TJ got raided for food out camping!
07-03-2004 | 01:10 PM
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TJ got raided for food out camping!
LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
the lake washing dishes.
I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
him both times. He still didn't get the point...
Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
WTF?
'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
breads and not a ding on anything!
Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
the paw prints in the dust.
The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
in.
He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
He then up and left without touching another thing!
I will be watching for that from now on.
I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
the lake washing dishes.
I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
him both times. He still didn't get the point...
Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
WTF?
'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
breads and not a ding on anything!
Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
the paw prints in the dust.
The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
in.
He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
He then up and left without touching another thing!
I will be watching for that from now on.
I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
07-03-2004 | 01:48 PM
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Re: TJ got raided for food out camping!
Sneaky little buggers arent they? =)
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 13:10:03 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>>
>>I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
>>being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
>>a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
>>spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
>>guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>>
>>So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
>>the lake washing dishes.
>>
>>I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
>>a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
>>by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
>>I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>>
>>So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
>>about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
>>Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>>
>>Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
>>zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
>>bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>>
>>So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
>>him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>>
>>Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
>>inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
>>TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>>
>>I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
>>the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>>
>>WTF?
>>
>>'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
>>breads and not a ding on anything!
>>
>>Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
>>damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
>>the paw prints in the dust.
>>
>>The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
>>the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
>>places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
>>where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
>>in.
>>
>>He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
>>sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>>
>>He then up and left without touching another thing!
>>
>>I will be watching for that from now on.
>>
>>I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>>
>>I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
>>Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>>
>>I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
>>occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
>>for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 13:10:03 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>>
>>I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
>>being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
>>a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
>>spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
>>guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>>
>>So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
>>the lake washing dishes.
>>
>>I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
>>a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
>>by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
>>I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>>
>>So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
>>about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
>>Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>>
>>Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
>>zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
>>bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>>
>>So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
>>him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>>
>>Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
>>inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
>>TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>>
>>I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
>>the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>>
>>WTF?
>>
>>'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
>>breads and not a ding on anything!
>>
>>Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
>>damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
>>the paw prints in the dust.
>>
>>The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
>>the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
>>places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
>>where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
>>in.
>>
>>He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
>>sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>>
>>He then up and left without touching another thing!
>>
>>I will be watching for that from now on.
>>
>>I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>>
>>I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
>>Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>>
>>I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
>>occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
>>for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
07-03-2004 | 01:48 PM
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Re: TJ got raided for food out camping!
Sneaky little buggers arent they? =)
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 13:10:03 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>>
>>I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
>>being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
>>a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
>>spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
>>guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>>
>>So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
>>the lake washing dishes.
>>
>>I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
>>a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
>>by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
>>I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>>
>>So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
>>about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
>>Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>>
>>Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
>>zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
>>bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>>
>>So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
>>him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>>
>>Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
>>inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
>>TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>>
>>I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
>>the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>>
>>WTF?
>>
>>'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
>>breads and not a ding on anything!
>>
>>Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
>>damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
>>the paw prints in the dust.
>>
>>The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
>>the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
>>places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
>>where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
>>in.
>>
>>He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
>>sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>>
>>He then up and left without touching another thing!
>>
>>I will be watching for that from now on.
>>
>>I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>>
>>I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
>>Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>>
>>I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
>>occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
>>for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 13:10:03 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>>
>>I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
>>being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
>>a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
>>spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
>>guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>>
>>So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
>>the lake washing dishes.
>>
>>I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
>>a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
>>by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
>>I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>>
>>So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
>>about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
>>Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>>
>>Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
>>zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
>>bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>>
>>So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
>>him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>>
>>Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
>>inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
>>TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>>
>>I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
>>the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>>
>>WTF?
>>
>>'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
>>breads and not a ding on anything!
>>
>>Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
>>damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
>>the paw prints in the dust.
>>
>>The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
>>the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
>>places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
>>where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
>>in.
>>
>>He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
>>sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>>
>>He then up and left without touching another thing!
>>
>>I will be watching for that from now on.
>>
>>I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>>
>>I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
>>Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>>
>>I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
>>occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
>>for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
07-03-2004 | 01:48 PM
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Re: TJ got raided for food out camping!
Sneaky little buggers arent they? =)
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 13:10:03 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>>
>>I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
>>being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
>>a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
>>spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
>>guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>>
>>So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
>>the lake washing dishes.
>>
>>I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
>>a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
>>by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
>>I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>>
>>So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
>>about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
>>Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>>
>>Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
>>zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
>>bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>>
>>So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
>>him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>>
>>Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
>>inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
>>TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>>
>>I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
>>the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>>
>>WTF?
>>
>>'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
>>breads and not a ding on anything!
>>
>>Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
>>damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
>>the paw prints in the dust.
>>
>>The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
>>the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
>>places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
>>where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
>>in.
>>
>>He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
>>sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>>
>>He then up and left without touching another thing!
>>
>>I will be watching for that from now on.
>>
>>I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>>
>>I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
>>Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>>
>>I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
>>occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
>>for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 13:10:03 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>>
>>I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
>>being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
>>a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
>>spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
>>guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>>
>>So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
>>the lake washing dishes.
>>
>>I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
>>a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
>>by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
>>I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>>
>>So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
>>about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
>>Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>>
>>Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
>>zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
>>bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>>
>>So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
>>him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>>
>>Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
>>inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
>>TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>>
>>I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
>>the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>>
>>WTF?
>>
>>'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
>>breads and not a ding on anything!
>>
>>Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
>>damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
>>the paw prints in the dust.
>>
>>The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
>>the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
>>places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
>>where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
>>in.
>>
>>He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
>>sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>>
>>He then up and left without touching another thing!
>>
>>I will be watching for that from now on.
>>
>>I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>>
>>I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
>>Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>>
>>I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
>>occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
>>for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
07-03-2004 | 01:48 PM
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Re: TJ got raided for food out camping!
Sneaky little buggers arent they? =)
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 13:10:03 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>>
>>I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
>>being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
>>a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
>>spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
>>guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>>
>>So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
>>the lake washing dishes.
>>
>>I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
>>a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
>>by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
>>I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>>
>>So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
>>about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
>>Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>>
>>Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
>>zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
>>bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>>
>>So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
>>him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>>
>>Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
>>inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
>>TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>>
>>I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
>>the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>>
>>WTF?
>>
>>'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
>>breads and not a ding on anything!
>>
>>Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
>>damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
>>the paw prints in the dust.
>>
>>The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
>>the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
>>places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
>>where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
>>in.
>>
>>He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
>>sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>>
>>He then up and left without touching another thing!
>>
>>I will be watching for that from now on.
>>
>>I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>>
>>I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
>>Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>>
>>I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
>>occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
>>for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 13:10:03 -0400, Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>>
>>I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
>>being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
>>a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
>>spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
>>guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>>
>>So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
>>the lake washing dishes.
>>
>>I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
>>a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
>>by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
>>I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>>
>>So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
>>about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
>>Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>>
>>Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
>>zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
>>bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>>
>>So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
>>him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>>
>>Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
>>inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
>>TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>>
>>I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
>>the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>>
>>WTF?
>>
>>'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
>>breads and not a ding on anything!
>>
>>Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
>>damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
>>the paw prints in the dust.
>>
>>The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
>>the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
>>places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
>>where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
>>in.
>>
>>He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
>>sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>>
>>He then up and left without touching another thing!
>>
>>I will be watching for that from now on.
>>
>>I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>>
>>I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
>>Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>>
>>I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
>>occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
>>for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>>
>>Mike
>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
07-03-2004 | 02:36 PM
#6
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: TJ got raided for food out camping!
Short trip eh?
I heard about the bear siting down near Dundas (just read they shot it).
Where abouts did ya's go?
I'm still trying to find some wheeling trails (I am only stock yet) but
think I'll have to venture further north (in Barrie now) to find
anything....
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6E86B.818DA59F@sympatico.ca...
> LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>
> I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
> being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
> a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
> spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
> guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>
> So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
> the lake washing dishes.
>
> I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
> a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
> by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
> I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>
> So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
> about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
> Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>
> Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
> zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
> bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>
> So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
> him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>
> Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
> inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
> TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>
> I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
> the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>
> WTF?
>
> 'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
> breads and not a ding on anything!
>
> Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
> damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
> the paw prints in the dust.
>
> The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
> the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
> places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
> where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
> in.
>
> He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
> sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>
> He then up and left without touching another thing!
>
> I will be watching for that from now on.
>
> I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>
> I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
> Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>
> I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
> occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
> for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
I heard about the bear siting down near Dundas (just read they shot it).
Where abouts did ya's go?
I'm still trying to find some wheeling trails (I am only stock yet) but
think I'll have to venture further north (in Barrie now) to find
anything....
