/23/26 02:10 PM 03/23/26 02:10 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire	The bigger question is...why did you leave your house ...and what were You doing in the woods ?? It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587820 03/23/26 02:17 PM 03/23/26 02:17 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 NY R Rat_Pack trapper
Rat_Pack trapper R Joined: Jan 2007 NY	Found in the woods in northern NY... A deflated balloon sent up by a grade school class from Indiana for a science project. The note on it asked to let them know the date and location where it was found

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Rat_Pack] #8587824 03/23/26 02:26 PM 03/23/26 02:26 PM
Joined: Feb 2018 Hi-Line Montana Wild_Idaho trapper
Wild_Idaho trapper Joined: Feb 2018 Hi-Line Montana	Originally Posted by Rat_Pack Found in the woods in northern NY... A deflated balloon sent up by a grade school class from Indiana for a science project. The note on it asked to let them know the date and location where it was found Correction, date and location where it was littered. Matthew 5:3-12

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587830 03/23/26 02:51 PM 03/23/26 02:51 PM
Joined: Jan 2012 Ohio OhioBoy trapper
OhioBoy trapper Joined: Jan 2012 Ohio	I was driving on a back country road in the middle of nowhere last week and a red heart shaped balloon floated across the road in front of me and out across the field. I thought, well... not everyday you see that.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587861 03/23/26 04:29 PM 03/23/26 04:29 PM
Joined: May 2019 Saskatchewan R rvsask trapper
rvsask trapper R Joined: May 2019 Saskatchewan	I do a lot of shed hunting in big timber not real close to human habitation. I once found a doll's head a couple miles from the nearest road and even further from this nearest human settlement.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Nessmuck] #8587883 03/23/26 05:11 PM 03/23/26 05:11 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 The Hill Country of Texas	Originally Posted by Nessmuck The bigger question is...why did you leave your house ...and what were You doing in the woods ?? Maybe ESPN was down. What"s good for me may not be good for the weak minded. Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587884 03/23/26 05:23 PM 03/23/26 05:23 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin	birds will actually move stuff if it is small. like doll heads. my son went out dove hunting opening day at the farm and he forgot one of his Decoys in a tree , I found it Saturday about 400 yards south of where he had left it in a fence row, with a hole picked in the side of the decoy that bird must have been peved when it realized it was fake food. America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Nessmuck] #8587885 03/23/26 05:26 PM 03/23/26 05:26 PM
Joined: Mar 2023 WI WI Outdoors OP trapper
WI Outdoors OP trapper Joined: Mar 2023 WI	Originally Posted by Nessmuck The bigger question is...why did you leave your house ...and what were You doing in the woods ?? Ah I know you joking, but I don't get it. I was deer hunting, but I bet you already knew that or something of the sort.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587886 03/23/26 05:28 PM 03/23/26 05:28 PM
Joined: Mar 2018 Pa. B Bigbrownie trapper
Bigbrownie trapper B Joined: Mar 2018 Pa.	Lots of marijuana grow cages. A weather balloon and a drone. In Utah, many years ago, I found an old #5 Newhouse double longspring while elk hunting. The chain had tree roots grown around it.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Wild_Idaho] #8587892 03/23/26 05:52 PM 03/23/26 05:52 PM
Joined: Mar 2020 W NY Turtledale trapper
Turtledale trapper Joined: Mar 2020 W NY	Originally Posted by Wild_Idaho Originally Posted by Rat_Pack Found in the woods in northern NY... A deflated balloon sent up by a grade school class from Indiana for a science project. The note on it asked to let them know the date and location where it was found Correction, date and location where it was littered. Around here they lauch balloons that biodegrade quickly. Especially made for projects like that. Last edited by Turtledale; 03/23/26 05:52 PM. NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587894 03/23/26 06:01 PM 03/23/26 06:01 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Coldspring Texas Savell trapper
Savell trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Coldspring Texas	… found a guy that had shot himself under the chin with 870 12 gauge Insert profound nonsense here

