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#260516 - 05/13/13 04:46 PM Vultures Devoured Hiker's Body in Minutes
ILBob Offline
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Registered: 02/05/10
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Loc: Northern IL
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#260517 - 05/13/13 04:56 PM Re: Vultures Devoured Hiker's Body in Minutes [Re: ILBob]
gonewiththewind Offline
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Registered: 10/14/08
Posts: 1517
Don't lay still too long!

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#260521 - 05/13/13 05:40 PM Re: Vultures Devoured Hiker's Body in Minutes [Re: ILBob]
bacpacjac Offline
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Registered: 05/05/07
Posts: 3601
Loc: Ontario, Canada
That's a little freaky!
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#260526 - 05/13/13 06:54 PM Re: Vultures Devoured Hiker's Body in Minutes [Re: ILBob]
JBMat Offline
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Registered: 03/03/09
Posts: 745
Loc: NC
Note to self, another reason to avoid Europe. Didn't lose anything there the first time.

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#260540 - 05/14/13 01:40 AM Re: Vultures Devoured Hiker's Body in Minutes [Re: ILBob]
UncleGoo Offline
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Registered: 12/06/06
Posts: 390
Loc: CT
http://coolchecks.com/checks.cfm?cat=checks&&rel=vulture&sku=EB522&view=detail

...the usual disclaimers...I bought the insect checks.
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#260611 - 05/16/13 08:48 PM Re: Vultures Devoured Hiker's Body in Minutes [Re: ILBob]
clearwater Offline
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Registered: 03/19/05
Posts: 1185
Loc: Channeled Scablands
Wonder what California condors would do? I mean if they can eat a Mammoth?

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#260635 - 05/17/13 10:10 AM Re: Vultures Devoured Hiker's Body in Minutes [Re: clearwater]
hikermor Offline
Geezer in Chief
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Registered: 08/26/06
Posts: 7705
Loc: southern Cal
Having dealt with corpses that haven't been devoured by vultures, I am not sure that the vulture route doesn't offer some advantages. In a back country situation, at least the carry out team has a much lighter load to contend with. That will be duly noted and appreciated.

Don't get me started.....
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#260640 - 05/17/13 01:10 PM Re: Vultures Devoured Hiker's Body in Minutes [Re: ILBob]
AROTC Offline
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Registered: 05/06/04
Posts: 604
Loc: Manhattan
Well, as long as I'm dead before they start, it's better than the attempts to preserve bodies forever with embalming.
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