Whats in your bag?

[GrouseTales]

@Timberline Echoes wrote:

Did anyone list TP?

TE

Yup, I listed it. Beats a pine cone or cat tail.

[cheezehead]

@GrouseTales wrote:

@Timberline Echoes wrote:

Did anyone list TP?

TE

Yup, I listed it. Beats a pine cone or cat tail.

If you are ever in a pinch, cat tail fluff is a very good fire starter tinder.

[Team Hemisphere Dancer]

@GrouseTales wrote:

@Timberline Echoes wrote:

Did anyone list TP?

TE

Yup, I listed it. Beats a pine cone or cat tail.

Hey a pine cone against the grain really scoops it away fast.

[Team Bear Bear]

@cheezehead wrote:

If you are ever in a pinch, cat tail fluff is a very good fire starter tinder.

But not if you have already used it as TP.

[LDove]

I carry most of the stuff listed too, but in addition I also have:

A magnifying glass for reading small print on geocoins
Extra socks – for all the times I have stepped into wet swamps
A thin long sleeve shirt when the skeeters start – can also wrap around my head to keep those darn horseflys from biting me.
A pair of portable binoculars
Maps of local trails and roads

After an incident of being confronted by a guy while trying to find a trail in Sussex – I now carry pepper spray too. I can see why some geocachers would carry guns, not necessarily here in WI, but in areas where more wild animals are a concern – heck yes! Well then again in Crivitz, there are bears everywhere this year!

[Lostby7]

@cheezehead wrote:

@GrouseTales wrote:

@Timberline Echoes wrote:

Did anyone list TP?

TE

Yup, I listed it. Beats a pine cone or cat tail.

If you are ever in a pinch, cat tail fluff is a very good fire starter tinder.

But isn’t it illegal to pick cat tails…..you wouldn’t want to tick off the DNR now would ya?

[LDove]

Another reason to be prepared for anything when you go hiking… .especially for women:

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/14964662/detail.html

[Mrskracker]

@LDove wrote:

Another reason to be prepared for anything when you go hiking… .especially for women:

Thats a great reason to be with a “team” while geocaching as well.

[cheezehead]

@Lostby7 wrote:

@cheezehead wrote:

@GrouseTales wrote:

@Timberline Echoes wrote:

Did anyone list TP?

TE

Yup, I listed it. Beats a pine cone or cat tail.

If you are ever in a pinch, cat tail fluff is a very good fire starter tinder.

But isn’t it illegal to pick cat tails…..you wouldn’t want to tick off the DNR now would ya?

Not that I do not belief you, but can you direct me to where that is posted on the WI DNR site? I thought the same thing but never saw it. But if I was lost in the woods, I would forgo the fine to keep warm.

EKK! WDNR Cattails It says here ya can eat them !

[Lostby7]

To be honest I’m not sure if it is or not I was really kind of asking…..I was always told that it was illegal to pick but who knows…a quick google search didn’t turn up anything.

[furfool]

I remember our 3rd grade class eating (tasting) catails. You pull the stem up and peel off the outside of it at the base. The part you eat is the white inside. If memory serves, it was quite bland and needed salt or something. Nothing I would go out of my way for, but sustanance(?) if you are in survival mode.

[GrouseTales]

@Team Hemisphere Dancer wrote:

@GrouseTales wrote:

@Timberline Echoes wrote:

Did anyone list TP?

TE

Yup, I listed it. Beats a pine cone or cat tail.

Hey a pine cone against the grain really scoops it away fast.

Reminds me of a grade school project. Next you roll it in bird seed, and hang it in a tree. Makes a handy bird feeder 🙂

Yuk.

[Team Hemisphere Dancer]

@GrouseTales wrote:

@Team Hemisphere Dancer wrote:

@GrouseTales wrote:

@Timberline Echoes wrote:

Did anyone list TP?

TE

Yup, I listed it. Beats a pine cone or cat tail.

Hey a pine cone against the grain really scoops it away fast.

Reminds me of a grade school project. Next you roll it in bird seed, and hang it in a tree. Makes a handy bird feeder 🙂

Yuk.

I bet the Sea Gulls would love that.

[Timberline Echoes]

Base tastes slightly like cucumber.

You can boil the tops, brush with butter and eat like corn on the cob, center of the stalk is not edible.

You can also boil the stalks, add butter and cheese and broil.

I have several books on edible wild plants.

Mrs. TE

[LDove]

😛 I think I’ll stick to granola bars and chocolate bars. The thought of eating a cattail makes my mouth go all cottony inside – blech! Imagine having a mouthful and then trying to say, “the catchetthheee is othvererr hereeee” as little white thingies fly outa your mouth…

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