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Wild_Idaho] #8587902 03/23/26 06:22 PM 03/23/26 06:22 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Indiana P Providence Farm trapper
Providence Farm trapper P Joined: Feb 2020 Indiana	Originally Posted by Wild_Idaho Originally Posted by Rat_Pack Found in the woods in northern NY... A deflated balloon sent up by a grade school class from Indiana for a science project. The note on it asked to let them know the date and location where it was found Correction, date and location where it was littered. I found 2 of these on my farm 2 years apart. One was a science class the other a 9th b day boy. Had plans on sending it back to them and explain how it was found inside my and what killed one of my goats And threaten legal action.. I figured it would get the word out this practice is a bad idea. But I think they eventually got thrown away. No it didnt kill a goat I found one low in a tree the other in a pasture. Last edited by Providence Farm; 03/23/26 06:22 PM.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587917 03/23/26 07:05 PM 03/23/26 07:05 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota B Big Sam trapper
Big Sam trapper B Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota	I've found a couple marital aids. I presume 160user forgot them out there. Found a pile of power tools once. All the cords were cut, so I figured they were dug out of a stores dumpster. Found a neighbor girls diary in an ammo can back on the state ground. Maybe the funniest one was my own handkerchief. I had used it the previous fall when I developed an emergency case of bubble gut. Someone found it and tied it to a limb.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587918 03/23/26 07:05 PM 03/23/26 07:05 PM
Joined: Aug 2011 Ohio N newtoga trapper
newtoga trapper N Joined: Aug 2011 Ohio	Colt .45 (1911) pistol lifetime member NTA, OSTA, GTA

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587920 03/23/26 07:10 PM 03/23/26 07:10 PM
Joined: Jan 2024 Ga P Pipeliner90 trapper
Pipeliner90 trapper P Joined: Jan 2024 Ga	I think Savell wins this one.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587921 03/23/26 07:11 PM 03/23/26 07:11 PM
Joined: Nov 2013 texas L la4wd54 trapper
la4wd54 trapper L Joined: Nov 2013 texas	Mule deer hunting out of Pocatello Idaho, pack in hunt. Found a Chrysler hub cab on top of the mountain....

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Pipeliner90] #8587922 03/23/26 07:12 PM 03/23/26 07:12 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Coldspring Texas Savell trapper
Savell trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Coldspring Texas	Originally Posted by Pipeliner90 I think Savell wins this one. …. It was interesting for sure … called the law and they interrogated me for a little bit Insert profound nonsense here

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587938 03/23/26 07:56 PM 03/23/26 07:56 PM
Joined: Feb 2015 Mn R Reaperman trapper
Reaperman trapper R Joined: Feb 2015 Mn	I found this cool lookin saw blade, no handle tho.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Reaperman] #8587939 03/23/26 07:57 PM 03/23/26 07:57 PM
Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota B Big Sam trapper
Big Sam trapper B Joined: Aug 2012 Blackduck Minnesota	Originally Posted by Reaperman I found this cool lookin saw blade, no handle tho. Neat old ice saw.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587962 03/23/26 09:04 PM 03/23/26 09:04 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Western Michigan Animals Only trapper
Animals Only trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Western Michigan	I found a plastic garbage bag full of playboy and pent house magazines. AKA: Rusty Shackleford

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587964 03/23/26 09:08 PM 03/23/26 09:08 PM
Joined: Jan 2019 North central Iowa B Bob_Iowa trapper
Bob_Iowa trapper B Joined: Jan 2019 North central Iowa	Does an old meth lab count.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587969 03/23/26 09:10 PM 03/23/26 09:10 PM
Joined: Aug 2022 TN K Krig trapper
Krig trapper K Joined: Aug 2022 TN	1993. Bow hunting in Colorado.. the most desolate place I have ever been.. 75 miles to the nearest pay phone.. the area we were hunting showed zero sign of human activity.. no beer cans no cigarette butts no tire tracks.. no old campsites.. nothing.. was walking through a big stand if evergreens.. found a real nice 25’ true value tape measure.. brought it home and used it daily for probably 10 years

