This is what you call 'White Trash'. Found in one little secluded spot in the grass while bowfishing. Large size Twix candy bar wrapper; Walmart plastic cup; Scratch-off lottery ticket; Tampon applicator; Large beef jerky bag; and a Marlboro cigarette package.
That must have been one heck of a night for someone! 😉
On a serious note, it is very annoying to see trash left by others when they could easily have disposed of it in a more conventional manner.
How was bowfishing? any luck?
You never know what the carp
> This is what you call 'White Trash'. Found in one little secluded spot in the grass while bowfishing. Large size Twix candy bar wrapper; Walmart plastic cup; Scratch-off lottery ticket; Tampon applicator; Large beef jerky bag; and a Marlboro cigarette package.
Jerry, isn't the problem that you just never know what the carp are going to like that day?
Bowfishing is just starting to get good here. The spawn is about three weeks later than last year. I've seen more and more trash the past two years than ever before. This is not accidental trash, but blatant disrespect when you see piles of it.
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Take out the tampon applicator, add 15-20 cigarette butts, and I'd be willing to bet there's a traverse/control point there somewhere.;-)
I was going to say the cigarette pack isn't illegal because everyone knows smoker's used butts are everyone's problem, they must be because I see them thrown on the ground all of the time. They even throw them down on the ground right in public like it's A-OK.
> I was going to say the cigarette pack isn't illegal because everyone knows smoker's used butts are everyone's problem, they must be because I see them thrown on the ground all of the time.
Those look like bait cigarettes to me. Sure, they started fishing with beef jerky and ended up with blood bait, but in the meantime who is to say that carp don't enjoy a smoke as much as the next person at the lake. Problem is, it's hard to keep them lighted. They hit the water and you've got to bait your hook again. Next thing you know, you've gone through a pack, and then it's on to the lottery tickets.
> > and then it's on to the lottery tickets.
Carp are a game fish or a gaming fish?
Rick
Reminds me of this year's winner for the ODOT's 2011 Trash Poster Contest.
First Place 9th - 12th Grade Taylor Tucker
This sort of stuff just pisses me off to no end. I go out to our Wichita Wildlife Refuge once or twice a week to explore and now I always carry a trash bag with me. Stupid people want to enjoy nature but then leave a mess like this when they leave. And on the refuge they have trash containers at most places so it's not like you even have to make much of an effort.
Totally disrespectful, both to others that might visit and to our planet.
I hear they do carp right in Nebraska.
I'm ready to give it a try....
A couple of days ago I was walking down the street and a lady threw a wrapper on the floor right in front of her little daughter's face as they were walking down the street.
I said to her "way to be a role model for your daughter" - she first gave me an annoyed look, but then looked at her innocent little daughter looking back up at her and then went and picked it up. Sometimes I still have a little hope for the world.
Jerry
Do you know my cousin, Jeremy Leu? He founded the Bowfishing Association of Iowa and was president for 4 years. Now, he’s one of the hosts on the Campbell Outdoor Challenge.
18 1/2 Pound Silver Carp
Say what? No Budweiser cans?
I get stuff like that thrown in my front yard all the time. And I see a lot of people sitting in their cat at the McD's/7/11 etc with a trash container by the door a couple steps away just throw the wrappers out the window and drive off. Who raised these folks? Irritating for sure.
DJJ
A friend told me he scolded his Mother for throwing a food wrapper out of the window and her response was, "They have people to pick it up."
He said, "No they don't!"
Gunny, we are on the same page there.
Carp Sandwich
Yeah I remember how much you liked Joe's place.
Got some locate & topo to do down by LaPlatte tomorrow.
Might just have to stop in for a late lunch on the way back.
Been too long since I've enjoyed the fare.
That's just the beginning of a nice little campfire.
I pick up other peoples litter every time I enter the woods, seems to happen every time, so I guess I'm just used to it.
Years ago I would have friends ask permission to fish in my pond. When they left, they would leave that amount of trash where they were sitting. It didn't matter if they were neighbors, employees or kinfolk - they were oblivious to the fact that they were trashing up the place. If I called it to their attention, they would act like somehow they had just missed it when they picked everything else up. Funny, they never forgot a fishing pole, tackle box or the fish they had pulled out of my pond. Needless to say, I don't let people fish in my pond anymore. At least the poachers that sneak in to fish when I'm not around do carry out their trash because they don't want me to know they've been there.
