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hyrum · 03-01-2007, 01:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Zulu451

That and mouse traps, the little buggers were driving us nuts.

I heard they taste like chicken

SeattleUte · 03-01-2007, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by MikeWaters

Raccoon finished off most of the rest of the upside-down cake, which was nice, but he didn't finish it, and like a typical ingrate, didn't clean it.

Raccoons are evil. I left my garage open for a few minutes the other day and then someone drove up to drop one of my kids off and stopped at the foot of the garage. He pointed and out of the garage came a big fat raccoon. It walked not ten feet from me and right by the car absolutely fearless and arrogant. I've had them get on their hind legs and growl like a grizzly bear at me.

MikeWaters · 03-01-2007, 01:50 PM

Here are a couple of pictures.

Track of what is probably a large coyote:

This is the mouse house we slept in:

Zulu451 · 03-02-2007, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by FarrahWaters

Tell the truth, Zulu. The real reason you chose to sleep in the mice-infested shelter was that you didn't want to share a tent with Mike after hiking on a hot trail all day.

Ahhhh... you must have smelt him too when he got home. Holy crap that guy has active sweat glands. I told him that I think he has hyperhydrosis. It got to the point that I couldn't hike downwind from him! :mrgreen:

That paw print was pretty impressive, larger than 5 inches as seen by the ruler on the leatherman. I have a 90lb lab that doesn't have paws that big.

I had a few choice words for the mice that night.

bluegoose · 03-03-2007, 04:26 PM

That's a bear paw print if I've ever seen one. Most likely a grizzly.

And I see we get a glimpse of your sissy sticks there too.

MikeWaters · 03-03-2007, 04:39 PM

It doesn't much look like a bear track according to this website. Here is what they say a bear track looks like:
front paw

back paw

Compare it to a coyote track:

03-01-2007, 01:50 PM	#13
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	Here are a couple of pictures. Track of what is probably a large coyote: This is the mouse house we slept in:

03-03-2007, 04:26 PM	#15
bluegoose Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern California Posts: 2,919	That's a bear paw print if I've ever seen one. Most likely a grizzly. And I see we get a glimpse of your sissy sticks there too.

03-03-2007, 04:39 PM	#16
MikeWaters Demiurge Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 36,365	It doesn't much look like a bear track according to this website. Here is what they say a bear track looks like: front paw back paw Compare it to a coyote track: