For a long time I wold just cover and like db I have never witnessed it dug up butt what's is so hard about taking it back to camp and burning the stuff? Seems like the right thing to do all things considered IMHO and the way I will proceed in the future.

Solus wrote on Sep 6^th, 2014 at 2:24pm:


I burn mine, but I do it a little different than most.
Obviously this can't be done in dry/fire conditions, but then you shouldn't have a campfire then either.

I dig my cat hole, do my business THEN take my Bic and light the paper in the cat hole. Wait a few seconds to insure complete burn and no hot ashes in air, then cover with dirt/duff and mark spot with stick.

Works fine for me, but might be an issue for others.

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I don't know how much TP others use, but unless there is a fire ban in effect or your cat hole of choice is in a dry spot, I can't see how ANY fire risk can come from burning a few pieces of facial tissue ( my TP of choice, stronger and you use less) in a cat hole?

I've never dug a hole in a spot that wasn't damp/moist and after burning I replace soil, tamp down with foot and mark to warn others.

Takes 3 things for fire, fuel/air/heat. My method eliminates 2 of them.

I have no issue with people putting TP in a designated fire pit if that makes them feel safer doing it, but from the amount of TP that sometimes is left unburned in fire pits, I can only assume they think it will just burn when the next poor SOB uses the camp spot.

Not a fan of finding a dirty fire pit but unburned aluminum foil/ food wrappers are one thing, poo paper is another.

I can speak for others but since that fire pit is also used as a cook spot by many and that may include grilling fish or reflecting oven baking, the idea of using the same spot as a incinerator for bodily waste doesn't hold much appeal too me, no matter how remote the chances of unburned fecal matter being left to contaminate your campsite meal.

Don't nock something unless you tried and mastered it.

My guess is that was a pack of girl scouts.  We found the same thing at a Quetico campsite earlier in August.  Probably 20 small clusters of tp mostly by the tent pads.  No feces anywhere so I assumed we were dealing with young, rookie females in the woods not wanting to venture far from the tent after too much cocoa around the campfire.  I used my hand spade to collect all the piles and carried it back to the woods and buried.

Solution = Put a rock on it!