Did you forget your rifle in the Mendocino NF?

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I just saw this on FB and thought there is a chance somebody here could benefit form posting it here:

A rifle was found on the Mendocino National Forest in the Hammerhorn Area. If it’s yours, please contact the Covelo District Office at (707) 983-6118 . You must be able to describe or have documentation to claim ownership of rifle. Thank you.

I hope it gets reunited with its owner soon.
 
Who walks off without their rifle? Keep us posted if there is more to the story....

I'm going to guess here that its not some full bore custom with a NF scope....

Probably a Big 5 bottom of the line Savage or equal.
 
Yes… I forgot my rifle. I don’t have any documentation but here’s a description. It’s about 40-ish inches long and weighs somewhere between 5 and 15 lbs. On one end is a trapezoidal slab that you put against your shoulder, and it’s made of either wood or some kind of plastic if I recall. The other end has a round metal tube poking out with a hole in it and I can’t recall if it’s a blueish color or silver. In the middle there may or may no be another metal tube with glass in each end of it. Anyway trust me it’s mine… I’ve left that dang thing in the woods so many times….
 
Beendare said:
Who walks off without their rifle? Keep us posted if there is more to the story....

I'm going to guess here that its not some full bore custom with a NF scope....

Probably a Big 5 bottom of the line Savage or equal.
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Had a buddy lean his rifle against the vehicle tire. We were exhausted. By the time we packed up camp and threw back some food he drove off and ran it over. Turned back about a mile down the road to go get it, but it can happen.
 
Beendare said:
Who walks off without their rifle? Keep us posted if there is more to the story....

I'm going to guess here that its not some full bore custom with a NF scope....

Probably a Big 5 bottom of the line Savage or equal.
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You would be surprised.

I know a guy that was hunting and was coming back home for a couple days (1.5 hour drive). He had a friend that his parents lived down where he was hunting so he left the trailer and RZR down there at their place. Got all the way home and realized that his gun (full bore custom with a nightforce) was still sitting in the RZR. Had to call the guys 80 year old mom at 1030 at night to go get it and put it in the house.

I was out shooting carp one day with my bow. Walked back to the pickup, set it down to take my waders off and drove away without it. Got all the way home (20 minutes) and realized it. Drove back and luckily it was still there.

You feel like an idiot when you do it, that is for sure.
 
j3h8 said:
Had a buddy lean his rifle against the vehicle tire. We were exhausted. By the time we packed up camp and threw back some food he drove off and ran it over. Turned back about a mile down the road to go get it, but it can happen.
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Thankfully I have only lost one coffee cup off the bumper of my truck to learn that lesson.......
 
j3h8 said:
Had a buddy lean his rifle against the vehicle tire. We were exhausted. By the time we packed up camp and threw back some food he drove off and ran it over. Turned back about a mile down the road to go get it, but it can happen.
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I did that with my bow years ago. Fortunately, I only slightly bent one cam.

A friend of mine put his bow on his tailgate and drove off. Bow disappeared.

My buddy stopped to take a leak while we were hiking. We kept going for awhile when I asked where his bow was...

I stopped to unload a mountain house and kept walking. Realized I didn't have my gloves. Found them on my binoculars...

It happens.
 
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Shit happens, I once left my shotgun leaned up against a fence post where I crossed to get to my rig, got a phone call and was distracted enough to leave the shotty there!

Didn’t notice until the next morning when I saw my empty shotgun case in my truck, I had to guide a client so I couldn’t go get the gun and figured it was gone anyway, called a friend and had him drive by and luckily enough it was still there!


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Had a great uncle who swore he left a shotgun in a hollow tree.
Back in the 20' or 30's, he had killed a butt load of ducks and was having difficulties because of the shotgun.
He stopped to rest and saw a hollow tree.
"I'll stick it (his shotgun) in that tree and come back and get it tomorrow!"
He was never able to relocate the tree to get his gun.

Some where in the Neches River bottom in Anderson County, Texas is what's left of the rusting hulk of a Win M12. Nearly a hundred years later, it probably isn't recognizable.

With that being said, Uncle D was quite a character and a gambler. He could have made up the story as cover for using the shotgun to pay off a gambling debt!

Uncle D is long gone. The truth will never be known! LOL!
 
BRTreedogs said:
It Ca so the weapon should be registered correct?
One phone call and they should know who the owner is.
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Well, there is some thoughts on that.
First, if you "find" a gun, it should be turned over to the nearest law enforcement facility.
It's up to them to locate the owner.)

Across the United States, there is a system called "LETS". In Texas, it's "T-LETS". In Oklahoma, it's "O-LETS". The LETS" system allows law enforcement personnel to trace license plates, drivers license and a myriad of other items nationwide. That also includes firearm serial numbers.
Information obtained through a "LETS" system can only be used for law enforcement purposes.
How many times have you heard of a private citizen get one of his law enforcement buddies to trace a license plate or a firearm serial number.
LEGALLY: a LEO can only trace a drivers license, car tag or firearm serial number in performance of his/her duties as a LEO.
It is illegal for a LEO to divulge ANY information obtained through a "LETS" trace to be given out.....to anyone! ....for any reason!
To do so can cost him or her their career and his/her LEO certification can be permanently revoked.

Knew a guy who bought and sold firearms quite a bit. He wouldn't buy or sell a firearm to anybody that wouldn't show him their drivers license.
A deputy sheriff he knew (lodge or club buddy?) would trace the buyers DL and give ol Big Jim a printout of the buyers data. If he bought a firearm, his deputy buddy would trace both the firearm serial number and the sellers DL and give Big Jim a printout. Jim had a loose leaf notebook with the "printouts" of data on all his buyers/sellers! 🤯

When I told him what he was doing was illegal and his LEO friend (informer?) could lose his career AND his LEO credentials, ol Big Jim got so mad he wouldn't talk to me anymore. As far as I know, he's still up to his
shenanigans!
 
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