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6E86B.818DA59F@sympatico.ca...
> LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>
> I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
> being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
> a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
> spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
> guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>
> So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
> the lake washing dishes.
>
> I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
> a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
> by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
> I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>
> So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
> about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
> Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>
> Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
> zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
> bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>
> So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
> him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>
> Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
> inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
> TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>
> I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
> the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>
> WTF?
>
> 'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
> breads and not a ding on anything!
>
> Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
> damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
> the paw prints in the dust.
>
> The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
> the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
> places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
> where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
> in.
>
> He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
> sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>
> He then up and left without touching another thing!
>
> I will be watching for that from now on.
>
> I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>
> I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
> Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>
> I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
> occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
> for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
07-03-2004 | 02:36 PM
#7
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: TJ got raided for food out camping!
Short trip eh?
I heard about the bear siting down near Dundas (just read they shot it).
Where abouts did ya's go?
I'm still trying to find some wheeling trails (I am only stock yet) but
think I'll have to venture further north (in Barrie now) to find
anything....
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6E86B.818DA59F@sympatico.ca...
> LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>
> I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
> being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
> a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
> spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
> guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>
> So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
> the lake washing dishes.
>
> I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
> a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
> by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
> I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>
> So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
> about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
> Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>
> Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
> zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
> bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>
> So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
> him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>
> Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
> inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
> TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>
> I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
> the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>
> WTF?
>
> 'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
> breads and not a ding on anything!
>
> Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
> damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
> the paw prints in the dust.
>
> The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
> the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
> places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
> where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
> in.
>
> He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
> sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>
> He then up and left without touching another thing!
>
> I will be watching for that from now on.
>
> I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>
> I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
> Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>
> I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
> occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
> for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
I heard about the bear siting down near Dundas (just read they shot it).
Where abouts did ya's go?
I'm still trying to find some wheeling trails (I am only stock yet) but
think I'll have to venture further north (in Barrie now) to find
anything....
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6E86B.818DA59F@sympatico.ca...
> LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>
> I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
> being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
> a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
> spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
> guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>
> So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
> the lake washing dishes.
>
> I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
> a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
> by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
> I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>
> So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
> about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
> Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>
> Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
> zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
> bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>
> So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
> him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>
> Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
> inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
> TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>
> I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
> the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>
> WTF?
>
> 'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
> breads and not a ding on anything!
>
> Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
> damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
> the paw prints in the dust.
>
> The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
> the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
> places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
> where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
> in.
>
> He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
> sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>
> He then up and left without touching another thing!
>
> I will be watching for that from now on.
>
> I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>
> I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
> Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>
> I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
> occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
> for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
07-03-2004 | 02:36 PM
#8
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: TJ got raided for food out camping!
Short trip eh?
I heard about the bear siting down near Dundas (just read they shot it).
Where abouts did ya's go?
I'm still trying to find some wheeling trails (I am only stock yet) but
think I'll have to venture further north (in Barrie now) to find
anything....
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6E86B.818DA59F@sympatico.ca...
> LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>
> I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
> being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
> a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
> spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
> guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>
> So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
> the lake washing dishes.
>
> I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
> a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
> by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
> I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>
> So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
> about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
> Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>
> Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
> zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
> bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>
> So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
> him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>
> Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
> inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
> TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>
> I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
> the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>
> WTF?
>
> 'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
> breads and not a ding on anything!
>
> Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
> damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
> the paw prints in the dust.
>
> The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
> the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
> places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
> where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
> in.
>
> He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
> sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>
> He then up and left without touching another thing!
>
> I will be watching for that from now on.
>
> I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>
> I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
> Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>
> I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
> occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
> for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
I heard about the bear siting down near Dundas (just read they shot it).
Where abouts did ya's go?
I'm still trying to find some wheeling trails (I am only stock yet) but
think I'll have to venture further north (in Barrie now) to find
anything....
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6E86B.818DA59F@sympatico.ca...
> LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>
> I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
> being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
> a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
> spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
> guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>
> So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
> the lake washing dishes.
>
> I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
> a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
> by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
> I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>
> So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
> about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
> Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>
> Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
> zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
> bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>
> So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
> him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>
> Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
> inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
> TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>
> I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
> the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>
> WTF?
>
> 'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
> breads and not a ding on anything!
>
> Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
> damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
> the paw prints in the dust.
>
> The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
> the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
> places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
> where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
> in.
