Bowhunting Souvenirs

[Terry Green]

What all have you brought back from a hunt that you didn't take with you?

I took home some Dirt from Africa, sea shells from Laredo, concrete dirt clod from Solana, a broadhead I found near Pecos TX, a friends arrow from a previous hunt in SC, fat lighter wood from FL, a very bizzar pine knot from CO, a beautiful rock from Cohutta, and the best was a lost chocolate Labrador Pup from Kennym's who spend 10 years with me.

[GCook]

Dropped antlers and skulls.

[Terry Green]

Thanks for the reminder....

Bobcat skull from The Paradise.

[trad_bowhunter1965]

Obsidian arrow head I was stalking Muledeer Buck and was on a trail looked down there it was to this day I think he was doing the something.

[Cory Mattson]

Small rocks that were used for ballast when ships were made from wood. I find these in every inlet in the southeast. Some of the piles have sprouted palm trees and become islands no bigger than a living room. I’ve hosted many bowhunters to hunt wild hogs in these saltwater bay habitats and gave a few a rock to take home with their hogs.

[kennym]

Awesome dog, she had a great life with you all.

[kennym]

I found this in the mountains of CO. Took awhile to find out what it was...

[McDave]

Could be nothing, but it caught my eye while I was bowhunting with my brother-in-law in the Gila in New Mexico in the ‘80’s. Looks to be flaked on the back. The divot on the front fits my thumb perfectly. Notice how my middle finger fits nicely in the slot, and there is a place on the back that you can’t see where my index finger fits. I believe the projection you can see over my index finger once extended around the top and was a knife blade. Who knows?

[2wfstlhunting]

small dry wild gourds from the mountains of S. Arizona, multiple shards of old discarded broken indian pottery from an old homestead in Arizona, a gifted set of elk ivory from a guide in Wyoming, red sand from Botswana, chips and chunks of tourquise found on the ground in the Navaho reservation north Arizona, Metis banner from Canada, set of bison teeth from S.Colorado, duiker skin decorated bag and ostrich shell bead necklace from Namibia

[Littlejake]

A bucket full of memories.

[durp]

Other people's trash...mostly empty beer cans...about 10 years ago I found an orange juice can from the 60's. Saved it for some reason...I guess it's just to dang much work to pack out an empty can after you've refreshed urself 

[STICKBENDER98]

I have a whole bunch of memories, but have also came home with extra flashlights that I have found...makes me wonder how they found their way out without them???  I just got home from a quick trip to Ohio to hunt with my buddy, again a lot of memories, high temps and low deer movement.  But I did bring a small rock home for my wife for her flower garden, something I have always done for her, she has rocks from every state that I have been to, to hunt.  I also brought some small stone for one of my step grandkids that like to collect stones and polish them.  Can't wait to see her face when I give them to her!!!


Jason

[wood carver 2]

I have some big chunks of quartz from my first moose hunt west of Thunder Bay, a turtle shell from the same place and a box turtle shell from Ohio. I also have a couple of turkey calls made by buddies from turkey camp.
Dave.

[Roger Norris]

I have 2 chunks of copper ore that I found below my first treestand location at ShrewHaven years ago. Interestingly, that is also Ron LaClairs first camping spot when he started hunting there. His teepee poles are still there.

[Ryan Rothhaar]

I'm always packing some kind of junk home from hunts. Off the top of my head....I have stone points found on hunts in TX, MT, and CO.  A big pandanus palm nut form Australia NT, pebbles from the shore of the Arctic Ocean from my musk ox hunt, porcupine quills I picked up in South Africa,  a shed cow caribou antler I picked up on one hunt to the northern slope of the Brooks Range, and a piece of quartz I picked up on a hill where I nearly had to shoot a grizzly with a 12 guage on another hunt. Fossilized wood from a hunt in AZ, a chunk of old spruce that a beaver chewed into an hourglass shape then gave up on from a lake in northwest AK that we named "No Moose Lake".....all kinds of other junk 😀

R

[Gun]

Two different mature whitetail skulls that had shed. Either wolf or winter kill. Otherwise just other friends hunting arrow/dated signed by them.

[double eagle]

When I lived in the Adirondacks, I found an old 2-man 6ft crosscut saw leaning against a tree.  Both handles had rotted off and a bit rusted.  This was in 1998 and wonder how long it was there as the area wasn't logged off based on the tree growth.  I bet it has some stories.  The only other eerie thing is I found a 10" cast aluminum crucifix, the type used on caskets.  No cemeteries around.  Kept it as I couldn't just leave it...maybe good/bad luck. 

[4dogs]

Ok Kenny, I give. What is it?

[kennym]

A guy I worked with said he used to haul semi loads of em out to mines, they somehow used them to separate gold and the other leftover stuff they didn't want? That's all I know about it except it's 1.5" diameter , weighs 11 oz and a magnet will stick to it.

[4dogs]

Ha! interesting