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I once drove 2 hours to hunt catoosa's open archery hunt. As I was laying down in my tent I realized I forgot my bow at home. Hopped in the truck got home got it and made it back to camp around 2am
 
Everything possible at some time or another. I do keep my release attached to my bow when I take it off now to eliminate at least one thing to remember
 
I forgot my quiver with all my arrows in it. It's fun driving 45 mins to a spot to realize that you didn't put your quiver back in the case. I didn't forget my release, but I was putting one on once and the strap broke. Great thing, I had just bought a back up one and pulled it out of the case. Shot a doe 40 mins later.
 
Once I get where I want to be in my climber, I'll take the quiver off my bow and lay in some limbs or strap to the tree. More than once, I have left the quiver in the tree and had to climb back up.
 
FourWFarm said:
Once I get where I want to be in my climber, I'll take the quiver off my bow and lay in some limbs or strap to the tree. More than once, I have left the quiver in the tree and had to climb back up.
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Left my pack in a tree couple years ago. Have a few spots I keep hangers in throughout the season. Not sure how I forgot something like that. I'd already taken my sticks down when I realized it. Was super ticked at myself.
 
Somebody may or may not have accidentally left a bungee cord wrapped around a tree way high up after getting down with their climbing stand in a WMA thus violating the rule against leaving equipment unattended for more than 24 hours. This person would have been too lazy to climb back to retrieve it if they in fact left one up there but may have retrieved it while hunting the next year.
 
Rakkin6 said:
Lol, I forgot my shells opening day of turkey season in 2019. So I feel your pain.
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I know a guy who was elk hunting and left camp that day without shells. Had a large bull walk within 50 yards and just had to watch! No it was not me but I was on the same hunt.
 
How about dropping things from your climber stand after you just got up and situated? Just last weekend after i got all my gear hoisted up and situated i heard something hit the brush at the bottom of the tree. Shined the light down and it was my gear rope. Luckily my drag rope was long enough to reach bottom.
 
I forgot my release one time. Got all the way to the tree and realized it so made what was probably 3/4 mile walk back to the truck and back again. Swearing to death as I climbed the tree. I rarely bow hunt anymore as it's too hot for me so that solves that. 🤣
 
rmmonty32 said:
How about dropping things from your climber stand after you just got up and situated? Just last weekend after i got all my gear hoisted up and situated i heard something hit the brush at the bottom of the tree. Shined the light down and it was my gear rope. Luckily my drag rope was long enough to reach bottom.
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Ugh :mad: I dropped a glove one time & figured no big deal, I'd just keep that hand in a pocket. Well sure enough an old nanny doe came up sniffing right to it, then began snorting her head off and wouldn't stop. Had I not been hunting a specific buck I'd have dropped that hag. And I should have because she just wouldn't leave. She kept circling back raising a ruckus and I never saw another deer.
 

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