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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5465 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Quetico Confessions Reply #10 - Sep 23^rd, 2014 at 6:10am	Quote Print Post
	On the other hand, I love telling this story. The first trip we decided to try someplace new and different, we dawdled away the first day. A storm blew in about an hour or two before dark and it got really dark really fast. This was in the days before red dots so we found a rock to get out on and made camp in the dark. There was no place to put the tent so… (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) It was THE most comfortable night I've ever spent in a sleeping bag - back when real men didn't bring stoves. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) The trip went downhill from there. We may have even come out a day early.


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PhantomJug Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 2861 Location: 1/2 way there Joined: Feb 12^th, 2003	Re: Quetico Confessions Reply #11 - Sep 25^th, 2014 at 7:12pm	Quote Print Post
	That's it? No illegal fishermen? Never killed a living tree, shrub or flower? Never took some rocks home? Never killed a fish you didn't eat? Dropped a deuce 97 feet from shore? Dang. You guys are so good. I'm taking advantage of a long weekend tomorrow. If anyone (well, almost anyone) wants to run down to Batch for a few days and fish and camp the east side of the lake with me . . .
	« Last Edit: Sep 26^th, 2014 at 12:25am by PhantomJug »

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db Web-lackey Inukshuk Voyageur Offline Posts: 5465 Location: Just off the beaten path. Joined: Sep 14^th, 2002	Re: Quetico Confessions Reply #12 - Sep 26^th, 2014 at 7:58am	Quote Print Post
	I like the pinching barbs and no live bait rules. On my first solo I remember dreading the alternate group leader question because I was afraid there was a law against it. This year there were a few drownings on Pickeral so I was told to possibly expect seeing mounties in a motorboat. She started ticking off the safety requirements and I finished the list for her. They are good things to have. I even picked up a legit whistle a few years back. I'm a goody-two-shoes up there to the point of only fishing on the dates my license is good for since I don't take any home anymore. I'm actually considering not fishing next year. I'd save $45 and a few pounds. As always, enjoy your weekend PJ!


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BillConner Inukshuk Offline Posts: 665 Location: Thousand Islands Joined: Apr 12^th, 2010	Re: Quetico Confessions Reply #13 - Sep 26^th, 2014 at 11:55am	Quote Print Post
	PJs post reminded me we took a piece of driftwood once. Still in back yard. Seems odd we could have burns it but not take it home. Probably a few pebbles - does that count?


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intrepid_camper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1348 Location: Northern Minnesota Joined: Jul 12^th, 2004	Re: Quetico Confessions Reply #14 - Sep 26^th, 2014 at 3:50pm	Quote Print Post
	I thought this thread would be a mine field...after the thrumping a member got earlier this season for admitting to dumping some food and possibly catching a couple too-many fish! NcB...glad I was not on that trip...I thought you never got lost in the woods As for me...I never break any rules


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kypaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 308 Location: Kentucky Joined: Oct 6^th, 2007	Re: Quetico Confessions Reply #15 - Sep 26^th, 2014 at 5:14pm	Quote Print Post
	I'm unclear whether the purpose of this post is an on-line confessional ("Bless me Father for I have sinned ...") ... or a call for red-faced and sheepish stories ("Can you believe how stupid and clumsy I was ..."). As to the latter, I once -- in front of six people -- stepped into a perfectly serviceable solo canoe on a perfectly flat (I believe "glass-like" is the oft-used cliched describer) lake at an easily navigable landing ... and promptly went over backward on the other wide. It was my only set of dry clothes, having endured an all-day rain and sleet event the previous day. As for the former, I heard tell of someone who brought home a 9-point whitetail buck rack from Russell Lake. It appeared to have been killed by a bear, given that the skull and "snout" had been crushed as if from a big ol' swat. The way I heard it, the rack slid sideways (i.e. "on end") into an extra-large rubber canoe bag with about 1/32nd inch to spare all around. As for myself, I confess I have a nickel-sized piece of quartz taken from what could be the highest point on Agnes Lake. Nothing unique or sacred about it -- just a remembrance of a special hike. Does that make me a bad person? -- kypaddler


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Wind-In-Face Inukshuk Offline Posts: 313 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2006	Re: Quetico Confessions Reply #16 - Sep 27^th, 2014 at 2:07am	Quote Print Post
	Hilarious thread Here are some of mine. I wonder if anyone else shares them. - I travel in Quetico without a compass. - I have returned from Quetico and neglected to check in at the US Customs office in Ely. - I have fished outside of the days on my license. - I once - once - in my ignorant bliss dumped some leftover rice into the lake. - I don't always wear my life jacket. - Returning from Quetico, I have camped in the BW without a permit. - I have carried in and packed out a can. - I don't burn my tp. I DO bury well. - I used to be a dry-footer. - I've taken photos of pictos without leaving a tobacco gift. - I have sometimes gone more than a yr without donating to this site. There...I feel so much better. WiF


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azalea Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1084 Location: North Carolina Joined: Jan 13^th, 2004	Re: Quetico Confessions Reply #17 - Sep 27^th, 2014 at 2:30pm	Quote Print Post
	- I travel in Quetico and never taken the compass out of my pack. - I have returned from Quetico and waited until showering and unloading the car to check in at the US Customs office in Ely - Bathed using ivory soap in the lake. - Spit my toothpaste rinse in the firepit (before burning). - Seldom wear my life jacket (summer trips). - Definitely urinated with 100 ft and probably dropped a deuce as well.. - I have carried in and packed out a can. - While traveling by border on a Quetico permit, stopped at an empty BWCA site to use the facilities. - I have sometimes gone more than a yr without donating to this site. - Paddled out to middle of lake and dumped some food scraps.


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intrepid_camper Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1348 Location: Northern Minnesota Joined: Jul 12^th, 2004	Re: Quetico Confessions Reply #18 - Sep 27^th, 2014 at 2:39pm	Quote Print Post
	WIF, I feel so much better too...I have done most of those verboten things also, always feeling like I was the only one Additionally: -Have had a fire on fire ban days. -Camped on undesignated sites in BWCA. -Feed the eagles (& seagulls) the fish carcass and sometimes left-over food. -I am still a dry-footer. I no longer put any food in the lake, especially at campsites. This is why: My dad once hiked down into the grand canyon with a Sierra Club group. They were all happy to see a "pristine" crystal clear spring for drinking water at the bottom. Most eagerly filled their drinking bottles without a thought. My dad ruined their day when his turn came...he swirled the water to reveal rice, etc. hidden under the top light layer of clean sand.


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Mad_Mat Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1551 Joined: Apr 21^st, 2003	Re: Quetico Confessions Reply #19 - Sep 29^th, 2014 at 1:41pm	Quote Print Post
	you want me to confess! I'm innocent I tell Ya! I was framed!


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