Joe Wilson's great post....

Joe wrote this a while ago, list as a "comment " under the Brand New post. I am recopying it now.
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Nahanni!!




I think this will be a fine forum for exciting discussions on the great outdoors....and all the weirdness that comes with sleeping on the ground....with the natives.



Indeed.



At any chosen campsite, you will have challenges. Water drainage is very crucial.

Tarps should be secured to trees and solid posts.{Never to any Hollywood yahoos truck who insists on leaving at 5am for a hot shower.} Supplies should always be stowed. Far out of reach of any "funny bunch"..waiting to ransack your stuff.



Weapons are always a good idea to have when you're hanging with Mother nature. And sometimes its not a .45 repeating vintage Winchester..or a 14 point Samoan war club..or greasing the ranger with a huge plate of crossover stew to keep you safe.



Nope. Sometimes all it takes is Yankee ingenuity.



Lets take a gaggle of pesty raccoons.

Can't shoot em....can't club the bandits..and the ranger does not want to hear you whine....



What to do???



Ok happy campers..here is ONE.".Nahhanniski Racoon solution".



Vodka.



All Raccoons are either Polish or Russian.

I think.

They love the stuff.



A Nahhanniski treat for Raccoons:



The "mix"



6 ea. paper plates:

1 ea. 8 oz. jar of Smucker's red rasberry preserves.

1 ea. someone else's Vodka.



The "hook".



Mix in a circle{no leaks} the preserves.

This dam should be at least 5/8" high, with an OD of 5"..and an ID 3".

This trap should be level..a chunk of red oak FACING the fire should secure the treat....with an incline BEHIND the plate.

Raccoons need to sip...{a flying plate of jelly and booze will just bring ants..and a chipmunk with an attitude}



Ya need six of these traps.

Why you ask???

Its not because us campers are paranoid.

Its not because we think these raccoons are smart.

Its because we like fun.





OK????





OK!!!



After we all enjoy our crossover veggies..and 11 different hunks of meat.....and wrestle a beer-god into submission....and hang together for a grand evening of.....well...just being friends.



..we wait for the tumble.



A fine Nahanni evening.



Thank you for reading.



Take care of your friends..and Mother nature.





J.P. Wilson





PS:





Dave....absolutely a great thing ya got here.

A great escape for friends..and new friends, to share fishing/camping/..and stuff...



12/3/10 8:06 PM