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I don’t know what to say to that.
Glad to hear that you and your family is safe and well. Good luck in the clean up, and I hope that repairs and rebuilds go smooth for all of you.
I guess I’ll have to wait and see how this thing unfolds and developes.
At this point in time this game doesn’t seem to pique my interest. It seems like it should be in some kind of game room. I guess I fail to see a caching relationship here.
What exactly is the object of the game?
Not to belittle things like this, but 1-2 in 100,000 people doesn’t sound too risky to me. When is the most likely time of year to catch this thing and under what conditions? I mean with all of these illnesses I have read about lately, it’s a wonder that there is any rooms left in hospitals. While it may be good information to know, there is no way that I’ll ever remember it. If I get the flu and a sinus infection I now have most of the symptoms of blasto. Like I said, after reading about so many different things lately. I don’t need to worry about another one.
I appreciate the information though.
elfdoctors wrote:The health recommendations are pretty specific. Minimal contact with bats qualifies for rabies prophylaxis (partially because their bites tend to be so small that some people don’t even realize they were bitten). There have been extremely rare fatal cases of rabies associated with merely sleeping in a room with a bat flying around.The only rabid animal of any species identified in Burnett County during the past 16 years (as long as I have been the medical adviser for our county) was a bat (just last year). That animal bit one of my patients and learned to regret it.
While I am aware of these recommendations, I have rescued bats myself (wearing gloves) and have never used prophylaxis for myself as I believe the recommendations are probably too conservative and not particularly realistic to rural living. Otherwise, nearly everyone in this county should have to get vaccinated.
So now do I need to worry about going to the cabin in the north woods in the summer? We get a bat or two inside a couple of times a year and I never worried about them. Or the mice for that fact. If it’s just me, they don’t bother me. If the kids and wife are with me, I open the door and try to persuade them with a broom or butterfly net towards the door.
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.
I wanted to do this one back in October but just ran out of time. Another nice cache just a few miles NW is Esker in the Kettle (GC10MGP). Just be careful when accessing so as not to tresspass.
Just out of curiosity I did a quick check in one of my books, and found there to be at least eight bat species in Wisconsin.One of the most common bats is the Little brown Bat which is found throughout the state. It is only about 1 1/2-2″ long and weighs a whopping 1/10-1/2 oz. They normally eat about half of their body weight in insects every night. However, a lactating female will eat up to 110% of her weight every night. And this bat will live 15-20 years. now that’s a lot of mosquitoes.
I wonder if one can even slap and kill that many mosquitoes in one night during one’s normal activities. And every night at that.
My sister and her boyfriend own a pit and a doberman. They are both about the biggest babies I have ever seen. However. I constantly have my eyes on those dogs when ever me or my family is around them. I just don’t trust those breeds. Their previous two dogs were the same breeds as well and they too were big babies. To me it’s obvious that it matters how they are raised and treated. I just have a hard time getting past that stigma I guess. I get very protective when I see a strange dog around my house, and if need be I am willing to kill it if I have to. I’m just thankful that we have never had any problems with one.
No. haven’t seen anything at all. Thanks for the heads uo though. If I see anything I will post here.
Don’t always assume that just because you are only hiking in 3/4 of a mile that everything will be ok. About 4 years ago I was pheasant hunting and thought I would take a short cut from one area to another. I had done this many times but it had been a few years since I hunted this area. Well I get into the woods and things were a little wet. I started going from one tussock to the next as there became more and more water. After about 15 minutes I ran out of places to go where I could stay dry. I turned around to head out and had absolutely no idea which way I came from. Everything looked the same. I did not have a compass or my gps because this is not a big area. There are roads on 3 sides and a set of R.R. tracks on the 4th side. Anyway, the spot where I was standing was big enough for me to sit down and have a little room left over. I reached all of the dead branches I could so I could at least start a small fire. It was about a 1/2 hour before dark and I figured that I would spend the night. I pulled out my trusty zippo and it’s out of fluid. By this time I can’t stop shivering because I was sweating so much from walking in there, the sky was clear and I knew it was going to get a lot colder, and I didn’t want to get hypothermic. I decided to go for it and stepped down into the water. Wow was that cold. I took a few more steps and sank about 1/2 way to my knees in all the muck. It took a while, but I finally worked my way out. After that I had to use my shot gun as a walking stick. I would probe the ground ahead of me to find some more solid footing. After what seemed like a mile, but was probably closer to a 100 yards, things were a lot more solid. I saw what looked like a deer trail and followed it out, although I was still in about 4 inches of water. After I got the truck started and I warmed up a bit, I took a short drive to the area that I wanted to go to. As it turns out, there was another area that I had forgotten about in between the two spots.
Was I lost? No. I was tuned around and knew where I was by the sound of traffic on Hwy 41 and the train that went by once. Was I prepared? No. This was not a huge area and I thought I knew it very well. At least a few years earlier I did. After all, I had been there dozens of times and nothing is going to happen. And of course I should have used a bit more common sense. But hey, I knew this area and nothing was going to happen.
@cheezehead wrote:
@Team Margaritaville wrote:
@marc_54140 wrote:
The GC forum dealing with this question was …..gun orientated! One cacher admitted to packing two handguns. This is a sick world…………..
No its somebody who probably was a boy scout and is Always Prepared…
Not that agree that caring a hand gun while cacheing is a good thing , but Up Nort I have run in many animals while caching. Bear, porcupines. badgers, coyotes and we have MANY timber wolves around here. I think I saw one but not sure. Most of the time, I’m out with my 3 labs. I’d hate to be a mile or two from nowhere and run into Momma bear and her cubs.
Come to think of it I packed one myself while doing a cache deep in the woods for the very same reason. A couple of neighbors mentioned that they had seen some bears this year, so I figure if baby bear is around, better safe than sorry. I wish I would see some while out there though. They are so amazing.
I think being from Chicago trumps any time at Joliet. That alone is punishment enough.
I just started carrying things with me and really don’t have any first aid type things. I usually have a binder in which I keep any cache pages that I may have printed out and a spiral notebook I use to for any written notes. I have spare batteries, trinkets, and any trackables that I am moving. I also have a spare compass, a road map and some extra film canisters/ pill bottles. Some things that I need to add would be first aid kit, some small plstic bags, and ammo tape. Some other extras that might come in handy could be waterproof matches, handy wipes, water purification tablets, a foil blanket, and even road flares. Of course some of those items may seem a bit extreme for Wisconsin, but can be very useful depending on different caching extremes. Don’t forget at this time of year hand warmers, extra gloves and hat, and an extra pair of dry socks can go a long way too.
I think I might have to look for a bigger bag now.
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