What’s the coolest thing you found in the back country

[jjchad]

Apologies in advance for a long post. I used to work as a bounty hunter. Back in ’95, I was tracking a group of escaped convicts into Montana's isolated Oxbow Quadrangle. I never found the men, but I did find a scrap of cloth, enough blood to paint the sheriff's office, a shotgun shell, and an old-fashioned Indian arrow. Seemed odd, so I took the arrow to an archaeologist who identified it as a replica of the arrows used by Cheyenne Dog Soldiers.

After much research, I found a long list of people who had disappeared into the Oxbow, including the story of a wild Indian child captured in the woods in the early 20th century. I know it sounds crazy, but eventually I returned to the Oxbow with the archeologist and began searching for a lost tribe of Indians.

After a week, we were maybe 50 miles in and nearing the end of our supplies. While packing our gear to head back to civilization, we were attacked by Cheyenne Indians who took us to their encampment in a valley only accessible through a tunnel behind a waterfall.

It was scary. They even shot my dog with an arrow. But eventually, tempers cooled, and I learned that the “wild Indian child” from all those years ago was now their tribal leader.

Befriending a hardy band of Native American Dog Soldiers who escaped the 1864 Sand Creek massacre and had been living in isolation for 128 years in the Montana wilderness was a unique experience. But if I had to pick, that secret tunnel through the waterfall was the coolest thing I’ve found in the backcountry.

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Sounds like " Last of the Dogmen"

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[RockAndSage]

Apologies in advance for a long post. I used to work as a bounty hunter. Back in ’95, I was tracking a group of escaped convicts into Montana's isolated Oxbow Quadrangle. I never found the men, but I did find a scrap of cloth, enough blood to paint the sheriff's office, a shotgun shell, and an old-fashioned Indian arrow. Seemed odd, so I took the arrow to an archaeologist who identified it as a replica of the arrows used by Cheyenne Dog Soldiers.

After much research, I found a long list of people who had disappeared into the Oxbow, including the story of a wild Indian child captured in the woods in the early 20th century. I know it sounds crazy, but eventually I returned to the Oxbow with the archeologist and began searching for a lost tribe of Indians.

After a week, we were maybe 50 miles in and nearing the end of our supplies. While packing our gear to head back to civilization, we were attacked by Cheyenne Indians who took us to their encampment in a valley only accessible through a tunnel behind a waterfall.

It was scary. They even shot my dog with an arrow. But eventually, tempers cooled, and I learned that the “wild Indian child” from all those years ago was now their tribal leader.

Befriending a hardy band of Native American Dog Soldiers who escaped the 1864 Sand Creek massacre and had been living in isolation for 128 years in the Montana wilderness was a unique experience. But if I had to pick, that secret tunnel through the waterfall was the coolest thing I’ve found in the backcountry.

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The author, on location at the scene…

 

[bpa556]

Apologies in advance for a long post. I used to work as a bounty hunter. Back in ’95, I was tracking a group of escaped convicts into Montana's isolated Oxbow Quadrangle. I never found the men, but I did find a scrap of cloth, enough blood to paint the sheriff's office, a shotgun shell, and an old-fashioned Indian arrow. Seemed odd, so I took the arrow to an archaeologist who identified it as a replica of the arrows used by Cheyenne Dog Soldiers.

After much research, I found a long list of people who had disappeared into the Oxbow, including the story of a wild Indian child captured in the woods in the early 20th century. I know it sounds crazy, but eventually I returned to the Oxbow with the archeologist and began searching for a lost tribe of Indians.

After a week, we were maybe 50 miles in and nearing the end of our supplies. While packing our gear to head back to civilization, we were attacked by Cheyenne Indians who took us to their encampment in a valley only accessible through a tunnel behind a waterfall.

It was scary. They even shot my dog with an arrow. But eventually, tempers cooled, and I learned that the “wild Indian child” from all those years ago was now their tribal leader.

Befriending a hardy band of Native American Dog Soldiers who escaped the 1864 Sand Creek massacre and had been living in isolation for 128 years in the Montana wilderness was a unique experience. But if I had to pick, that secret tunnel through the waterfall was the coolest thing I’ve found in the backcountry.

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[Warmsy]

A couple of Wyoming goodies. The top one I believe is a core, and then the bottom maybe a damaged projectile point or some other damaged cutting tool. Both found together in a likely spot in the sage with close access to good water and 360 degree views.

What is a "core"?

 

[Warmsy]

Apologies in advance for a long post. I used to work as a bounty hunter. Back in ’95, I was tracking a group of escaped convicts into Montana's isolated Oxbow Quadrangle. I never found the men, but I did find a scrap of cloth, enough blood to paint the sheriff's office, a shotgun shell, and an old-fashioned Indian arrow. Seemed odd, so I took the arrow to an archaeologist who identified it as a replica of the arrows used by Cheyenne Dog Soldiers.

After much research, I found a long list of people who had disappeared into the Oxbow, including the story of a wild Indian child captured in the woods in the early 20th century. I know it sounds crazy, but eventually I returned to the Oxbow with the archeologist and began searching for a lost tribe of Indians.

After a week, we were maybe 50 miles in and nearing the end of our supplies. While packing our gear to head back to civilization, we were attacked by Cheyenne Indians who took us to their encampment in a valley only accessible through a tunnel behind a waterfall.

