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[dacjohns]

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Squirrel!!!

It is so much fun yelling squirrel.

 

[dacjohns]

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You need dry tinder (grass, pine needles [dry ones work best], paper, bug spray [just be careful and don't let it flash...maybe spray it on your tinder then light it], and SMALL twigs) and when you light it have the wind at your back and light the base of the tinder.
when you get that going start adding sticks up to the size of a pencil
then add sticks to the size of your thumb and move on from there.


And if I may brag, i can get a fire going with out matches or a lighter

My challenge to you is to go to Denali and light a fire in the rain when it has been raining for a couple of days, without helps like bug spray.

 

[dacjohns]

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You need to post this on the pests and predators thread. You'll get lots of sympathy there.

 

[dacjohns]

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This is a red fox.

Oh really? I don't think I've ever seen one of those out here. I've never seen the cougar in the wild either, except with my game camera. Our bird feeders inadvertently became squirrel feeders, so we use them for target practice. The 'results' get hung up in the woods with a camera on the lookout so that we know what predators we've got around. So far, a couple redwolf/coyote mixes, foxes, a bobcat, and one cougar.

dacs wants to visit maggie's neck of the woods.

 

[dacjohns]

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Where are the mosquitoes?

 

[Southernbelle]

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You need to post this on the pests and predators thread. You'll get lots of sympathy there.

I stay out of that part of the forum!

It's okay, I know what I need to do. I bought a rat trap at the feed store and I'm going to set it tomorrow because now I know where his entry point is. We bought exterminator-grade bug spray concentrate last year and it works great on keeping bugs down in and around the house. I've used it in the coop before for mites, but I don't want to spray it while I'm pregnant, so I think I'll just hang the feeders instead of putting them on cinder blocks and see if that helps. Maybe I'll get some DE.

 

[The Poultry Peanut]

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You need dry tinder (grass, pine needles [dry ones work best], paper, bug spray [just be careful and don't let it flash...maybe spray it on your tinder then light it], and SMALL twigs) and when you light it have the wind at your back and light the base of the tinder.
when you get that going start adding sticks up to the size of a pencil
then add sticks to the size of your thumb and move on from there.


And if I may brag, i can get a fire going with out matches or a lighter

My challenge to you is to go to Denali and light a fire in the rain when it has been raining for a couple of days, without helps like bug spray.

I didn't see the part about the rain. I haven't had to light a fire in the rain yet.

 

[MaggieRae]

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You need dry tinder (grass, pine needles [dry ones work best], paper, bug spray [just be careful and don't let it flash...maybe spray it on your tinder then light it], and SMALL twigs) and when you light it have the wind at your back and light the base of the tinder.
when you get that going start adding sticks up to the size of a pencil
then add sticks to the size of your thumb and move on from there.


And if I may brag, i can get a fire going with out matches or a lighter

My challenge to you is to go to Denali and light a fire in the rain when it has been raining for a couple of days, without helps like bug spray.

In Montana, you can use frozen tree sap and it'll keep a fire going on snow. Of course, it'd be easier and use less sap to just clear a bit of snow.