hopefully the thief who took it will play with it and shoot themselves in the balls - removing themselves from the gene pool.
I think you took reasonable precautions to protect it. I’d be willing to bet that the thief was watching you as you put it in the car, otherwise he wouldn’t put in so much effort to break into your trunk.
I’ve rarely, if ever, given thought to “Protection” from other people out in the woods. I can’t remember the last story I’ve seen of an adult male being assaulted in any type of situation like that.
Deliverance
Deliverance
The banjo playing is a definite give away not to go in that direction 
~Matt
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yup, both the local police and the feds that happened to be in town for an un-related matter think that somebody was in the woods watching. and yes, nothing would make me happier than the dumbass shooting themself i the nuts haha
That reminds of the story of the woman who solo backpacked all the time and was a photographer. After hiking the Divide one time for several weeks she went to get the rolls of film developed only to find that the first couple pictures on several rolls were of her sleeping in her tent.
thats creepy…bet you it was a totally harmless person doing it just to mess with her.
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I can’t remember the last story I’ve seen of an adult male being assaulted in any type of situation like that.
Clearly, you were never in the Boy Scouts
Oh wait … you said “adult”
Never mind
yup, both the local police and the feds that happened to be in town for an un-related matter think that somebody was in the woods watching. and yes, nothing would make me happier than the dumbass shooting themself i the nuts haha
Watching? They would have seen you put the backpack in, not the gun, unless you were waving it about to show your friends or something.
The fact that the backpack and its contents - minus only the gun - were recovered makes me think that you were robbed by someone who knows you, and knew the gun was there…
I took the gun out from another bag, put it into the backpack, then locked the backpack in the trunk. Yes I had it out. No, nobody who knows me did it since the only people in town who knew me were with me.
its not un-common for dirty scumbag thieves to hide at trailheads and wait for people to leave so they can rob them.