It was scary. They even shot my dog with an arrow. But eventually, tempers cooled, and I learned that the “wild Indian child” from all those years ago was now their tribal leader.

Befriending a hardy band of Native American Dog Soldiers who escaped the 1864 Sand Creek massacre and had been living in isolation for 128 years in the Montana wilderness was a unique experience. But if I had to pick, that secret tunnel through the waterfall was the coolest thing I’ve found in the backcountry.

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[TheGDog]

Apologies in advance for a long post. I used to work as a bounty hunter. Back in ’95, I was tracking a group of escaped convicts into Montana's isolated Oxbow Quadrangle. I never found the men, but I did find a scrap of cloth, enough blood to paint the sheriff's office, a shotgun shell, and an old-fashioned Indian arrow. Seemed odd, so I took the arrow to an archaeologist who identified it as a replica of the arrows used by Cheyenne Dog Soldiers.

After much research, I found a long list of people who had disappeared into the Oxbow, including the story of a wild Indian child captured in the woods in the early 20th century. I know it sounds crazy, but eventually I returned to the Oxbow with the archeologist and began searching for a lost tribe of Indians.

After a week, we were maybe 50 miles in and nearing the end of our supplies. While packing our gear to head back to civilization, we were attacked by Cheyenne Indians who took us to their encampment in a valley only accessible through a tunnel behind a waterfall.

It was scary. They even shot my dog with an arrow. But eventually, tempers cooled, and I learned that the “wild Indian child” from all those years ago was now their tribal leader.

Befriending a hardy band of Native American Dog Soldiers who escaped the 1864 Sand Creek massacre and had been living in isolation for 128 years in the Montana wilderness was a unique experience. But if I had to pick, that secret tunnel through the waterfall was the coolest thing I’ve found in the backcountry.

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Riiiiiight.....

 

[mtnrunner260]

Old wagon over 10k and about 11 miles from trailhead.
Assume it's from tie hacks making rail road ties for the transcontinental railroad.

 

[swehrman]

What is a "core"?

I'm wondering the same thing.

 

[Dos Perros]

What is a "core"?

So, I'm an amateur, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

https://history.sd.gov/docs/PrintReadyChippedGroundStone.pdf

I suppose it could be a "check core."

Check Core Description: c heck cores (Figure 7) are pieces of raw material with one or more flake scars. Function: testing by flintknapper to determine quality and suitability of raw material for use in tool production.

It has several flakes knocked off it, so it could be a core maybe.

Core Description: a core is any piece of raw material, such as a nodule, cobble, thick flake, or tabular piece, from which flakes have been removed for production of stone tools (Figure 9). It bears a negative flake scar or scars. The alignment of cleavage scars on various faces can be random or systematic. Cores can be embryonic; for example, a piece of natural, unprepared, raw material with a flake scar or scars, or can be termed exhausted cores, or core nuclei, discarded when too small to produce additional flakes of the desired shape or dimensions. They can take a variety of forms depending on type and orientation of flakes removed and can be classified by shape and orientation of flake removal. Block cores, or tabular pieces, are used in the production of irregularly shaped flakes. Blade cores are used in the production of regularly shaped blades or flakes. Categories for cores in HACS include multifaceted, polyhedral, bipolar, bifacial quarry blank, bifacial preform, core shatter, check core, or modified cobble. All flaked stone industries are represented by either flakes or cores.
Function: cores represent the raw material used in the flaked stone industry.

 

[WJS23]

I found this when I was hunting the back side of a swamp in New Hampshire last muzzleloader season.

 

[fatlander]

In 2021, we let out a mid day location bugle. A bull answered back with a lazy bedded bugle near the back of the canyon. We were going to have to wait for the thermals to switch to make a play. While sitting on the hillside, between naps and snacks, I found an old quarter. We passed it around and guessed about how it may have gotten there. A few hours later, we found ourselves in a rut fest that culminated with a really good dead bull. That quarter rides in my bino harness everywhere I go. We use it to make decisions.


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[Wiley coyote]

Found this many years ago. Saw the buck the previous winter in early mornin. Didn't know what I was looking at til I found this about a quarter mile from where I saw the buck. Biggest blacktail I've ever seen was around the next turn, unfortunately not during season. This antler reminds me of the sculpture from Beetlejuice

 

[Wiley coyote]

58 grams

 

[NRA4LIFE]

Looks like fried chicken.

 

[Huntingbob]

While glassing for sheep, I found and old shovel standing upside down in the willow brush! At about 11K I'm thinking there was some mining going on in the area.

 

[AZJesse]

Found this many years ago. Saw the buck the previous winter in early mornin. Didn't know what I was looking at til I found this about a quarter mile from where I saw the buck. Biggest blacktail I've ever seen was around the next turn, unfortunately not during season. This antler reminds me of the sculpture from BeetlejuiceView attachment 736468

That is a wicked double beam

 

[Idahodmax]

Big horn sheep skull

 

[Masondmartin]

Found a old campground.

 

[SWOHTR]

Riiiiiight.....

His whole story sounds like an adaptation of Indians Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

 

[Smokey Bear]

New guy here and love this thread! Some great stuff.
I found my first point in 2021, deer hunting SE Oregon by the border of Nevada. Since then I have have to remind myself that I’m out here to hunt deer. Stop looking at the ground.