Abandoned well
- Thread starter Ohiosam
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@Buckmaster. Ben, Ron was telling me there's an abandoned well beside the 4 wheeler trail down by the creek - do you know where it is? Your dad didn't seem to know when we asked him.
lung buster
Senior Member
Wow. Thats one lucky hunter. We have to abandon dug wells where we hunt. I made sure both of my kids knew about them at an early age!
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There were 5 of them on our the lease in vinton. We would throw piles of logs and sticks in and ontop them to prevent things like this. It was just kind of an unspoken rule that if you're close you go check it out and add more logs and sticks if need be.
What's strange is that ones modern concrete culvert lined like a cistern. Ours were all hand dug and rock lined.
What's strange is that ones modern concrete culvert lined like a cistern. Ours were all hand dug and rock lined.
lung buster
Senior Member
The ones here are hand dug with rock as well. We do the same and always stck logs in them. Years ago i seen a small deer floating in one of them.....
Sgt Fury
Sgt. Spellchecker
Found a abandoned septic tank in the middle of an overgrown field where we used to rabbit hunt. I walked within a few feet before I noticed it. Called the police and told them about it...they actually didn’t care! It’s a tragedy waiting to happen....only a couple hundred yards from a Developement to boot.
I seen this, that guy sure is lucky he had service or it would have been a missing person's report. Also see one asshat commenting that the hole was too small to fall down in and he could tell by the boot beside it, riiiiight I'm sure they're just making this stuff up.... idiots everywhere.
Archertl
Senior Member
They are pretty dangerous and prevalent. We found an old rock lined one at my grandparents house when we torn down their deck and rebuilt. I found another one on my mom dads new land. It still hand the hand pump installed.
Buckmaster
Senior Member
@Dan, yes I know where that one is. The one by the junk pile stand I haven’t found yet after 20 years of looking.
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I knew where there were several around my grandparents farm in Vinton county. The ones I didn’t know about were the scary ones. There are two across the road from my house. I just found one around thanksgiving while riding the quad as I looked for a buck my neighbor shot. We’ve rabbit hunted all around that thing for years and I never knew it was there.
That guy is lucky to be alive.
That guy is lucky to be alive.
Buckmaster
Senior Member
If we find them I guess we should color them orange, take a GPS (if available), and report them. Eventually the county should backfill them.