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587973 03/23/26 09:16 PM 03/23/26 09:16 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 LA D dixieland trapper
dixieland trapper D Joined: Oct 2013 LA	I found a stash several years ago, buried in a 10 gallon bucket. Only part of the lid was exposed. By the date on some of the items, which expired in the mid 80’s, it had been stashed for about 30 years. Among the items were Strike Anywhere matches and a full box of Russian AK47 ammo. Last edited by dixieland; 03/23/26 09:17 PM.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587974 03/23/26 09:16 PM 03/23/26 09:16 PM
Joined: Dec 2011 Allegany County, NY I imlvt trapper
imlvt trapper I Joined: Dec 2011 Allegany County, NY	Found a cell phone that was still working. Got a phone number from a text on it and got it back to the owner. He had lost it 2 days before I found it.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587979 03/23/26 09:25 PM 03/23/26 09:25 PM
Joined: Oct 2013 LA D dixieland trapper
dixieland trapper D Joined: Oct 2013 LA	I was elk hunting in Idaho one year and miles down a Forest Service Road. Found a bicycle that someone had chained to a tree, and then the tree fell on it. Of all the trees in the forest to park your bike, and then can’t retrieve it after a hard day’s hunt.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587981 03/23/26 09:27 PM 03/23/26 09:27 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire	Does Wisconsin have a late March Deer Season ??? It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587985 03/23/26 09:31 PM 03/23/26 09:31 PM
Joined: Apr 2016 Northern Nevada O Old coy trapper
Old coy trapper O Joined: Apr 2016 Northern Nevada	Found a door off of a small experimental airplane. Didn’t find the plane.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587987 03/23/26 09:34 PM 03/23/26 09:34 PM
Joined: Dec 2022 North Central WA. J Jingles trapper
Jingles trapper J Joined: Dec 2022 North Central WA.	Can't say weird but definitely not normal 3 $100.00 bills beside a trail about 18 miles in the wilderness The job of a Patriot is not to protect his country but to protect the people from the tryannical government

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Jingles] #8587988 03/23/26 09:37 PM 03/23/26 09:37 PM
Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire N Nessmuck trapper
Nessmuck trapper N Joined: Nov 2011 New Hampshire	Originally Posted by Jingles Can't say weird but definitely not normal 3 $100.00 bills beside a trail about 18 miles in the wilderness Did you feel like you were being watched...as you put them in Your pocket ?? It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Nessmuck] #8587991 03/23/26 09:40 PM 03/23/26 09:40 PM
Joined: Dec 2022 North Central WA. J Jingles trapper
Jingles trapper J Joined: Dec 2022 North Central WA.	Originally Posted by Nessmuck Originally Posted by Jingles Can't say weird but definitely not normal 3 $100.00 bills beside a trail about 18 miles in the wilderness Did you feel like you were being watched...as you put them in Your pocket ?? Nope only other living thing around was the horse and string of 10 mules. The job of a Patriot is not to protect his country but to protect the people from the tryannical government

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587992 03/23/26 09:41 PM 03/23/26 09:41 PM
Joined: Feb 2007 Killingly, CT Brian Mongeau trapper
Brian Mongeau trapper Joined: Feb 2007 Killingly, CT	Found a full magazine for a .22lr pistol on a path into the state forest.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587993 03/23/26 09:42 PM 03/23/26 09:42 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 NW MO T TurkeyTime trapper
TurkeyTime trapper T Joined: Jan 2014 NW MO	Covey of 25 quail. Should have immediately started a search for Sasquatch with that kind of luck and find.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587996 03/23/26 09:51 PM 03/23/26 09:51 PM
Joined: Oct 2011 Western Shore Delaware SJA trapper
SJA trapper Joined: Oct 2011 Western Shore Delaware	I've got one that will beat anything found in a woods so far . . . IF I can still find where I put it, and IF Paul will allow it to be posted. It's the real deal! :-) "Humans are the hardest people to get along with." Dr. Phillip Snow

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8587997 03/23/26 09:52 PM 03/23/26 09:52 PM
Joined: Jan 2009 Tug Hills, NY B Bass1 trapper
Bass1 trapper B Joined: Jan 2009 Tug Hills, NY	Set up a tree stand a few years back and about 40 yds down the ridge found another tree stand. It had been there so long that the strap had grown into the tree and had cause a wound on the tree that ran down the trunk about 8 ft.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588004 03/23/26 10:07 PM 03/23/26 10:07 PM
Joined: Apr 2007 ohio Ohio Wolverine trapper
Ohio Wolverine trapper Joined: Apr 2007 ohio	Found a $10 bill while turkey hunting, just laying in the path. Found a dead man, face blown off and a bullet hole just behind his right ear. Law said it was a hair trigger, and he went under a limb that hit the trigger. Ever carry a rifle on a sling over your shoulder, and the barrel end was behind your ear? A lot of strange unexplained deaths in our county over the years . Last edited by Ohio Wolverine; 03/23/26 10:08 PM. We have met the enemy and the enemy is us!

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588005 03/23/26 10:08 PM 03/23/26 10:08 PM
Joined: Feb 2017 Priest River, Idaho USA S SundanceMtnMan trapper
SundanceMtnMan trapper S Joined: Feb 2017 Priest River, Idaho USA	A golf ball twice, different places, a long ways from any golf course. Walking up a gated road I picked up several rounds of 300 ultra mag ammo spaced 50 to 100 feet apart. Several coats and shirts over the years. "They Say Nothing is Impossible, But, I Do Nothing Every Day."

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Big Sam] #8588014 03/23/26 10:27 PM 03/23/26 10:27 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 MN 160user trapper
160user trapper Joined: Jan 2007 MN	Originally Posted by Big Sam I've found a couple marital aids. I presume 160user forgot them out there. I didn't "forget" them there, I hid them. And I want them back. I am still making payment on the Billy Bob 2000. I have nothing clever to put here.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588015 03/23/26 10:28 PM 03/23/26 10:28 PM
Joined: Aug 2013 Louisville, Nebraska jabNE trapper
jabNE trapper Joined: Aug 2013 Louisville, Nebraska	Found an old fishing rod leaning up against a tree. Was a long way from any water. Money cannot buy you happiness, but it can buy you a trapping license and that's pretty close.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Nessmuck] #8588028 03/23/26 10:53 PM 03/23/26 10:53 PM
Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin G GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper
GREENCOUNTYPETE trapper G Joined: Sep 2013 Green County Wisconsin	Originally Posted by Nessmuck Does Wisconsin have a late March Deer Season ??? yes and no it isn't on the books , but some of our relatives took part in it while pruning orcharads everyone who had a hand in it of my relations has passed now so we can talk about it. America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588043 03/23/26 11:36 PM 03/23/26 11:36 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 barton county kansas Sasquatch91 trapper
Sasquatch91 trapper Joined: Dec 2007 barton county kansas	Kinda weird a guess, found a dead head few years back. Turned out to be a deer a famous pop country singer shot with a local outfitter and never could find it. "You skin that one pilgrim."

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588069 03/24/26 12:22 AM 03/24/26 12:22 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	When I was trapping In Canada, I found a 30-30 and a Reminton 870 shotgun leaning against a tree. They had been there a long time. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588070 03/24/26 12:26 AM 03/24/26 12:26 AM
Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt. B Boco trapper
Boco trapper B Joined: Aug 2011 james bay frontierOnt.	Found a large garbage bag of dried weed way back in on an old bush trail when hunting in september one year. Took me and a buddy several months to smoke it all. Forget that fear of gravity-get a little savagery in your life.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588135 03/24/26 08:53 AM 03/24/26 08:53 AM
Joined: May 2013 Northern Michigan J J.Morse trapper
J.Morse trapper J Joined: May 2013 Northern Michigan	I found pot growing inside chicken wire cages a couple times. Not me, but a downstate fellow was trout fishing back in a local remote swamp a few years back and he ran into a commercial sized grow operation.....had camo netting strung over it, and a well equipped tent camp with enough supplies to have been set up by several men. They had an elaborate kitchen tent that had strings of dried chili peppers hanging up. It was believed to be a cartel operation. The police used helicopters to go in and take care of stuff. Considering this ain't Humboldt County, California I was always surprised at the amount of weed grown back in the day. Had an old buddy that was on a multi-agency drug task force team that would fly in choppers several times a summer/fall to search for pot growing in corn fields, woods, etc. I asked him how often they found it and he said literally every flight they made found some.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Boco] #8588155 03/24/26 09:46 AM 03/24/26 09:46 AM
Joined: Jun 2015 rogers city mi. J jeff karsten trapper
jeff karsten trapper J Joined: Jun 2015 rogers city mi.	Originally Posted by Boco Found a large garbage bag of dried weed way back in on an old bush trail when hunting in september one year. Took me and a buddy several months to smoke it all. Hope you found a truckload of potato chips too olden tyred

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588162 03/24/26 09:53 AM 03/24/26 09:53 AM
Joined: Jun 2015 rogers city mi. J jeff karsten trapper
jeff karsten trapper J Joined: Jun 2015 rogers city mi.	Have a tree in my swamp with a crosscut saw grown into it And along a river bank a what I believe is a stevens crackshot 22 or similar gun grown into a large spruce pretty well dilapidated olden tyred

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588217 03/24/26 10:44 AM 03/24/26 10:44 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. N.Y. G gcs trapper
gcs trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 South shore L.I. N.Y.	Found a suicide...in a car on a 90 degree day, cops came and immediately sent out for snacks.. Found a rusty 38 special dredging crabs out in the bay....

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588220 03/24/26 10:47 AM 03/24/26 10:47 AM
Joined: Jun 2007 Illinois foxkidd44 trapper
foxkidd44 trapper Joined: Jun 2007 Illinois	I found a kids doll way out in the middle of nowhere.. It was a kids baby doll..scared me to death,, I actually thought it was a dead baby. Still don’t know how it wound up were it was. Stand by your principles, Stand by your guns, and victory complete and permanent is sure at last. Abraham Lincoln

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588221 03/24/26 10:49 AM 03/24/26 10:49 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	I found a skeleton of a deer in a crotch of a tree. I figured the deer jumped over this log and landed in the tree. The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: The Beav] #8588259 03/24/26 11:52 AM 03/24/26 11:52 AM
Joined: Dec 2006 Otsego, MI 68 K K-zoo trapper
K-zoo trapper K Joined: Dec 2006 Otsego, MI 68	Many years ago, my buddy and I were squirrel hunting in the Allegan State Forest. We came upon a cardboard box that had a litter of dead puppies in it. Really sad, don't know how people can do that. Member NTA, MTPCA, FTA, NRA, MUCC 2 Cor. 5:17

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Boco] #8588306 03/24/26 02:06 PM 03/24/26 02:06 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin T The Beav trapper
The Beav trapper T Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	Originally Posted by Boco Found a large garbage bag of dried weed way back in on an old bush trail when hunting in september one year. Took me and a buddy several months to smoke it all. You mean you just misplaced the weed. LOL The forum Know It All according to Muskrat

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588394 03/24/26 07:05 PM 03/24/26 07:05 PM
Joined: May 2013 Holmes Co. Ohio K Killbuck trapper
Killbuck trapper K Joined: May 2013 Holmes Co. Ohio	Rotted Filson vest hanging in a tree.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: Savell] #8588398 03/24/26 07:15 PM 03/24/26 07:15 PM
Joined: Jun 2010 Iowa ~ADC~ The Count
~ADC~ The Count Joined: Jun 2010 Iowa	Originally Posted by Savell Originally Posted by Pipeliner90 I think Savell wins this one. …. It was interesting for sure … called the law and they interrogated me for a little bit Did they let you keep the gun? www.iowatrappertalk.com

