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I've been looking all over for that!

That site is Ifish.net

There is something like 1500 posts on that topic.

Kawi: My list of found items is a very long one!
Among the items I have found are Indian arrowheads, 25 million year old fossils, shed horns, all manner of Hunting equipment including knives, gloves, several game calls, a watch (I always inspect game kill/clean sites!), a pair of Zeiss binoculars (unfortunately they had been damaged when lost - Zeiss America helped me locate the owner via the serial number), a full box of 270 factory ammunition and a LED flashlight.
I have LOST several knives and a couple of pieces of Hunting paraphenalia over the last 50 years.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Fun thread! Lemme think....The usual arrowheads,Indian pottery(parts of the Paunesegaunt are loaded with it)as well as lots of mule deer sheds;elk sheds, sea shell fossils at 9000 feet in Colorado;pieces of dinosaur bones in Eastern Montana...a dead Golden Eagle.Old cartridge cases...

A slate top grave sight with Indian and Russian inscriptions,near a remote bay on Baranof Island.....must have been 8" of moss covering the slate.

A pair of pants. label on the inside said - J. Hoffa. Did a Google search. Came up no known manufacturer. Figured that they must of been taylored cut.

Taconic.....think you found the burial site!

or Wyoming

Me too....last year, while accessing our hunting area on ATV's (2 of us), I found two doe's standing in the middle of the road....and unwilling to move off the road. No no no, not what you're thinking....we each had a bull tag, cow tag...and I had a buck tag. Not a doe tag between us. Sat there for probably 10 minutes before they moved on.....*grumble grumble grumble*

About 100 yards up the trail, I found a brand spanking new "dead sled" critter hauler on the road. That one, I didn't need a tag for.

Most fun find was while spring bear hunting ten years ago... bent down to pick up an old shell casing (30-06 stamped 1917) and right next to the casing was a fossilized Aspen-like leaf in a stone.

In 1980 I found an Indian scraper chipped out of quartz near Buffalo WY. in a cliffy hillside. Killed a nice 8 pt. buck that evening also.
In 1986 my buddy and I came across plane wreckage on a mountain near Hot Sulphur Springs, CO.. Local leo said it was a doctor, wife and 2 kids killed about 15 years prior. Couldn't make it over the mountain top due to icing and crashed - came straight down.
In 2000 hiked up to a rocky outcrop to glass for elk in NM. Sat up there, glassed, soaked in the sun, had some snacks and took photos. When I got up to go, I looked down and there below the large 5 foot rock was a black square looking metal object. Turned out to be the first generation Leica range finder. Still worked, was a bit weather beaten, had been snowed on and melted. When I got back home, I called Leica with the s/n inside the battery cover. No one registered the unit so no known owner.

Yeah, after they lost their wood stove, they decided to modernize and buy a microwave. Couldn't find a place to plug the damn thing in.

Nevada, It was in a Lion's grave yard den approx 6000'. There were also some Mule deer horns, but I grabbed the better choice. It measured 155" according to the outfitter.

I was offered $600.00 from the outfitter(didn't realize it was worth that much). I refused & brought it home....closest I will ever come to killing one I suppose.

Kool find but just so you know in Wyoming ( Not sure about other states) even "finds" on sheep are supposed to be checked in and plugged by the G&F.

Back in 1973, my high-school buddy and I were rabbit hunting along the Salem River, and we happened upon a still that was in operation - the coals under the boiler were smouldering. We backtracked out of there in a hurry, but not before relieving the owners of a machete and a flashlight.

You sure it's legal in Utah? Reading their Administrative Rule, shown below, I don't see how a lion killed bighorn would qualify...

R657-5-21. Possession of Antlers and Horns.

(1) A person may possess antlers or horns or parts of antlers or horns only from:

(a) lawfully harvested big game;

(b) antlers or horns lawfully obtained as provided in Section R657-5-20; or

(c) shed antlers or shed horns.

(2)(a) A person may gather shed antlers or shed horns or parts of shed antlers or shed horns at any time. An authorization is required to gather shed antlers or shed horns or parts of shed antlers or shed horns during the shed antler and shed horn season published in the guidebook of the Wildlife Board for taking big game.

(b) A person must complete a wildlife harassment and habitat destruction prevention course annually to obtain the required authorization to gather shed antlers during the antler gathering season.

(3) "Shed antler" means an antler which:

(a) has been dropped naturally from a big game animal as part of its annual life cycle; and

(b) has a rounded base commonly known as the antler button or burr attached which signifies a natural life cycle process.

(4) "Shed horn" means the sheath from the horn of a pronghorn that has been dropped naturally as part of its annual life cycle. No other big game species shed their horns naturally.

eh76;
I hope this finds you and yours well this fine and finally cool weekend. We're just back down the hill from our last weekend looking for 6 point bull elk and first weekend for immature bull moose. We've also got bear and whitetail tags still good to go, but wouldn't you know it, we only managed to see a young ram this morning.

As to finding horns in this part of the world, sheep found here in BC need to be plugged as well.

We had a die off here in the local herd of California's awhile back and I know a few folks who found dead rams. Nobody that I know had any grief from the MOE in getting the finds plugged.

To the OP, while out hunting I believe I've found a pocket knife once and one short and one long handled spade as well. Nothing too exciting for sure.

All the best luck to you all this season.

Dwayne

Found a guy sitting on a stump who was lost and drinking out of a flask. He was pretty glad to see me. I drank a little from his flask and then moved on. The next day I was thinking and I'm not sure if I ever gave him directions on how to get out of the swamp. For all I know he could still be sitting there on that stump.

Well, I didn't actually see the Lion kill the BH so..........

Dwayne,

It finally cooled off here this past week, but then today which is the opener for elk in my unit, it is almost 80 F and windy as can be. I decided to let the anxious hunters have the mountain and stayed home to get some chores completed.

Always enjoy your posts! Best of luck to you and yours this season.

Keith

The point of our posts is to keep you from getting yourself in trouble with the G&F......possessing a non-plugged sheep skull can be a stiff fine at the very least.