Shelter Mice

[OliveOil]

ha get sgt meowstein to hitch on the pack durin the day ha i bet its been done.

my friends hiked with a kitten that they found. They named her Yogi

[d.o.c]

after i said tht i rememberd a guy i hiked with near mnt rogers was givn a very young kitten and dude carried it for a while he left trail not long after tho

[Dances with Mice]

Shelter mice are bear larvae.

I thought everyone knew that.

[WalkingUSA]

When I first started hiking so many years ago, I too disliked mice and other vermin when camping. I disliked spiders, gnats, snakes, etc.. I had the mindset to kill them at any opportunity.

In other words, I was young, dumb, and inexperienced.

I now find it vile to have a person go out in the woods to be close to nature, yet on the same voyage kill some of nature's creatures. The mice belong there and live there - it is their home.

WE are just the visitors, and we have no right to kill them unless we are in imminent physical danger of death.

I go out of my way to avoid hurting or killing anything in nature, even if it means inconvenience for myself. This is getting harder for me to do as I age, but I still do it.

For people to admit they actually waste space and weight in their packs just to carry mouse traps and poison is a tad deranged in my opinion.

If you dislike the mice, do not use a shelter. Find another place to sleep. Find another means, any means of a place to sleep.

You must change YOUR ways in nature - do not expect nature to change her ways for YOU.

[LoneRidgeRunner]

wildlife

if people(not excluding myself) were better about their shelter habits they wouldn't bother them.

Exactly...If people would stop cooking in them, and leaving food and odors in them the mice wouldn't be so much of a problem...

[LoneRidgeRunner]

Exactly...If people would stop cooking in them, and leaving food and odors in them the mice wouldn't be so much of a problem...

But then there are people who cook inside their own tents so I guess we can't expect those to not cook in the shelters. After all, when they leave that shelter they have the attitude that the mice are the next person's problem...
If they want to cook in their own tents and get their own gear chewed up by rats, coons, bears or whatever when they leave to go get water that's fine, but they should show some consideration for their fellow hikers by not adding to the problems through their own laziness.

[OliveOil]

Which state has the greatest shelter mice problem and why?

They were the worst in national parks, and shelters that were close to roads. When the snakes come the mice disappear.

[d.o.c]

They were the worst in national parks, and shelters that were close to roads. When the snakes come the mice disappear.

ill agree with that id say i noticed more in TN thn anywhere tho

[StormBird]

100-mile wilderness in Maine had the worst mice.

[Torch09]

my friends hiked with a kitten that they found. They named her Yogi

My friend hiked with a mouse he found. Did we tell you about Jeramiah's mouse?

[OliveOil]

My friend hiked with a mouse he found. Did we tell you about Jeramiah's mouse?

yep, I heard about his mouse even before I met you. the guys at goose pond cabin told me.

[Torch09]

Mice chewed through my food sack and nibbled on a snicker bar. I bought a trap and used that snicker bar as bait.

Karma.

[d.o.c]

How did he carry the mouse? did he hold it in his hand ha

[Torch09]

How did he carry the mouse? did he hold it in his hand ha

He used an empty hummus container padded with wool and other soft stuff. It was getting cold (october in mass.) so he usually carried the little guy in his jacket.

[OliveOil]

Mice chewed through my food sack and nibbled on a snicker bar. I bought a trap and used that snicker bar as bait.

Karma.

wasn't that your reasoning for buying the smaller sized candies so if they eat one it's only as if one third of your candy was ruined?

[Graywolf]

ha get sgt meowstein to hitch on the pack durin the day ha i bet its been done.

Readin a book about the Appalachian Trail many years ago. I believe it was published by Backpacker magazine. A guy who Kayaked the Mississippi, then Hiked the Trail found a Kitten that went all the way to Maine with him. Everytime he would stop, the cat would swap him on the head, "Hey stop yaking, We have to go."..

Anyway, yeah, its been done..

[Graywolf]

Have you ever seen themovie, Never Cry Wolf? The guy was up in the Northern Territories studing Artic Wolves. He ate mice to stay alive.

I guess if you look at it that way, a hiker that is really low on money could always eat mice all the way to Maine..Hmmm.. ketchup any one?

[Buffalo Skipper]

I recall reading a journal recently about a NOBO who started early and didn't see a mouse until PA. Do mice hibernate? Do they become less active active in the winter? When most of the hikers leave, do the mice leave the shelter to forage in the wild until the warmer weather bring the hikers back?

Just trying to educate myself about it.

[harryfred]

my friends hiked with a kitten that they found. They named her Yogi

I remember Yogi. Do you know, did she make Katahdin? Met her and her sherpas at the Billville Hiker Feed.

[harryfred]

what do you think.. Does a shelter mouse count as wildlife or a pest?

Panzer

Thats what my wife ask about me.