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[pct-l] Safety on the Trail
NO-NO-NO & AND NO AGAIN YOU GUY.
YOU DON'T EVER KILL THEM.
YOU JUST "CASTRATE" THEM.
NO YOU CAN'T USE LICHEN OR FUNGUTH. YOU MUST USE MOTH. ONLY MOTH
HAVE MOTH BALLS. YOU SPREAD THEIR LEGS APART GENTLY AND LOOK FOR THE MOTH
BALLS. NOW I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THAT BUT NOT ALL MOTH HAVE MOTH
BALLS. ONLY ABOUT EVERY OTHER MOTH HAS MOTH BALLS.
AND THE REASON MOTH DON'T SMELL LIKE MOTH BALLS IS BECAUSE THE ODOR IS IN
THE BALLS. BUT CASTRATING THEM IS VERY TRICKY
AND I WOULD SUGGEST YOU GO TO YOUR LOCAL DRUG OR HARDWARE STORE AND ASK
FOR CASTRATED MOTH BALLS. OH, MAKE SURE YOU TELLTHEM
''SWITCHBACK'' SEND YOU.
JMT REINHOLD
YOUR INTRAVENOUSLY FED TRAIL COMPANION, MOTH CURATOR & SAFETY ON
THE TRAIL
----- Original Message -----
From: <dsaufley@sprynet.com>
To: "Bill & Cathy" <tahoe.cat@verizon.net>; "Reinhold Metzger"
<reinholdmetzger@cox.net>
Cc: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 9:40 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Safety on the Trail
> That's too funny. ROTFL!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Bill & Cathy <tahoe.cat@verizon.net>
> >Sent: Feb 13, 2006 5:54 PM
> >To: Reinhold Metzger <reinholdmetzger@cox.net>
> >Cc: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> >Subject: Re: [pct-l] Safety on the Trail
> >
> >Hi All I would like to try the Moth Ball method. Do you go out at night
to
> >catch them ? Do you hold them by the wings or the legs? I guess you have
to
> >kill them, is it messy? Remember "Be Prepared" Ground Pounder Bill
"Semper
> >Fi" LOL
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger@cox.net>
> >To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> >Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 1:17 PM
> >Subject: Fw: [pct-l] Safety on the Trail
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: stevewilson1@juno.com
> >To: reinholdmetzger@cox.net
> >Cc: karenmetzger@cox.net ; paulafcee@aol.com
> >Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 6:40 AM
> >Subject: Re: [pct-l] Safety on the Trail
> >
> >
> >I got your message. Are you sure it's the mothballs keeping the bears
away.
> >I thought it was your 2 week old socks wrapped around your macadamia nuts
> >that kept them away.
> >
> >Steve
> >
> >-- "Reinhold Metzger" <reinholdmetzger@cox.net> wrote:
> >SWITCHBACK, FIRST OF ALL THERE IS SAFETY IN NUMBERS. HOWEVER,
WHEN
> >I HIKE SOLO AND DO NOT CARRY A BEAR CANISTER I ALSO GO STEALTH. I EAT ON
THE
> >TRAIL SO AS NOT TO CREATE ANY ODORS IN MY CAMP SITE. I GET AS FAR AWAY
FROM
> >DESIGNATED CAMP SITES AS POSSIBLE AND FIND A SECLUDED SPOT OFF THE TRAIL.
> >THE FARTHER THE BETTER SO THE BEARS ARE LESS LIKELY TO SMELL YOU.
REMEMBER
> >BEARS LIKE THE PASS OF LEAST RESISTANCE ALSO AND WALK ON THE TRAILS
> >FREQUENTLY. I ALSO TRY NOT TO USE MY FLASHLIGHT OR MAKE ANY COMMOTION
THAT
> >COULD MAKE MY PRESENCE KNOWN. NEVER HAD ANY BEAR PROBLEMS THIS WAY. THE
DOWN
> >SIDE--IF A BEAR SHOULD INVADE YOUR CAMP SITE HE WILL NOT BE AS
INTIMIDATED
> >BY LITTLE OLD YOU AS HE WOULD BE BY A GROUP, AND IF SOMETHING HAPPENS YOU
> >ARE ON YOUR OWN.
> > NOW, WHAT I REALIZED YEARS AGO IS THAT BEARS DO NOT LIKE THE ODOR OF
> >MOTHBALLS. AS A MATTER OF FACT I CAN NOT THINK OF ANY ANIMAL THAT DOES.
> >SO WHEN I GO WITH A GROUP OR THE BOY SCOUTS I ALWAYS BRING SOME
MOTHBALLS.
> >BOY, I KNOW IM GOING TO CATCH SOME SH#%?#T OVER THIS. BUT HEY, IT
WORKS
> >WE TESTED IT MANY TIMES. IT'S NOT GOING TO KEEP THE BEARS OUT OF THE CAMP
> >SITE BUT, BY PUTTING A FEW MOTH BALLS ON YOUR BEAR CANISTER AND THE OPEN
> >POCKETS OF YOUR PACK AND AROUND YOUR TENT, THE BEARS WILL MOST LIKELY
LEAVE
> >YOU ALONE AND HEAD FOR THE OTHER CAMPERS WITH THE LESS OFFENSIVE ODOR.
BOY
> >I CAN HEAR THE CRITICISM ALREADY. "WELL THAT'S NO GOOD ALL YOU'RE DOING
IS
> >SIC THE BEARS ON THE OTHER CAMPERS."
> > I SAY YOU DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO PROTECT YOURSELF LET THE OTHER
> >CAMPERS DO WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. EVERYBODY IS
> >RESPONSIBLE FOR THEY'RE OWN BEAR PRECAUTION. BEFORE WE STARTED USING
MOTH
> >BALLS IT SEEMS WE WERE ALWAYS RUNNING BEARS OFF. NOW IT SEEMS THEY LEAVE
US
> >ALONE, MORE OR LESS, AND GO AFTER THE OTHER CAMPERS FOOD. SOME PEOPLE SAY
> >"BETTER THEM THEN US"
> > I DO NOT, HOWEVER, USE MOTH BALLS WHEN I GO SOLO-STEALTH BECAUSE THE
> >SAME ARGUMENT THAT THE MOTH BALL ODOR MAKES YOU LESS APPEALING ,TO THE
> >BEARS, THAN THE OTHER CAMPERS MAY ALSO GIVE AWAY YOUR PRESENCE AND DRAW A
> >BEAR, TO INVESTIGATE THE ODOR, INTO YOUR CAMP. BUT NOW THE BEAR DOES
NOT
> >HAVE LESS OFFENSIVE CAMPERS TO CHOOSE FROM. YOU ARE THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN
> >AND HE IS THINKING IF "SWITCHBACK" GIVES ME ANY TROUBLE I'LL KNOCK
HIS
> >HEAD OFF. IF ANY BODY RECEIVED MY PRIOR TEST POST PLEASE
CONFIRM
> >SO I CAN EVALUATE THE RESULTS. JMT REINHOLD, YOUR COMRADE IN
ARMS
> >
> >
> >
> >
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