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588405 03/24/26 07:25 PM 03/24/26 07:25 PM
Joined: Oct 2007 OK Aaron Proffitt trapper
Aaron Proffitt trapper Joined: Oct 2007 OK	Those who've mentioned finding the deceased ...the public areas just North of Lawton, OK.,( The. Shady 580) I like to hunt and fish, I anticipate coming across a body. Every time. Between the criminal activity and prevalent drug use, I'm surprised I haven't by now. Honor a Soldier. Be the kind of American worth fighting for.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588406 03/24/26 07:31 PM 03/24/26 07:31 PM
Joined: Dec 2017 Up a creek MT jnsff69 trapper
jnsff69 trapper Joined: Dec 2017 Up a creek MT	An old stihl ms 290. The remains of an old timer that lived in a bus with his 8 dogs. Only 5 of the dogs were still alive. Ya can't miss fur if yur traps are out somewhere. Or so I've been told.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588407 03/24/26 07:32 PM 03/24/26 07:32 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 Midland, MI. Seldom trapper
Seldom trapper Joined: Mar 2007 Midland, MI.	How about finding this homemade boat 1/2 mile from the nearest road and about 100 yds from the creek on the high-bank. Looked like two old car hoods welded together, even appeared to have a transom for an outboard?? Go figure! ! "A few want to know WHY, the majority appear to be satisfied just knowing HOW!" Youtube Channel- SeldomFales

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588413 03/24/26 08:16 PM 03/24/26 08:16 PM
Joined: Jan 2025 NC J Joco1995 trapper
Joco1995 trapper J Joined: Jan 2025 NC	Car hood boat was pretty awesome in its day i bet lol

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588429 03/24/26 08:50 PM 03/24/26 08:50 PM
Joined: Feb 2009 East Central Mn. U uplandpointer trapper
uplandpointer trapper U Joined: Feb 2009 East Central Mn.	I run pointing dogs for Grouse and Woodcock. One spring day I was out hoping to find a few woodcock during there spring migration. We were almost back to the road when my dog went on point, but he was acting real different. He would point then take a few steps then back up. He did that several times before I got to him. That's when I saw it . There was a child's blanket wrapped around a body and stuffed into a brush pile. I collared my dog and stood there for a long minute before heading for the truck and drive to a spot for cell service. I walked about 50 yds down the road towards my truck before stopping. I stood there for a bit before I headed back ( I had to know). Finally I took my pocket knife and cut a slit in the blanket. The thick black hair was from someones Black lab. I still after 20 years think about it when I head to the woods.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588437 03/24/26 09:06 PM 03/24/26 09:06 PM
Joined: Dec 2007 Port Jervis, NY B beachcomber13 trapper
beachcomber13 trapper B Joined: Dec 2007 Port Jervis, NY	I was walking along an old swamp and could see a large white bump out on the ice. I walked over and could see where this white Lab had fallen through the ice, managed to get back out and then froze to the ice. That pretty much ruined my morning.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588492 03/24/26 10:01 PM 03/24/26 10:01 PM
Joined: Nov 2007 southern Indiana blackoak trapper
blackoak trapper Joined: Nov 2007 southern Indiana	Found a cooler way back in the woods that had a plastic container inside of it and inside the container was three human toes.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588506 03/24/26 11:16 PM 03/24/26 11:16 PM
Joined: Feb 2020 Indiana P Providence Farm trapper
Providence Farm trapper P Joined: Feb 2020 Indiana	I found remnants of methods lab once. Plastic hotels with hose coming out of them with residue inside the bottles and an old cooler. I saw it recognized what it was after being on jury duty on a meth case. Backed away a back to my truck and went hunting in a different location. Didn't want to run into any paranoid meth cookers that may be in that area. Infact that was 15 year ago or longer and I have not hunted there since.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588589 03/25/26 08:47 AM 03/25/26 08:47 AM
Joined: Dec 2013 Northern MN O Osky trapper
Osky trapper O Joined: Dec 2013 Northern MN	At a very old logging camp location I found a file in great shape. I sent it to a past member here who builds things in the old ways. I wondered at the guy who stood over saw blades all day long using it to sharpen the next days whip saws. A shot behind the ear was mentioned. I recall a longtime ago walking behind a friend, heading into the timber for an afternoon deer hunt. He stepped over a tree in front of me, rifle slung over his shoulder, when the brush caught his rifle shoulder stock and drug it back so the barrel end hit him in the back of the head. It didn’t go off and didn’t hit him hard but sure showed me a fast lesson. Osky www.SureDockusa.com “ I said I don’t have much use for traps these days, never said I didn’t know how to use them.”

