Ever gotten in trouble while outdoors alone?

Oh, lost keys and lost phone 2x
Found the phone both times, friend found his keys and had to drive to another friends house to pick up keys and another friends wife had to drive 1.5 hours to meet us to drop off keys…keys got locked in the vehicle the second and third time.
 
I know the Mississippi River bottoms well. I live 3 miles from the river. I broke through a frozen slough one time in 8 degree weather while deer hunting. My prized Winchester 71 .348 was underwater in the hand that I needed to get upright. I got to shore and wrung out my clothes best I could and headed back. Ugh
Never mind about you! Was the 71 ok?
 
Locked keys in trunk while duck hunting. That was no fun. Luckily found a piece of wire out near the road, was able, after about 8000 attempts to unlock a door, but this was back when cars did not have remote trunk release and well before cell phones.

Then had to basically take the back seat out of the car to access the trunk and found keys. All told i would guess took me roughly 4 hours. Car was a 1974 Ford Maverick.

Also buried a van in mud way back in a field. Had to dig with my hands and I stuffed branches, bark, floor mats to get free. That was even worse I think because I had skipped out of work, didn't tell wife and she expected me home at about 5:30pm. Got home near 9:30. Again, pre-cell phone.
 
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