shorton wrote:When ole fuzzy sticks his nose on the wire for the first time he will blow shit eight feet behind him and bounce three feet off the deck.

Can you imagine the pictures on the game camera?

UngaWunga wrote:

shorton wrote:When ole fuzzy sticks his nose on the wire for the first time he will blow shit eight feet behind him and bounce three feet off the deck.

Can you imagine the pictures on the game camera?

I had heard the term "shitting and getting" ( pronounced gitting), and never thought much about it, until a deer ran in front of my car last year. He accelerated at an incredible rate, and I just missed him, by maybe 3 ", he looked like he was shit propelled, he was going left and the deer pellets were going right, all of a sudden I thought of that old saying, finally fully comprehending what it meant.

And sometimes critters just do things to be jerks...

Of course our wildlife friends can be helpful if we need a hand with a dead battery.

Gump

Geez Gump you got big gophers out there.

re Portable Electric Bear Fences:

NOLS did testing of various fences and recommends:

Energizer output
Required: 0.11 joules
Recommended: 0.2 joules
Tested peak output voltage (on every hot conductor, with no load other than the fence)
Required: 5,000 volts
Recommended: 7,000 volts

That udap is somewhat low on energy/joules and marginal on voltage.

AN20


Peak Output Energy up to 0.04 J
Peak Stored Energy 0.05 J
Output Voltage 5.8 kV max
2.8 kV @ 2000

This one from electrobearguard
is 9,500 volts (.15 joules).

http://www.electrobearguard.com/files/ebgul.pdf

and have a version covering 40'x40' to surround a plane $500

Anybody else use moth balls in coffee filter bags to deter bears? I carry a mason jar with about a dozen or so coffee filter bags with moth ball in them that I set out on the the perimeter of our camp when in bear country.Or am I just fooling myself?

Battson wrote:....I have been thinking about the same thing.
It seems like an obvious attempt to cover or "park" the aircraft is the best bet.
I am looking at getting a token camouflage net, to cover some part of the fuselage or wing, to make it look like I want to be there and be left alone. ....

Camo net seems suspicious, like a poacher trying to be covert. Or a stolen airplane. Or a kidnapper (think serial killer Robert Hansen).
Maybe stake out an old bedsheet with "I'm OK" or "go away" written on it in big letters?

hotrod180 wrote: "go away" written on it in big letters?

That sounds very sociable!

So far, I still like the "gone mountain biking" sign. That means many things, like : could be back any minute, quietly. Could have had a mechanical issue and HAD to land, and was biking while the carb ice melted At the same time it denotes everything is under control, so don't push the panic button.

You are fooling yourself. Do you also spray your bushwheels with pepper spray? Don't.

http://www.backpacker.com/survival/ask-a-bear-can-mothballs-keep-away-bears/

172heavy wrote:Anybody else use moth balls in coffee filter bags to deter bears? I carry a mason jar with about a dozen or so coffee filter bags with moth ball in them that I set out on the the perimeter of our camp when in bear country.Or am I just fooling myself?

[quote="172heavy"]Anybody else use moth balls in coffee filter bags to deter bears? I carry a mason jar with about a dozen or so coffee filter bags with moth ball in them that I set out on the the perimeter of our camp when in bear country.Or am I just fooling myself?[/quote

Yes,

MTV

A couple years ago, I came across a guy up near Stanley who worked for Boise State University. As the sun fell, I started to pull out my tent and the topic of bears & mothballs actually came up. He mentioned whatever that main ingredient is in mothballs could actually work, but the amount required to have any effect on a bear would be extreme. He told me I would be better off to just seal off anything that smells. As the night felll around a camp fire, a couple more pilots chimed in and the topic turned to bear encounters ...... Nice