So I guess I was "nosed" by an animal??

**Bushwhacker** · 03-01-2014, 14:53

Originally Posted by Ratdog

I don't want to see what happens around my hammock at night, sometimes I'm camping with SilvrSurfr.

Oh great, now you have me combing through all his posts to see what inside joke you're referring to.

**dukhntn** · 03-01-2014, 21:36

Originally Posted by Ratdog

This week the fox were were out calling for mates, eerie sound that is.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BBWcWh1Giqo

**Bushwhacker** · 03-01-2014, 23:04

Originally Posted by dukhntn

Originally Posted by Ratdog

This week the fox were were out calling for mates, eerie sound that is.

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BBWcWh1Giqo

I don't know what I expected.

**bungie** · 03-02-2014, 04:26

Imagine you are fast asleep, 2am, pitch black only the stars and you hear this above your hammock

http://youtu.be/x8oLu7znwQ0

**ntxkayakr** · 03-02-2014, 08:06

Wildlife up close to the hammock late at night is an added blessing of wilderness camping. However, a peacefully grazing deer can become suddenly destructive when he gets his rack tangled in your tarp's guylines. I generally throw down some branches of mesquite or whatever, or distribute a bit of preditor urin (mine) to keep them at an enjoyable viewing range. Some folks take dried blood packets or stuff from garden center. My wife once gave garlic bread to a begging coon, he ran away, so that works. But virtually all this attracts feral hogs, no problem, it is always open season on non-native invasive species & backstrap is delicious, pack a bow.

**NJTroutstalker** · 03-02-2014, 10:31

My dad has a feral hog problem on his property in NC. They are anything but quiet. My bet was deer.

My brothers got a friend/biologist who said that bears generally regard tents as neutral because they don't fit into their library of knowledge so to speak. My brother has regularly camped in the Alaskan bush as a guide. But even that they still had a tent with a grizzly paw slash about 10" wide and a foot long that they'd give rookie guides as a lesson to always check your gear.

Worse night of sleep I ever had in the woods, was when a stupid whiporwhil got the urge to call for a mate right near my tent. All freaking night. Couldn't get it to stop.

**grannypat** · 03-02-2014, 20:34

Originally Posted by bungie

Imagine you are fast asleep, 2am, pitch black only the stars and you hear this above your hammock

http://youtu.be/x8oLu7znwQ0

Close your eyes. When the fight starts, sounds like zombies.

**Sailor** · 03-02-2014, 23:01

[QUOTE=Bushwhacker;1208878]Couldn't help it, had to link to this.

Copypasta of the story for the link-clicking lazy:
... and decided to go hiking, fishing and camp along Lime Creek between Durango and Silverton.

heck of a story...Maybe next time, take the train...