[pct-l] Food Bags

[Edward Anderson]

Gerry, 
I have never had mice chew through my tent - but, then, I never have food inside 
my tent. 

MendoRider




________________________________
From: Gerry Zamora <gerry0625 at gmail.com>
To: James F. Miller <jamesfmiller at hotmail.com>
Cc: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Fri, March 25, 2011 3:46:41 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Bags

My biggest concern would be the mice trying to chew thru my tent.... not
cool.  Better safe than sorry I guess.
On Mar 25, 2011 3:43 PM, "James F. Miller" <jamesfmiller at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Most of the time, IF I've had a problem with animals and my food, its
mice.
>
>> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2011 15:06:11 -0700
>> From: gerry0625 at gmail.com
>> To: atetuna at gmail.com
>> CC: pct-l at backcountry.net
>> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Food Bags
>>
>> So if not in a area with bears is it relatively safe to just leave your
food
>> in your pack and leave your pack in your tent? Sounds like a few people
use
>> this method with out any issues while out of bear country of course.
>> Gerry0625
>> On Mar 25, 2011 1:50 PM, "Ate Tuna" <atetuna at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I have had a mouse not only try to get into my food in that exact
>> situation,
>> > but had it succeed even though I shooed it away multiple times during
the
>> > night...and I thought the rain and high winds that night would surely
blow
>> > that critter off the side of the mountain. I was wrong.
>> >
>> > Now I use a regular Ursack all the time. An Ursack was good enough to
>> > protect my food when I left it on Apache Peak when I left the trail for
a
>> > week to attend kickoff. I haven't use an Opsak, but I agree with those
>> that
>> > think I should.
>> >
>> > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 8:02 AM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I’ve never had lil' critters try to get into my food when it’s lying
on
>> the
>> >> ground at the head of my bed -- and that’s while sleeping under the
>> stars.
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 9:29 PM, <dnielsen at djmurphycompany.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Just curious what people are using for food bags to keep the
critters
>> >> out,
>> >> > other than at bear vault areas. Ursack, wire mesh bag, just hang it
>> etc.
>> >> > ???
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
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