Well, mine happened last weekend. It may not be as bad as some may think, but enough to make it not the ideal hunt.
So, I wake up early morning and drive 40 minutes to the hunting site alone. I park the trunk and open the rear and put on the hunting gear. Everything is on until I discovered that I forgot my binoculars. Mind you, I am hunting in the NW on rolling hills where I NEED my binoculars. I said OK and give out a big sigh and tell myself that I will have to settle for my brand new Nikon rangerfinder as my monocular instead. The optics of 6X rangerfinder is not the best and angle of vision is very narrow so I have to concentrate and scan longer.
OK, after trekking 1 mile into the mountain, I am about half a mile away where I saw deer yesterday and 1 week before. I scan the area with my rangefinder and see no deer. SInce I am anticipating that they will show up soon, I decide to go on all 4's and move slowly a few hundred yards. I put the rangefinder in a small pouch in front of of orange vest and close all 3 buttons, since I knew that it may fall off once I start crawling. AFter about 200 yards, I stop and sit and start to look for deer again. I then open my pouch and dig into it looking for my rangefinder. It wasn't there. My brand new rangefinder fell somewhere in the thick brush. Dang it! I decided that I could not use my rifle scope as my monocular, I then decided to go and backtrack to where i think I dropped it. Of course, I never found it!
So, I wake up early morning and drive 40 minutes to the hunting site alone. I park the trunk and open the rear and put on the hunting gear. Everything is on until I discovered that I forgot my binoculars. Mind you, I am hunting in the NW on rolling hills where I NEED my binoculars. I said OK and give out a big sigh and tell myself that I will have to settle for my brand new Nikon rangerfinder as my monocular instead. The optics of 6X rangerfinder is not the best and angle of vision is very narrow so I have to concentrate and scan longer.
OK, after trekking 1 mile into the mountain, I am about half a mile away where I saw deer yesterday and 1 week before. I scan the area with my rangefinder and see no deer. SInce I am anticipating that they will show up soon, I decide to go on all 4's and move slowly a few hundred yards. I put the rangefinder in a small pouch in front of of orange vest and close all 3 buttons, since I knew that it may fall off once I start crawling. AFter about 200 yards, I stop and sit and start to look for deer again. I then open my pouch and dig into it looking for my rangefinder. It wasn't there. My brand new rangefinder fell somewhere in the thick brush. Dang it! I decided that I could not use my rifle scope as my monocular, I then decided to go and backtrack to where i think I dropped it. Of course, I never found it!