LEFT BEHIND

[YELUM]

I have some friends that bring home every shed they find, no matter how bad of condition. Others leave behind what they consider junk. Then there is my neighbor/friend. A couple years ago he went on a 20 mile hike, 10 in, 10 out. At 10 miles in he ate the last of his food, and at 12 miles he was out of water. At 13 miles, he found this shed. He decided I'd want a picture of it so he took a couple. THEN LEFT IT. I wanted to beat him to death when he showed me the pic. His excuse was, "I was worried I wasn't gonna make it back to the truck if I packed the extra weight". How many of you would have been found dead with it clutched in your grip, before leaving it? Score guesses?

Yelum

 

[one_dryboot]

LAST EDITED ON Feb-21-10 AT 09:29PM (MST)[p]What did it weigh a pound and a half? without any food or water he was packin light. That is a big shed. I will only leave the really bad ones that fall apart in your hand

On a muzzy elk hunt up cozy I hiked in the dark to get to the top then hunted all day. After a failed stalk attempt I was on my way back to the main trail in some steep nasty crap. Thinking I couldnt make it back to the top I found a big elk shed that I used to push me to the top. As I was hiking out that night there were many times I thought about throwing that heavy shed out because I thought I was going to die but I couldnt. They would have found me dead with a kong fu grip to that shed.
I learned two things that day. I will never leave a decent shed and I will never hike in and out of cozy in one day.

 

[Dawgs]

I have stashed half a load of big ol' elk horns and returned the next day...I couldn't leave a decent shed just out there though. I do have a couple of decent dead-heads gps'ed that I am not picking up though.

 

[338BUCKNBULL]

I WOULD HAVE DROPPED A POUND AND A HALF AT THE SIGHT OF THAT SHED,SO TAKING IT WOULD HAVE EVENED OUT.

 

[losthuntr]

it takes about 3 days to die without water, it would have came home with me

 

[KILLERBEE]

no chance it would have been left! cool find, in fact- i'd make him take you back to get it

 

[toughshed]

I'm in the "leave it behind" camp...and I wouldn't have to be 10 miles from the truck to come to that conclusion...that kind of junk isn't worth the space it takes up in the house. Just my opinion.

Signed, Antler Snob