Whats the wierdest thing you've found while in the woods?

[elkslayer069]

Today while prepping my elk camp location (clearing some brush ect.) i came across a silicone female "mid-section" and trust me it had all the parts and orfaces. I just thought i would share this with you all and i also wondered if i should post this in the lost and found section?

[724wd]

a cougar skeleton.  skull was complete with only 1 canine missing (lost in the dirt).  young, smaller cat, found near a stream (sick?) close to homes (no, they didn't ever see it)

[deerhunter_98520]

i hope you left it alone  elkslayer      

[Alpine Mojo]

Thanks, I was wondering where I left her.

[jamng]

While hunting with my boys this past week we found these..The skull is not a deer young or old but have no idea other then that.. The other looks like a leg trap but has no teeth to hold a animal and I can't for the best of how you would set it.. JAMNG

[the1rod]

my dad and i found a backpack, in it was three 24oz hurricane high gravitys, ( i believe that was the name). a dirty magazine, a bottle of lube, a small pair of panties, and a towel. then we also found in there a check book, the only checks written from it were to the department of corrections. it was kinda creepy and kinda funny all at once.

[Backstrap]

That's a connibear trap, scissor open against the spring to set, then place in a trail and when an animal goes thru and springs it, it whacks them, breaking neck/spine, etc. Very lethal on muskrat in the small sizes (110, etc), and beaver in the big size (330).

To set it, compress the spring (the triangle part) enough to scissor/spread the jaws (square parts) 90 degrees. When the jaws are in the "set" position, take the notched dog on top and secure it into the trigger (the wire prongs are missing from yours but they would normally extend several inches down the trigger). The trap is set upright in a trail (rodent run in this case) and held in place with sticks or stakes. Make sure the sticks used to hold it up are strong enough to hold it when an animal runs into it, so they don't knock it over. Also make sure the sticks don't interfere with it snapping shut. Be very careful, even this small one could probably brake your hand.

PS: You'd probably want to take a wire brush to it before setting it. Ans without the wire extensions on the trigger, it's almost impossible to catch anything.

PSS: Depending where you got this trap, you may have taken it illegally. Traps out in the woods are not generally free for the taking.

[longstevo]

There's been a few of these posts come up every now and then.  They're so interesting!

[Schmalzfam]

And they wonder why us women don't feel safe in the woods alone.....

[longstevo]

And they wonder why us women don't feel safe in the woods alone.....

Hahaha.  Good point.  Sometime us men don't feel safe in the woods, either. 

[jamng]

The trap I found was buried under a ton of pine needles and was only visible by a small piece of the chain. Its very rusty and looked like it has been there for many many years. If I thought it was in use or someones I would never have taken it. It was obvious to me that it was lost and there for many years..

[longstevo]

The trap I found was buried under a ton of pine needles and was only visible by a small piece of the chain. Its very rusty and looked like it has been there for many many years. If I thought it was in use or someones I would never have taken it. It was obvious to me that it was lost and there for many years..

Was the trap 'locked and loaded?'  That'd have been a bad one to step on. 

[raekmike]

Creepy people looking for creepie things is the creepiest things i've seen......

[jamng]

No the trap was not loaded. Its so rusty I think it would break if you tried to set it. Its very old and rusty and was buried under pine needles... And if you think a Dad and his two boys out in the woods hunting deer is creepy then you must be one of those that voted for patty and obama.. You would probably be be happy with no guns no hunting and just stay at home and receive your check from the government...

[longstevo]

I don't think anything is creepy with a Dad and his two boys spending time in the woods...