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588679 03/25/26 12:37 PM 03/25/26 12:37 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Belair MD V VictorD trapper
VictorD trapper V Joined: Jan 2016 Belair MD	I could go on for hours on what my brother and I found as kids while trapping. I found 3 shotguns in the Hackensack river. They were muddy, but cleaned up and worked fine. Found plenty of party areas in the woods. we would take the unopen bottles. Lots of sex toys and clothes. Found a dead body in the patch of woods in Teaneck on the way to school. the snow plow had pushed him up and into the wood area. Apparently someone dumped him off along the highway. Found a blood trail in the woods next to my Jr HS, found out a lady was raped and the guy cut her throat. She made it to a hose at the edge of the swamp, but did not survive. Found jewelry and money form people being robbed and the person tossing what they didn't want into the woods. Homeless camps, in the swamps, as well as items tossed out of cars. Once found about 30 nickel bags or pot under a bridge. I am guessing they were getting pulled over and tossed everything out of the window of the car.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: VictorD] #8588688 03/25/26 01:09 PM 03/25/26 01:09 PM
Joined: Mar 2023 WI WI Outdoors OP trapper
WI Outdoors OP trapper Joined: Mar 2023 WI	Originally Posted by VictorD I could go on for hours on what my brother and I found as kids while trapping. I found 3 shotguns in the Hackensack river. They were muddy, but cleaned up and worked fine. Found plenty of party areas in the woods. we would take the unopen bottles. Lots of sex toys and clothes. Found a dead body in the patch of woods in Teaneck on the way to school. the snow plow had pushed him up and into the wood area. Apparently someone dumped him off along the highway. Found a blood trail in the woods next to my Jr HS, found out a lady was raped and the guy cut her throat. She made it to a hose at the edge of the swamp, but did not survive. Found jewelry and money form people being robbed and the person tossing what they didn't want into the woods. Homeless camps, in the swamps, as well as items tossed out of cars. Once found about 30 nickel bags or pot under a bridge. I am guessing they were getting pulled over and tossed everything out of the window of the car. Wow. This world is so full of evil.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588702 03/25/26 02:20 PM 03/25/26 02:20 PM
Joined: Jan 2016 Belair MD V VictorD trapper
VictorD trapper V Joined: Jan 2016 Belair MD	I agree, my wife freaks out when I tell her stories. Especially the fighting, not sure why, but people wanted to fight us kids because we were trapping. My son loves the stories.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588710 03/25/26 02:57 PM 03/25/26 02:57 PM
Joined: Mar 2013 Fall Creek, WI T TraderVic trapper
TraderVic trapper T Joined: Mar 2013 Fall Creek, WI	About 5 or 6 years ago Muskrat and I were deer hunting in the river bottoms (WI River) and we came across a "sex toy" about half exposed in a pile of debris commonly left as floodwaters recede. Maybe it has moved along downriver to you fellows in Iowa, Illinois or ? Last edited by TraderVic; 03/25/26 02:57 PM.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: WI Outdoors] #8588717 03/25/26 03:15 PM 03/25/26 03:15 PM
Joined: Jan 2012 PA P panaxman trapper
panaxman trapper P Joined: Jan 2012 PA	In woods between Wilmington and Hockessin DE. I came across a satin 4x4 sheet w satanic symbols and an iron pot filled with dried rooster heads and a small sword stuck smack in the middle. It was a gloomy foggy day, really creeped me out. Some sickos out there.

Re: Weird finds in the woods [Re: TraderVic] #8588718 03/25/26 03:18 PM 03/25/26 03:18 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin Muskrat trapper
Muskrat trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Wisconsin	Originally Posted by TraderVic About 5 or 6 years ago Muskrat and I were deer hunting in the river bottoms (WI River) and we came across a "sex toy" about half exposed in a pile of debris commonly left as floodwaters recede. Maybe it has moved along downriver to you fellows in Iowa, Illinois or ? If I remember right . . . the initials GCP were markered on the side. Hmmmm . . . Lifetime member of WTA and NTA

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