Huntnlady

A secret sign? I think I've got it now. Hunting is not just a way of life- its much more serious than that.

Okay, maybe it is not for me. Like I said, I am just new to this. Renegade Knight said it best: quote:Stage one was, "This is sooo cool!" Stage two is "what are these other morons doing" when they trade down, trash the area etc. Stage three is when you either quit, or get over being disapointed by the morons you noticed in stage two and get back to enjoying the hike, trading up for its own sake, or join the TNLNSL crowd. Maybe I will quit this sport when deer season opens, but I just planted my first cache and I have plans for four more, including a difficult 3/4. Until then, I want to leave a piece of myself and take away something to remind me of others in my area who I am getting to know through intriguing posts in the logs and the little trinkets they leave. NOW CAN WE LET THIS POST DIE???? Early to bed, early to rise, Hunt all day and make up lies.

Whatever, Tradboy. This is getting off topic. Some really good comments were made- not by you. Time to close this thread. Early to bed, early to rise, Hunt all day and make up lies.

I'm looking, and I cannot find this Easy GPS. Could you please provide a link? Early to bed, early to rise, Hunt all day and make up lies.

I didn't say it very well. What FS said was, "I think the fun is in the hunt!" What I meant to say is that this isn't a hunt at all. Its way too easy. I truly enjoy big game hunting- always, whether it is pouring rain, over 100 degrees; whether my truck gets a flat tire or gets stuck, or even if I see no game, and yes, especially when I tag a magnificent animal. Having done all that, this little amusement cannot compare. FS was not making an analogy, and neither am I. Early to bed, early to rise, Hunt all day and make up lies.

Sorry FS, I just can agree with you. The hunt I really enjoy has the possibility (however remote,) of venison at the end of it. That is a real challenge; this is just a treasure hunt during the off season. Compared to something like an elk hunt, this is really easy stuff, if you really want to know the truth- no flames, please! Early to bed, early to rise, Hunt all day and make up lies.

Thanks for the replys. Too bad this has turned out to be a problem in general. I am kind of discouraged because I am planning on planting my own cache on BLM land, and I have already spent almost $25. on the container and supplies to stuff it with. It is all outdoor-oriented stuff, like a pen knife, flashlight, etc. I am just waiting on delivery of my first GPS in order to plant it. However, I was chagrined at the thought of turning someone on to my secret secluded hunting spot only to have them trade a sticker for a flashlight. What are your experiences? Early to bed, early to rise, Hunt all day and make up lies.

I am just new to this, and maybe you will say I am missing the point of geocaching, but I find it really discouraging when I look in a cache and it is filled with so-called toys that are nothing more than trash. Personally, I have been putting my signature authentic Indian obsidian arrowheads into caches, and I know that the tooth fairy always puts a platic tooth of dental floss, and the tennis lady always leaves a tennis ball; and I think those signature items are neat, but a couple of stickers, or plastic bats, or sponges are not a fair trade for those things, in my opinion. Yeah, I'm glad I found it, but leave me something in the box that I would want to give up an arrowhead for, please! Early to bed, early to rise, Hunt all day and make up lies.

I recognize some of those mushrooms. The one 6 posts above is indeed an inky cap. They are delicious cooked before the spores have turned to ink like the one in the picture. All three of the inky cap species are edible and there is not much chance of mistakeing them, so it is a pretty safe one to eat. The one posted by Ramness570 with his GPS sitting on it, I believe is a death cap or death angel. In the aminita species, very few people which have injested these have lived to tell of it. The second picture of the very first post, by The Alpha Operator, is also in the Aminita species and is a very close relative or a color variation of Aminita muscaria or fly agaric, the red mushroom with white spots that Lewis Carol put pictures of in Alice and Wonderland and was said to have eaten before he wrote it. It is a very hallucegenic mushroom, but causes kidney damage. I don't really know much about wild mushrooms, but I know enough just to eat morels, puffballs and inky caps which are all distinctive. Early to bed, early to rise, Hunt all day and make up lies.

Camelbaks are great, I have a Sherpa for hunting, and it is almost as valuable a piece of equipment as my firearm. If you are serious about Geocaching and don't have one of these pack/water systems, I'd advise you to jump on this offer. I paid alot more for my pack. Hydrate or die! Early to bed, early to rise, Hunt all day and make up lies.

Testing, 1, 2, 3... Early to bed, Early to rise, Hunt all day and make up lies.