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eagleyes · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 8:49 am Post subject: Hunting Seasons

Many people think of hunting season as just rifle deer- muzzle loading season goes through mid- December and certain birds can be hunted into January- so a cache closed for hunting can be from September into January depending on what is hunted in the area- including moose, bear, deer, birds, etc. Not just 2 weeks in Nov. Something all cachers should keep in mind in the autumn months.
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Pear Head · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:30 am Post subject:

I don't normally close my caches for hunting. If there is hunting in the area that I am aware of (or if it seems like an area that would be hunted) then I try and list that on the cache page and put the hunting icon up, but I leave it up to the judgement of the cacher to hunt the cache or not, and to wear orange or not.

There's nothing wrong with searching for a cache during hunting in the woods - you just need to prepare for it by wearing the blaze orange.

towlebooth · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 10:37 am Post subject:

Marsha and Silent Bob · Past MnGCA President Joined: 02 Sep 2003 Posts: 6261

King Boreas · Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2005 11:26 am Post subject:

ANY of my disabled caches may be found. Expect some type of problem, however. Usually a note will describe it.

The exception is this: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/log.aspx?LUID=eec33344-f307-4d72-a940-2efe67393f4a

northtrekker · Geocacher Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 115

At work this morning we were talking about geocaches, caching in the winter, hunting season etc. We talked about disabling caches. I think that geocachers in general know that they shouldn't be strolling through the woods without blaze orange during hunting season and perhaps maybe shouldn't be in some areas at all. When I read the cache placement guidelines I see that there should be some permanence to the placement, so that to me says, keep it open, unless there is a problem with the cache itself. It seems like a good portion of caches up here could be disabled during hunting season ... I go with the idea that we proceed at our own risk. If a cache placer wants to give a blaze orange reminder in the write up, go for it. If they want to post a suggestion to NOT go after the cache in certain months, go for it. That would be sensible. I've also heard that some cachers would prefer closing them because the area gets dug up in the winter... can't say I blame them, but then again, when caches are placed, that "permanence" word in the guidelines shouts out to me, regardless of if we live in the desert or the tundra! Just my 2 bits on this topic. I'm glad this topic came up, I sorta wondered what the general "feel" about such was from our geocacher population! Back to work Wink