While I was getting strapped into my ladder stand, I pulled the safety rope out of my pullover pocket to wrap around the tree and a second later, heard metal-on-metal alerting me that my streamlight microstream flashlight had fallen out of my pocket when i pulled the rope out. Fortunately it hit a rung on the ladder on the way down. Otherwise, I would have no idea where I lost it.
So there I am, 16 ft. up a tree looking at a leaf and branch covered forest floor with about three and a half hours until I had planned to get down for lunch. Using my trusty 7X42 Nikon binoculars, I searched the forest floor until i finally found it.
