Lions and tigers and bears...

[rockm]

This ran on the Backcountry Bonsai blog in 2015, as well as in the ABS Journal. Still an interesting read if you collect trees.

Hazardous Collecting

Collecting Yamadori is something that few truly experience, and even fewer really get. It’s something that sinks into your core, the desire to be in the mountains as much as possible, to hike…

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[BrianBay9]

Biggest hazards I've encountered are ticks.

 

[ABCarve]

Biggest hazards I've encountered are ticks.

Most of my collecting has been done in cow pastures.

 

[Shogun610]

I have a few scars on my arms from slipping and catching myself on rock faces

 

[Hartinez]

I’m collecting with @Colorado here in northern NM in a few weeks. I got word from another member that quite a few hunters were present in the area we are going. Gonna need to suit up in full orange Cheeto garb to keep from my deadwood getting mistaken for elk antlers!

 

[Shogun610]

I’m collecting with @Colorado here in northern NM in a few weeks. I got word from another member that quite a few hunters were present in the area we are going. Gonna need to suit up in full orange Cheeto garb to keep from my deadwood getting mistaken for elk antlers!

That is a very valid concern, I wear an orange reflective vest and have the dog wear one too