My trusty friend is lost in the woods!

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deerslayer303

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Well, a dumb move on my part. But while cutting firewood in the woods on my deer lease, my TCP in it's IWB holster fell off my belt. I've spent 3 days looking for it. There is so much brush and debris it makes it difficult. Hopefully when we finish cutting up this GIANT white oak, I will be able to clear a lot of the debris and maybe find it. I take comfort knowing its off the beaten path and the odds of some kid or something finding it is low. I'm still disappointed in my irresponsibility. I should have had it in my pancake holster vs. the IWB holster with a simple belt clip. I never felt it come off my belt. I've retraced my steps many times. Just not a good feeling at all. If I can't find it, I guess I will be buying a new mouse gun.
 
See if there's a metal detecting club near you. Those guys look for stuff for fun and would likely be very happy to help you out.
 
You probably should report it to your local PD as "lost" (not stolen), in case some kid (or otherwise) does find it. This partly takes you off the hook in case it ends up being used in a crime. If you do find it, the PD can purge it off their records as "recovered."
 
We tried a metal detector, but because of the debris we really couldn't get close enough to the ground. I have been in contact with local PD, but they want an address for the report. So I have to figure out what the address would be.
 
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Good luck with a address deer slayer. The silly city folk think that everywhere has an address and it just aint so. Ask them if GPS coordinates would work?
 
:D I know, when she asked me the address, I was like :confused: ummm lady its a mile off the nearest road. She said "Sir without an address I can't do a report". Hopefully when we get done cutting up this chainsaw killer of a tree, I can move the debris and find my trusty sidekick. Yes it was not expensive, but its a proven carry piece for me.
 
hartcreek said:
Good luck with a address deer slayer. The silly city folk think that everywhere has an address and it just aint so. Ask them if GPS coordinates would work?
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GPS coordinates. Yeah, right.

Had an example of such silliness recently. There's a large (by local standards) tract of Town-owned open space across the street from me. This past Fall, a large group of rowdies from surrounding towns discovered it. There's a large field that's set back from the road, slightly behind the crest of a small rise and not visible from the street. The property has a conservation easement that prohibits motorized vehicles (other than farm equipment) and fires. The rowdies were tearing the place up with their monster trucks, having bonfires until oh-dark-thirty, and leaving the field (which is farmed) strewn with ampty beer bottles and cans.

Cops finally rousted the rowdies, and made their point by having several of the trucks towed and impounded. Then the public works department installed a gate, with a lock. And on the gate they posted a sign, with a street name and number.

The field is directly across from me. My number is 172. The gate is directly opposite 176. The number on the gate is 211. 211 used to be my grandparents' address -- it's a half mile down the road, to the north. But the police have a number for their reports, so everybody (except the rowdies whose trucks were impounded) is happy.
 
Good reminder to us all other all make sure your holster is appropriate for your activity.

Best of luck finding that gun.
 
Like, you laid it in the chain saw accessories box because it kept slipping out. That kind of "last place you'd ever look."

I lost a $250 titanium and S30V folder for three weeks, found it right where I had put it down.

If that pistol can fall out of that holster, then it quite possibly did it getting into and out of the truck, leaning over the bed, or working around the tailgate. Seat belts are notorious for grabbing things and removing them - it may be under the seat or jammed in a crevice, shoved down further when you sat on it. It very well may not be laying out in the woods at all.

One particular thing I have done is to deliberately decide to stop thinking about it in my conscious thought - put it aside with no further remorse. When I do that whatever I've lost usually pops up a thought days later to go check some obscure place and it's been there more often than not. Basically you drive it into your subconscious to work on and the answer eventually bubbles up.

Basically, kind of giving up on it completely - seems to clear out the locked doors and dead ends for the real answer to surface. Shrug your shoulders and move on. It works surprisingly often.
 
[M]y TCP in it's IWB holster fell off my belt.
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I quit using my Remora 3-in-1 IWB because there is no firm attachment to my belt. The textured surface never failed, but I feared it could at some time. My other holsters firmly attach with a snapped loop for easy on and off
 
Are you absolutely positive you lost it where you think you lost it? I say this only because once I lost a set of keys in the woods or at least thought I lost them in the woods. I searched that same section of woods, no larger than a football field, for three years off and on. Then one day I was down in the basement and found them on a shelf. I had been on a letter arranging something in an upper book shelf and they must of fallen out of my pocket when I removed something else from my pocket.

So, if you have not done so already check between the seats in your vehicle/under the seats and anywhere else you were at the day of the loss.

Let us know the end results. There are lots of us trying to help you find it. :(
 
deerslayer303,

If you can't find it, report it lost to your sheriff's office. It might be covered by your homeowner's policy. Maybe the NRA will cover it with its limited insurance.
 
cheap holster and belt, predictable result.

By the by, clip on open top rigs are not good for active life styles. if you're relaxed, sitting, mild walking.... that's fine.
 
Whenever I lose my wallet or eyeglasses, I go right to the refrigerator and there they are on the shelf. Happens every time.

You might check your kitchen, first.
 
I appreciate all the advice guys. Yall have given me a lot of options to think about and check. This thing has consumed my thoughts since it happened. I got dressed, put my pistol on, got in the truck and went straight to the woods and went to work. I've went over my truck with a fine tooth comb. This tree is so big I was climbing all over it cutting limbs off etc. So it could have fallen at any point. Here's a Pic to illustrate the size of this thing. We are standing on a limb, that's not the trunk.
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