Switched LED's for Halogen on Scare Lights
Unlike my LED flashlight, the light coming from my LED scare lights does not travel very far. So when we take the dogs out around midnight, and I want to check for, or scare off any lurking skunk or r...
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monkey44 - I'm in a campground with critters, including some feral cats, and only one immediate neighbor, and he is at least 50 ft from me. And we are good friends. So I don't think I am discourteous to anyone.
I can appreciate that some parks really, really pack-em in. This is not that kind of a situation. And I would never stay in one of those dumps to start with.
I have also stayed in Florida state campgrounds where we regularly encountered feral pigs. Been in Michigan state campgrounds where adult raccoons were a problem to the point that the rangers had to put one to sleep with a 22 caliber sleeping pill. It was a bad animal and trapping and moving it was not an option.
Had a raccoon open my tent and reach in an raid my cooler while I was sleeping a foot away.
Bottom line, you don't necessarily have to boon-dock to encounter critters. Heck, I live in a subdivision in the suburbs and we regularly get groundhogs, skunks, plus a raccoon or two. Just a little further out you will also find packs of feral cats hunting birds and rabbits at night.
I can appreciate that some parks really, really pack-em in. This is not that kind of a situation. And I would never stay in one of those dumps to start with.
I have also stayed in Florida state campgrounds where we regularly encountered feral pigs. Been in Michigan state campgrounds where adult raccoons were a problem to the point that the rangers had to put one to sleep with a 22 caliber sleeping pill. It was a bad animal and trapping and moving it was not an option.
Had a raccoon open my tent and reach in an raid my cooler while I was sleeping a foot away.
Bottom line, you don't necessarily have to boon-dock to encounter critters. Heck, I live in a subdivision in the suburbs and we regularly get groundhogs, skunks, plus a raccoon or two. Just a little further out you will also find packs of feral cats hunting birds and rabbits at night.
