Quite a while back my wife “adopted” a five mile section of the Ozark Trail. I’ve gone with her a few times and today I went with her to do some weed whacking on a low, grassy stretch about a quarter mile long. Of course we had to hike a mile to get there. The road we drive in on today is only a mile from where we camp west of Van Buren, MO. Driving in I saw a campsite with trash left in it. Driving out after we finished I stopped. How freaking nasty do you have to be to leave all of this at a public land camp site? The white bags in the one pic is their feces. Can you believe they crapped in plastic bags and left it there in camp? I had some demolition trash bags in the truck that I use for deer carcasses, so I put on some gloves, had my wife hold a big bag and we cleaned it up. It’s no wonder the locals there have a healthy dislike for the hunters that come into the area. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I was spiked out in a camp on a fire just south east of Flin Flon 12 of us built a campsite. We did not plan for waste management. Get a 5 gallon bucket with a toilet seat and a bag and manage your waste. Chief there is no way I would ever pick up bags of human waste, you are dedicated.
Seen that many times on the AT hiking, and in the Rockies hunting. Dig a hole at least 6" deep and bury your **** (some will even burn their tp, prior to burying). Carry every thing else to a trash can... We've been able to find one along the AT within about a days hike (20-25 miles)...usually closer.
That is disgusting. What a terrible way to treat a cool place. Hunting with you was the first time I had been in Mark Twain National Forest. I can see why you and your family consider it to be a special place.
Great job Chief. That's some pretty vile "stuff" right there. Slobs isn't a strong enough word. At my archery hunting campsite area they have a State guy that monitors the "camp grounds" (they are unmaintained spots). They strictly enforce the 14 days in a camp site rule, as the few State ground camp spots are highly sought after ever since Potlatch got greedy and started charging people to recreate on their timber ground. That is a long story in itself that I won't go into, I get pi**ed every time I talk about it. Anyway, you will be cited if you leave an unattended fire, and many years it is so dry that camp fires are simply prohibited. The State guy keeps an eye on that too. Every time he visits us the first time he always mentions "clean up and take out all your trash". I find it almost offensive when they say that to me, we keep a tight camp, but I certainly understand why they have to say it. My biggest pet peeve is when people throw cans in the fire pit. It is always the first thing I clean up after arriving at most any campsite.
Nothing pisses me off than a can in a fire pit, no matter if it is at a campground or in the fire pit at home, then again I don't have to deal with bags of human crap.
Wrote this for a local TV station. https://rheareview.com/what-will-we-leave-for-them/ My son and I fished a stream on the TN/GA border. The woods was full of crap. No effort to even cover it up. My son commented if they wonder about the flies that land on their sandwich.
