Woke up terrified.....

[C.O.U.E.S.]

.....I come home yesterday about 4p.m. from along looong day chasing big daddy and his girlfriend around the mountian...(he won again) ...I got pre-occupied quick....nock out exhausted 'bout 11

 

....Fastforward to 4a.m. this morning, the alarm goes,open my eyes...and all in 1 motion(literally)...I am running, no more like a sprint...or as fast as this 40 year body can move ...out tthe door: I LEFT MY PACK, BOW and everything that else I have been toting around since the beggining of this late hunt in the back of the truck....... ........I look over the side and everthing was there!!! ...man, talk about an early morni'n stress test......

 

It would of been real nightmare trying to replace 5 to 6k in gear...what a relief..any of you ever do the same and not be as lucky??????

 

Oh yeah, I will be taking pics and writing down serial#s real soon,hopefully I will never need'm....goood luck to those goin out today...max

[FlyingW]

I did the same thing before and luckily all my stuff was still there when I came flying out of bed in the middle of the night . That will definitely wake you up out of a dead sleep and make the hair on the back of your neck stand up . I have made it a habit to take photos of all my hunting gear with serial #'s , brand , model, ect. and I keep them in the safe . Glad you didn't loose anything !!!

[DUG]

Yes, you are lucky. We always take the "expensive" stuff out of the truck and put it up no matter how tired we are. Only takes a minute to do it, but only takes a minute to steal it, too.

[GameHauler]

Been there, done that.

Been lucky.

[ratherbhunting]

I came home late from hunting and left all the stuff in the back seat of my truck. It was under jackets and stuff. I came out the next morning to my truck broke in to and all my stuff gone. Its not a happy fealing!!

[joeybari]

You want to talk about a night mare last year I had packed all my gear up for my Octhunt went to a friend’s house in Scottsdale to give him directions to the hunt sight so that he could meet me out there in a day or so. Well the worst thing could have happened to any hunter about hour latter every thing was gone. 300 ultra, Leopold scope, minox bino,tripod, back pack, side arm, camping gear, cameo, boots, gps, wallet, the list goes on about 10 years worth of gear ranging about 10gs insurance paid 8. That was a hard pill to swallow, learned my lesson the hard way. I never never leave my guns, binos, and other things that are very expensive to replace.

 

 

[WinMag]

I got back from hunting a few years back and as I was unloading the truck and did almost the same thing. I laid my rifle still in the case on top of the 2.5' brick wall between my house and my neighbors house next to the street. Went to bed and then to work the next day and found it still laying there when I got home from work. I had luck on my side that day it could have been bad. I have a Jr High right down the street from me and the kids walk past my house everyday on the way to school.

[GameHauler]

Things are better here but when I load up the night before

I move my truck behind the fence and the dog is on patrol.

When I loaded for the sheep hunt besides having all the usual

hunting gear I had food to feed eight hunters for at least a week.

There was not an inch of truck (crew cab, long bed) that was not

stuffed with stuff.

Fortunately my travle trailer had been parked in Quartsite already

for 2 months and had rented a storage to keep the quads in .

Had to make 3 trips to QS to get every to camp but that was the only

practical way to have all I needed.

 

The trip home was supper full with the RV now packed so full you could

not get in the door and TJ brought one of the Quads back to Mesa for me.

 

Did I unpack that night?

NO! just backed everything behind the gate.

No I could not have done that in Mesa.

[wildcat]

I left all my hunting gear overnight in my 4runner one night after hunting. The next day I noticed pieces of plastic the same color as my car laying on the ground around it. They tried to break in through the locks and door handles on both sides. Luckily they werent successful but did cause about 400 dollars in damage.

[DesertBull]

I think you would be surprised how many people go through the neighborhoods looking for stuff in cars every night.

 

One of these nights, I'm going to set up a trail cam in my driveway. I've found cig butts, bottle caps and other stuff in my drive that I know came from losers looking to rip something off. Fricken meth heads.

[az4life]

Gotta say, I don't miss that part of AZ. I hated those nightmares when I lived in Peoria, Mesa, Phx, AJ, and they all had that problem that you could not leave a garage door open or vehicle unlocked or anything in the front yard if you wanted to keep it.

 

I don't worry bout that here. Almost everyone knows everyone and if you poke your nose where it don't belong, you have a 80% chance someone going by will be carrying and not afraid to show you the business end of justice.

 

Happy New Year

 

 

[firstcoueswas80]

That right there is why I ALWAYS bring my stuff in! I bring the super important stuff (rifle, bow, optics) in on the first trip.

[COUESAZ]

My brother had about 7k worth stole a few weeks ago. Rifles and all.

[COUESAZ]

My brother had about 7k worth stole a few weeks ago. Rifles and all.

[Snapshot]

I know exactly what you mean! There have been a few times I have woken up, grabbed the S&W, and charged out the door, looking to eliminate a wart off the butt of society , but ended being a false alarm.