Old time hunters and a mystery device

NONYA · Post by **NONYA** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:22 pm

Came across this old cabin while hunting along the edge of a wilderness area this evening

On the way out I took a closer look and found this board on the corner of the cabin next to the old hitchin rail with hunters names,days hunted and game taken and dates back as far as 1917,I almost left my own but decided this was a piece of history that I didnt want to alter,maybe if I kill something up there worth writing about i will some day.

Up on a high ridge far from and road I found this "device" nailed to a tree,my best guess is that it was part of a deadfall trigger but Im only guessing,any ideas?

bigbuck92 · Post by **bigbuck92** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:22 pm

dont know. looks cool though

bowhunter3 · Post by **bowhunter3** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 8:02 am

Ya that is really neat you found something like that.

AGCHAWK · Post by **AGCHAWK** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:26 pm

NONYA, that is a pretty cool find! I would love to check out that "bragging board" myself.

As for the strange device, I have no idea. Good guess though.

lifetime hunter · Post by **lifetime hunter** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 7:27 pm

no idea on the device.. but that "brag board" is really cool! glad you got some pictures! and thanks for sharing!

southwind · Post by **southwind** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:17 am

Love that board!

Post by **MuleyMadness** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 8:41 am

Cool finds, and yes look like some type of trigger release for trapping purposes I suppose?

Larry · Post by **Larry** » Thu Oct 18, 2007 10:17 am

The brag board is a neat deal, I'm starting kinda the same thing with my wall tent this year.
as for the thing nailed to the tree, I'd be surprized if it had anything to do with a dead fall. they are too simple to make on site and would cost the trapper nothing.
Is there an eyelet on the top of it, I cann't really tell by the pic.

gilamonster8 · Post by **gilamonster8** » Fri Oct 19, 2007 1:18 pm

Now thats cool' There's a p[lace like that here in Southern Az. What they did up there was left everything as is but somebody took up a notebook to signin on. Havent been there in years. This post just makes me want to get off my fatasz and get up there.

lifetime hunter · Post by **lifetime hunter** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:29 pm

asked my dad about the device on the tree.. he asked if the top part and the bottom swiveled?

then he looked at if for awhile and said it's a bottle opener! Favorite tree to sit under after a hard day hunting

LOL