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The general feeling is that if a space supports a larger container, use one instead of a micro. We have been trying to make our hides winter-friendly, and sometimes that means placing a micro in a tree or something similar so as not to attract the attention of non-cachers who may also be using the public land. Hanging hides often stay more free from ice and frost, too. In the winter we enjoy looking for caches that we know won’t be buried under a ton of snow, even if they should be ammo cans.
So what do you think?
I’ve tried to make most of my caches out in the woods winter-friendly or semi-winter friendly without using too many micros…and it’s possible if you find the right spot. The container might not be an ammo box…more likely some small to medium sized container that fits in the nook/crook of a tree or a brush pile or a tall stump or hanging out of sight or covered with bark or wrapped in a birch bark coil or…oops…I might be giving away some secrets! Even at that, I don’t think I had anybody searching out my caches this past winter until the last week or two…and I think they were getting spring fever. Of coarse, Barry, Val, and I are in the nether world up here.
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I’ve tried to make mine winter friendly but that’s because I find no joy in trying to dig up a frozen rock to get the micro under in during the snowy months.
I hide my caches depending on a few factors. What have I already made up, what do I have an idea for and what does the location support?
I only have a few caches that are on the ground and are micros but they were hidden for the snowless months and are not meant to be easy. In former years, I would disable them…these days I just forget to do that.
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I was going to make comment, but then realized I don’t have a strong opinion on this. My stand is usually that there are so many caches to find just go look for what you like. No one will ever find them all. There has been a lot of criticism in my area this winter about caches being winter friendly or not. Who finds that many in Wisconsin in the winter anyway? Cachers here are asking that all caches have either the WF or NON WF attribute put on them. I’m getting a little off topic, but in response to the original question I hide what fits the spot and I don’t hide just because I can. Other than our Silo Series most of our hides are in the woods or on trails of some sort.
283 micros
118 small
56 regular
57 other (I love to do that)
21 not chosen (not sure how that happened)
4 large
539 hides
Sorry for venting more than commenting.
As far as micros in the woods keep ’em knee high or higher.
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I don’t have a strong opinion on this. I do have somewhat poor vision so a micro in the woods will often be harder for me to find than it’s difficulty rating might indicate, especially if there’s any sort of evergreen tree at GZ, but I still look for them. I won’t lie, I will have a sense of frustration that will start to settle in if I go to a large, cache rich, wooded area and it turns out to be almost all micros….but that’s just a personal preference thing…I don’t necessarily think it’s wrong in a general sense.
I always carry a wide variety of caches so I am ready for any location to make a hide. Main factors muggablity and maintenance always come into play when hiding. I prefer to hide small or regular caches if I can find a good spot for them to stay in play. I have been trying to hide lots more smalls that are winter friendly then micros. I enjoy finding and hiding them more. If you have to walk a mile for a micro in the woods I want you to find it so I add hints. I almost always check the attribute whether or not it is Winter Friendly. Out of all the 386 in the BH Series almost all should have a hint and an attribute.
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Well, there are micros and then there are micros…A larger pill bottle in a tree is fine. A nano in a tree will end up destroying a lot of the surrounding foliage and give us a bad name. I’d much rather see the micros limited to high traffic areas. Once you get off trail, it is really unnecessary.
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