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An extremely important point, this is...and not just for TN and its patchwork approach to carry-in-parks (which can heavily affect geocachers). You gotta take the time to know the laws relevant to weapon possession wherever you go if you are going to carry while there. The one "saving grace" with TN's local opt-out abomination is that, according to the letter of the law, any such park that is posted to prohibit lawful carry must have signage posted at all public entrances that contain specific language prescribed by law. I've learned to instinctly look for such signs any time we head off into a new park around here. To further clarify LagerHeads point: that option only exists for "local" parks (ie, owned by a city/county)...it does not apply to state parks, National Parks, or Wildlife Management Areas in the state. LH - have I seen you over at TGO?

The routine carry piece is a Sig P238 residing in a front pocket holster...goes everywhere I go where its permitted, including urban caching. To the OPs original question, with that holster it looks like a PDA or smartphone in my pocket, so no worries about "printing", even if I'm standing on my head. When out in the woods or somesuch, usually switch to either a Taurus .357 snubbie or a Springer Micro-Compact .45. The Taurus is open-carried (OWB leather with a thumbstrap), but the Springer is carried IWB in a K&D leather holster - it fits so well, even on my ungainly frame, that no one's ever comented on it printing. These later two are also carried with 2 rounds of snakeshot (under the hammer and in the next tube for the Taurus, or in the chamber and first in the mag for the 1911) and the remaining capacity Winchester Ranger SXT loads. As far as encountered threats - I was approached by two "pack" dogs our on Holston Mountain a couple of years back. These dogs came up on me just after I got out of the car to hunt a cache, and only backed away when I re-entered the car and began moving towards them. The whole time, they were in "unfriendly" mode... And, to echo comments of others, the biggest threat is the two-legged predator. Local authorities have found a good number of meth labs and disposal areas in these hills, and like their moonshiner ancestors, they dont tend to take kindly to folks walking up on them...and, they dont advertise their locations.

Haven't doled any out, won't be doling them out, and never pay attention to them on other pages or my own. I hide a given cache because I wanted to place that particular hide...not in any anticipation that some magic percentage of finders will vote for or against it, be wowwed by it or put to sleep by it. I hide what I'd like to find at that time in my caching life, usually. Equally, I try to not project any expectation of my own onto another's hides...if I hunt it and like it, I'll let the CO know in my log. If I hunt it and dont like it, I assume our tastes didn't match at that moment, and move on.

+1. My thoughts after reading the initial post...actually, after first becoming aware of the "favorites" gimmick. And with regards to creating drama - 'favoriting' let that genie outta the bottle.

Just a thought here...if a new cache is submitted to both the Pond and another listing service, and said other listing service publishes it quicker than the Frog can breep it out, could those who are only seeing it first on the Pond not get a nasty surprise with finding a defiled log? Seems the FTFers may need to grow eyes that can watch both sides of the swamp...

Funny thing with that feature...the right combination of paranoid cache owners and circumstance can lead to the most ridiculous leaps in logic...

Depends on the setting, actually. In a more "observable" environment, we'd prefer the more direct find, while in a more secluded setting, most definitely the well-camoflagued hide.

Add Tennessee to the ever-expanding list of sorry efforts. A jukebox? Really? Can the author even find Tennessee on a map?

They could conceivably help reduce moisture in the container until they reach their saturation point - at which time, they would need to be regenerated or replaced in order to be useful. Depending on the container, environment, etc, that could be a very short time interval (placement to replacement/regeneration), or a very long time...but that time likely gets reduced with each opening of the container, for that allows the interior enviroment to return to wahtever the native state may be. There are exceptions, but at least in my manufacturing experience, these paks really are intended to manage the internal environment until the package is first opened as opposed to modifying the package environment upon multiple open/close cycles.

Most notably, the northernmost...

Thanks, dfx. Clearing detritus is a good thing, and those rules help a bunch in doing so.

Not too hard to do, apparently. In a conversation with certain business associates in the Boston/Cambridge area, I made reference to "state law" in Mass...at which point, I was quickly interrupted and reminded "Massachusetts is not a state, it is a commonwealth." Granted, I didn't directly ask if they were offended by my remark, but given the positioning of their noses relative to atmospheric elevation, I don't believe I needed to...

Considering the ever-escalating levels of PC in the swamp, the OP may have a good point...

I sit down to log a cache when I get back to my computer at the end of my caching outing...no "smart"phone/leash for in-field work or any other such mobile connectivity. So, if an FTF is a one-and-done hunt, it gets logged pretty soon...but if its just one of a days outing, it'll hafta wait its due time. If at all possible, I do try to log caches each day.

Got the memory...don't need a "souvi" (gosh, that's almost as hideous a term as "smiley")...waste of good electrons.

Primarily, its a diversion from the demands of the day...an escape from the mental strains of work (although its rapidly being challenged in that department by shooting sports). Nice to get some time to, as Buffett says "come down and talk to me" while on solitary hunts...also nice to do some social caching with friends.

Simple: to enjoy the next hunt, whenever and wherever it may be.

@geoawareHQ - thanks for weighing in from a somewhat different perspective. Helpful, that is. @hzoi, KK&M, Narnian Rockhound: +1! Excellent suggestions and recommendations. Any future consideration of a guideline (like another one is really needed...), template recommendation or example should really incorporate those. @KDBD - +1,000...

Didn't cache, missed the only local event because it was during morning worship hours, and then had a wonderful day celebrating our grandson's 6-month birthday. Funny, took one look at that smiling little face and all thoughts about any Frog-related activity just faded into the distance...

...which seems to be a consistent occurrence, indeed... +1

Shoot, if I'd known it was THAT easy to twist the knickers of FTF hounds, I'd be a day or two late placing all the final containers...

Brainsnat touched on this in his response, but just to develop it a bit further... If I read your thought correctly, you seem to be making a link between "allowed to carry guns" (ie, legal carry according to the laws of the particular state) and heightened level of danger. I would make a small but very important distinction here: the danger comes not from those who legally possess and carry, but from those who possess and carry illegally. A very, very small percentage of weapons-related violence (hence, the danger arising from that violence) in the US is perpetrated by those who legally own and possess a firearm. And in the area particularly germaine to this discussion (danger/violence encountered when caching in an urban environment), the percentage of weapons-related violence due to those illegally possessing a firearm is astronomical. So, really, your second observation (RE "countries where there is a lot if violence but people carry guns illegally) is actually the correct observation for the US urban environment. There is a huge difference.

May be a misstype there: the LCP comes as .380 only (and is a very nice pocket gun), while its wheelgun cousin, the LCR, now comes in .357. The more important part of this statement, though, is the logical extension to the last part - whatever the choice of personal defense tool (firearm, pepper spray, croquet mallet, or just a super-annoying personality), it needs to become part and parcel of your normal daily routine.

@ catsnfish - that's EXACTLY what we were talking about. Thanks for the courtesy and understanding! @ Touchstone - yes, we had previously donned the flame-retardant fur before stepping into the maelstrom. FYI, we have a Delorme 40SE, and it, too, truncates some exceptionally long pages (IMHO, completion of those should probably qualify for a degree from the great and powerful Oz). Not sure if the 60 series will eliminate that or not - or, maybe the 2.8 firmware did? BTW - would highly recommend the PN40 - we've been most pleased with ours. To the rest - thanks for a most enlightening (and confirming) presentation! Off to dig in someone else's yard now...

Before noses come completely out of joint as we leap from planet to planet, let me point out that my observation did not include any mention of removing content but rather simply examing the page to see if its possible to place the requirements within the first _K ([seems most devices limit this to 10) characters. Yes, there are a number of such pages out there for ECs...but if in your (the collective 'your', not any specific entity) heart-of-hearts you know yours absolutely cannot be revised such without destroying your intent for the experience, then by all means leave it as is. The intent here (at least, the intent of this poster) is simply making it possible for folks who have the ability (ie, the hardware) to retrieve the requirements on-site real-time without resorting to paper or faulty memories. Am just suggesting that those so inclined, if they indeed exist, may pause for a moment and take consideration...heavens knows, no more guidelines are neded!