RE: [Philmont]: Smellable? What was that?

I've been watching the thread and although most of the replys reference
dishes as being a smellable, this last paragraph of the 1st reply raised a
flag for me:

"It's useful to use the "nose" test to determine if something is odor free.
Not
everyone but often some one in a group will have a nose which is really
sensitive to odor. Have them smell the item to decide if it is odor free."

I have a couple of observations I would like to share:

1) I would never trust a human nose to determine if something is smellable.
Animals can detect the tiniest traces of an odor from miles away. When in
doubt, in the bag it goes. Please remember a smellable is not always a food
item, but could also be an item the bear or other critters hasn't ruled out
as being a food item (film, batteries, etc)

2) properly placed dishes, pots and pans around a sump can act as an alarm
that a critter has entered you site and has found something of interest.

YIS

Tom Fitzpatrick

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Received on Tue Aug 23 01:23:07 2005