I found a "Nuptse" Northface down jacket on the sidewalk in Jersey City. Does that count as "Gems on the trail? I would have left it there but my girlfriend insisted that I take it.

Was this ethical? I doubt it very much....(and I rarely if ever, need such a warm jacket.)

Is it ever ethical to take "gems on the trail?" Taking these gems, I understand, is not the point of the origninal post. Perhaps leaving them is more to the point. But the idea of "finding a gem" seems to imply fortune to the finder....

I've shot a couple of small animals and eaten them. Some of my friends and relatives tell me that this is .... stupid and whatever.. .or etc.........I fully understand and partly or even mostly agree with their point of view.....

Still, I'd do it all over again...Might even wack a deer yet someday....Though I doubt it......for various reasons.......Not least is lack of freezer space...