I camped out there this past November. I was out in Safford for around a month give or take a day or two. Spent 2 weeks going between Haekel rd and Hot Well dunes, then another week over at the agate picking site north of town. Picked up a gigantic fucking pack rat under my hood there. That little bastard.
Yeah I really dig that part of Arizona. Not sure why but there's just something about it.
Gotta watch them fuk’n pack rats. Lil’ fuk’rs will eat your wiring and leave you stranded. Got my fuel pump wires one time. I guess some wires are coated in peanut oil and that attracts them and horkers. Can’t think of any part of AZ that doesn’t have its own bit of charm and beauty in some or another, except for a bit there on I-10 between Phx and Quartzite. Southeast AZ is nice, the borderlands are too. Just a little sketchy because of cartel bullshit. Don’t go alone.
I found that pack rats are attracted to human piss. Over the days I stayed there I got lazy with my watering the plants if you will and instead of walking far away I just walk out about 5 ft out and let it rip. I led it right to my camper. I did have a mousetrap under the hood which clipped it. Of course that wouldn't kill it but knocked it around a little bit so it wasn't spazzing out trying to chew shit. I couldn't dislodge it from the underside. So I had to drive around at 11:30 at night trying to shake the fucker out of my engine compartment. Finally behind a lit building I was able to stab the bastard with a fire poker. I didn't kill it but I probably wounded it enough that it dropped out and limped away.
I wonder if I should buy bear spray and if it happens again just shoot the fucker in the face with bear spray. Do you think that would have an adverse effect on any of the engine components?
Hadn’t thought about that approach! Not sure if it would effect things, don’t see how or why it would? Might upset your mechanic someday though. Might be a good idea to spray a patch of ground that you park over to keep ‘em away?
Interesting about the piss. I’ll keep that in mind. Fuk’rs ain’t so cute when you realize how they can totally fuk your day up. Maybe some baited live traps off to the side where you piss?
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