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If I found a rifle leaning against a tree 5 miles from road on a deer trail I would consider it an emergency and immediately start halooing and using the whistle that is part of my everyday carry gear and searching for a hunter who suffered a heart attack while trying to take a sh1t. He shouldn't be far from the rifle. If I couldn't find him in a few minutes I'd call Benton County Search and Rescue and tell them the serial number and situation. Maybe hunter suffered a stroke and wandered off. Or a woods naive person got turned around and lost. Hopefully Linn and Benton County Sherriffs would send out a telephone alert and soon the available citizenry closest to the site would gather to search the area. I wouldn't handle the rifle, as it could be used to give the scent to a SAR dog. I figure nobody leaves a rifle in the woods unless something is really wrong.Lots of depends. If I had been the person to find it in a diaper bag I would have put it back in the bag and then returned it to the owner with a good finger waggle about security of said pow pow. If I was walking along a deer trail 5 miles from a road and found a hunting rifle (or a Winchester model 73) leaning up against a Juniper tree I would most likely after trying to find out its owner via the serial number. Should that not prove possible I would keep it.