>
> He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
> sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>
> He then up and left without touching another thing!
>
> I will be watching for that from now on.
>
> I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>
> I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
> Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>
> I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
> occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
> for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
07-03-2004 | 02:36 PM
#9
Guest
Posts: n/a
Re: TJ got raided for food out camping!
Short trip eh?
I heard about the bear siting down near Dundas (just read they shot it).
Where abouts did ya's go?
I'm still trying to find some wheeling trails (I am only stock yet) but
think I'll have to venture further north (in Barrie now) to find
anything....
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6E86B.818DA59F@sympatico.ca...
> LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>
> I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
> being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
> a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
> spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
> guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>
> So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
> the lake washing dishes.
>
> I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
> a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
> by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
> I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>
> So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
> about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
> Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>
> Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
> zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
> bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>
> So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
> him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>
> Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
> inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
> TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>
> I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
> the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>
> WTF?
>
> 'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
> breads and not a ding on anything!
>
> Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
> damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
> the paw prints in the dust.
>
> The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
> the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
> places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
> where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
> in.
>
> He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
> sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>
> He then up and left without touching another thing!
>
> I will be watching for that from now on.
>
> I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>
> I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
> Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>
> I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
> occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
> for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
I heard about the bear siting down near Dundas (just read they shot it).
Where abouts did ya's go?
I'm still trying to find some wheeling trails (I am only stock yet) but
think I'll have to venture further north (in Barrie now) to find
anything....
"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:40E6E86B.818DA59F@sympatico.ca...
> LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
>
> I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
> being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
> a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
> spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
> guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
>
> So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
> the lake washing dishes.
>
> I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
> a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
> by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
> I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
>
> So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
> about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
> Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
>
> Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
> zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
> bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
>
> So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
> him both times. He still didn't get the point...
>
> Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
> inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
> TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
>
> I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
> the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
>
> WTF?
>
> 'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
> breads and not a ding on anything!
>
> Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
> damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
> the paw prints in the dust.
>
> The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
> the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
> places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
> where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
> in.
>
> He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
> sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
>
> He then up and left without touching another thing!
>
> I will be watching for that from now on.
>
> I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
>
> I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
> Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
>
> I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
> occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
> for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
07-03-2004 | 03:23 PM
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Re: TJ got raided for food out camping!
We went Wed. night and I was running shotgun. My friend had to be back
for a wedding today and I couldn't find anyone to come into the bush
today or tomorrow to pick me up if I had of stayed.
We go into the bush out Bancroft way. It 'used' to be a serious
challenge in 4x4 to get into the lakes I like to camp at, 4 plus hours
one way from paved roads.
Now the loggers have made the roads so nice, minivans fully loaded can
make it right to some lakes in less than an hour.
It has way too many 'yahoos' able to get in there now in any truck so
has pretty much ruined the area.
We were camped on a lake you still need a 4x4 to get to and the yahoos
with their ATV's with no mufflers were annoying us from two lakes away
still! They were loud enough voices carry.
We should have had a camera with us though. We were 3 feet away from a
beaver working his pond without a worry, saw lots of deer, hawks,
snakes, found a beaver skull that my friend grabbed and generally had a
nice couple days.
Most of the trails I run are ok for any stock 4x4 if they take it easy
so if you see me post about a trip and feel like coming speak up!
Going to James Bay the end of August. All paved roads up to an hour
from the Bay though and the last are nice graded gravel. A car can run
this trip.
Mike
SB wrote:
>
> Short trip eh?
>
> I heard about the bear siting down near Dundas (just read they shot it).
>
> Where abouts did ya's go?
>
> I'm still trying to find some wheeling trails (I am only stock yet) but
> think I'll have to venture further north (in Barrie now) to find
> anything....
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:40E6E86B.818DA59F@sympatico.ca...
> > LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
> >
> > I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
> > being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
> > a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
> > spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
> > guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
> >
> > So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
> > the lake washing dishes.
> >
> > I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
> > a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
> > by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
> > I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
> >
> > So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
> > about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
> > Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
> >
> > Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
> > zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
> > bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
> >
> > So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
> > him both times. He still didn't get the point...
> >
> > Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
> > inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
> > TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
> >
> > I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
> > the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
> >
> > WTF?
> >
> > 'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
> > breads and not a ding on anything!
> >
> > Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
> > damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
> > the paw prints in the dust.
> >
> > The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
> > the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
> > places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
> > where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
> > in.
