A few years ago, a fellow neglected to load his duck gun and his bag of decoys into his vehicle in a parking area to a salt marsh. I found the duck gun laying in the dried mud in the open. When I turned in the gun at the local police station, the fellow had already reported the gun and decoys lost. The fellow reported he had been distracted by his dog so forgot about his gear. When I found the gun, there were no decoys . Never got the rest of the story.