[pct-l] Buck Larceny - was something about peeing on tp and deer

[Scott Heeschen]

MendoRider wrote:

>* I was astonished at how fearless the
*>* deer were. At first I was delighted that they came right
*>* into camp. That soom wore off and I decided that they were

*>* pests. I was not very successful in chasing them away.
*
In '05, a thru-hiker in that very same area had his trekking poles
stolen in the night.  He found just one of them the next day...covered
in deer slobber.  He got his trail name from that experience....Buck
Larceny.


Squatch
www.walkpct.com

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Good memory, Squatch!  I was very pleased when Josh anointed me with that
trailname.  The deer stole more than my trekking poles, though - it's a
scary feeling when you wake up in the middle of the night and your pack is
gone!  I may have misspoken when I met you - the location was Stover Camp,
south of Lassen, but it's all in Nothern California, where I heard of others
having similar issues:

http://trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=111355

I didn't have any more theft problems (once I washed my pack :-)  but the
deer in the North Cascades were terrible about being klutzy and loud at
night while earning their 'pee-licker' nickname.  All this was at very
established campsites (Cascades have designated camping areas), so stealth
camping is good for avoiding more than bears, apparently.

Deer lost a lot of their "Ooh, nature!  How cool!" cachet on my thruhike.

    Scott "Buck Larceny" Heeschen