> >
> > He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
> > sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
> >
> > He then up and left without touching another thing!
> >
> > I will be watching for that from now on.
> >
> > I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
> >
> > I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
> > Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
> >
> > I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
> > occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
> > for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
for a wedding today and I couldn't find anyone to come into the bush
today or tomorrow to pick me up if I had of stayed.
We go into the bush out Bancroft way. It 'used' to be a serious
challenge in 4x4 to get into the lakes I like to camp at, 4 plus hours
one way from paved roads.
Now the loggers have made the roads so nice, minivans fully loaded can
make it right to some lakes in less than an hour.
It has way too many 'yahoos' able to get in there now in any truck so
has pretty much ruined the area.
We were camped on a lake you still need a 4x4 to get to and the yahoos
with their ATV's with no mufflers were annoying us from two lakes away
still! They were loud enough voices carry.
We should have had a camera with us though. We were 3 feet away from a
beaver working his pond without a worry, saw lots of deer, hawks,
snakes, found a beaver skull that my friend grabbed and generally had a
nice couple days.
Most of the trails I run are ok for any stock 4x4 if they take it easy
so if you see me post about a trip and feel like coming speak up!
Going to James Bay the end of August. All paved roads up to an hour
from the Bay though and the last are nice graded gravel. A car can run
this trip.
Mike
SB wrote:
>
> Short trip eh?
>
> I heard about the bear siting down near Dundas (just read they shot it).
>
> Where abouts did ya's go?
>
> I'm still trying to find some wheeling trails (I am only stock yet) but
> think I'll have to venture further north (in Barrie now) to find
> anything....
>
> "Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
> news:40E6E86B.818DA59F@sympatico.ca...
> > LOL! Well, that was a first for me!
> >
> > I was out camping in the deep bush with a friend in his TJ and we were
> > being careful about garbage and any open food or smells because there is
> > a nuisance bear warning in the general area. Politicians stopped the
> > spring hunt so a new generation of bears isn't equating people with
> > guns, instead they are raiding homes and camps for food.
> >
> > So I have just finished making and eating breakfast and we are down to
> > the lake washing dishes.
> >
> > I come walking back up to see a freaking raccoon trying to run away with
> > a whole loaf of bread. I yell for my buddy that we are getting raided
> > by a coon and he says 'what the heck is the coon doing out in the day?'
> > I answered, 'stealing our bread!'
> >
> > So we chased the bugger up a tree and he drops the bread on a branch
> > about 15 feet up. Frig that, I get a stick and retrieve the bread.
> > Turns out it was a bag of sesame egg hot dog buns and they are still ok.
> >
> > Great, so we put them into a zippered bag where we though they were
> > zipped into in the first place. I sort of grumble about leaving food
> > bags open and Jay swears he closed it. Ok, I'm not going to argue.
> >
> > So the coon comes back a couple more times during the day and we treed
> > him both times. He still didn't get the point...
> >
> > Come night, we made sure no food was open with anything smelly locked
> > inside the cooler and put the bread and buns in this zip up bag in the
> > TJ and we zipped up the TJ and closed the doors.
> >
> > I get up in the morning and open the TJ only to find a pile of crumbs in
> > the drivers seat and the empty bag of hot dog buns sitting on the floor!
> >
> > WTF?
> >
> > 'Nothing' else was touched, we had bags of nuts and cereals and other
> > breads and not a ding on anything!
> >
> > Ok, so I am checking around trying to figure out just how the heck this
> > damn coon got in there, let along back out and get Jay up. Then we see
> > the paw prints in the dust.
> >
> > The raccoon had gone all the way around the soft top trying to open up
> > the velcro and zippered windows! He almost got them open in several
> > places and finally he stood on the tail light and got the corner started
> > where a string was hanging out and zipped the zipper up enough to get
> > in.
> >
> > He then went for the zip up bag, opened it up, grabbed those buns and
> > sat back in the front seat for a munchie.
> >
> > He then up and left without touching another thing!
> >
> > I will be watching for that from now on.
> >
> > I guess the bugger likes egg bread big time! LOL!
> >
> > I also need to bring my buddy Jay along more often. The Deer flies and
> > Mosquitoes are in season. My buddy has a new nick name... Bait! ;-)
> >
> > I never got 'bugged' and he was swarmed not 3' from me on many
> > occasions. He tried all different types of bug spray, just added flavor
> > for them. Even sitting down wind of a smoky fire didn't help him....
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's