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  Topic: New Tires for the X-Terra
ghoster

Replies: 21
Views: 14025

PostForum: Off-Trail Area   Posted: 3/3/2010, 8:02 am   Subject: New Tires for the X-Terra
I bought Pirelli ATR Scorpions for my truck and it really made a difference in the ride. I bought them online from Discounttiredirect.com. Free shipping!! Then had them mounted for a decent price. T ...
  Topic: AZGFD collars first wild jaguar in US
ghoster

Replies: 25
Views: 20772

PostForum: Flora & Fauna   Posted: 4/4/2009, 6:42 am   Subject: AZGFD collars first wild jaguar in US
Study them to death? Take the tigers, rhinos, and many other species lots of studies to "protect" them and still their numbers decline. Soon there will only be humans to "study" ...
  Topic: Be Careful Out There
ghoster

Replies: 7
Views: 7310

PostForum: Health, Training, First Aid   Posted: 7/29/2008, 7:59 am   Subject: Be Careful Out There
I thought there was a tentative plan to fill these with old tires or something. Was that scrapped? I realize it would take a bunch of tires but a start anyway.
  Topic: Question about cottontail rabbits
ghoster

Replies: 5
Views: 2222

PostForum: Off-Trail Area   Posted: 6/1/2008, 12:37 pm   Subject: Question about cottontail rabbits
Could it be skunks or weasels?
  Topic: Question about cottontail rabbits
ghoster

Replies: 5
Views: 2222

PostForum: Off-Trail Area   Posted: 6/1/2008, 11:04 am   Subject: Question about cottontail rabbits
Where I live, in N Scottsdale my neighbors are complaining about the young bunnies getting killed so they showed me one, it is similar to others, the obvious wound is the head, like the head is either ...
  Topic: West Clear Creek booger bug bites
ghoster

Replies: 21
Views: 15617

PostForum: Hiking, Backpacking & Camping   Posted: 6/1/2008, 5:41 am   Subject: West Clear Creek booger bug bites
What worked for me is simple make a poultice of baking soda and apply it directly to the bites, in a few minutes the itching stops, of course, this is only good for a few hours and must be reapplied, ...
  Topic: SSSSSSSSnakes!!!! in the gallery
ghoster

Replies: 30
Views: 17927

PostForum: Flora & Fauna   Posted: 5/28/2008, 6:45 am   Subject: SSSSSSSSnakes!!!! in the gallery
These were taken in the Tucson area on a mother's day hike, sent to me by a friend, of a friend, of a friend. Well you get the idea. I posted them because I have never seen anything like this and tho ...
  Topic: Dow dops 1000
ghoster

Replies: 41
Views: 8234

PostForum: Off-Trail Area   Posted: 11/10/2007, 7:22 am   Subject: Dow dops 1000
Buy Gold, at least it will protect the value of her money. Anything else and it looks bad for gaining anything near 8%. Of course you might have to sell it when the top is reached, but it will be a w ...
  Topic: Boy attacked in tent and killed by black bear
ghoster

Replies: 20
Views: 13185

PostForum: Flora & Fauna   Posted: 6/20/2007, 6:15 am   Subject: Boy attacked in tent and killed by black bear
Years ago when I lived in New Mexico it was near the Philmont boy scout area, there were four attacks in one summer. It was also from a bad weather and frost limiting food, they killed the four bear ...
  Topic: Bug bites
ghoster

Replies: 19
Views: 16528

PostForum: Health, Training, First Aid   Posted: 6/8/2007, 6:20 am   Subject: Bug bites
For many years I camped on a beach in Mexico it was a jungle beach and we had lots of mosquitos. Over the years I tried all of the remedies for both preventing and treating bites. azbackpackr is corr ...
  Topic: Chiggers!!
ghoster

Replies: 11
Views: 13298

PostForum: Health, Training, First Aid   Posted: 5/29/2007, 5:46 am   Subject: Chiggers!!
OK, for further information the baking soda seems to be doing the trick, at least the itching is stopped for a bit and I can get some sleep so my attitude is much better. The tequila wasn't necessary ...
  Topic: Chiggers!!
ghoster

Replies: 11
Views: 13298

PostForum: Health, Training, First Aid   Posted: 5/28/2007, 1:42 pm   Subject: Chiggers!!
Thanks for the input whatever these little beggars were they sure did a job. I have been trying out a paste made of baking soda and water, that seems to be the best so far at least the itching has sto ...
  Topic: Chiggers!!
ghoster

Replies: 11
Views: 13298

PostForum: Health, Training, First Aid   Posted: 5/28/2007, 10:27 am   Subject: Chiggers!!
I don't have a picture of mine, but porridge those look terrible. Mine are in a ring around the leg, about a half inch in thickness, and just go right around where the top of the sock was. I grew up in ...
  Topic: Chiggers!!
ghoster

Replies: 11
Views: 13298

PostForum: Health, Training, First Aid   Posted: 5/28/2007, 10:05 am   Subject: Chiggers!!
I have had poison oak, these bites are around my leg at the top of my socks, so it pretty much is localized and that is one of the signs of chiggers. Mosquito bites would have been all over my legs. ...
  Topic: Chiggers!!
ghoster

Replies: 11
Views: 13298

PostForum: Health, Training, First Aid   Posted: 5/28/2007, 7:01 am   Subject: Chiggers!!
Hi, is there anyone out there that knows a good remedy for chiggers? I seem to have encountered them up by Payson last week at the Shoo Fly indian ruins and they are driving me nuts. I have invested ...
 
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