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Title: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: kball4 on October 27, 2015, 02:18:20 PM
I was out by Seabeck walking down an gated logging road and I saw 2 styrofoam plates with wood BBQ skewers holding the plate to the ground.  Said WDFW and a couple numbers and under it was a plastic cup buried in the ground so the top of the cup is level with the ground and filled half way with a clear yellowish fluid.  What is it?  Didn't smell nasty.
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: CoryTDF on October 27, 2015, 02:20:12 PM
Bug catcher?
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: 2labs on October 27, 2015, 02:25:20 PM
They had gypsy moth traps a few years ago. :dunno:
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: kball4 on October 27, 2015, 02:36:39 PM
The plates were staked down to the ground with the skewers I don't know how anything but ants and gnats could get in there.
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: Chappy84 on October 27, 2015, 02:48:39 PM
Trail camera nearby?
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: MountainWalk on October 27, 2015, 02:57:09 PM
Wolf urine!
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: _TONY_ on October 27, 2015, 03:18:33 PM
Sounds like they're trying to take an insect sample too me...
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: Bob33 on October 27, 2015, 03:21:39 PM
Drug test for poachers.
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on October 27, 2015, 03:32:46 PM
Sounds like they're trying to take an insect sample too me...
Yes.  It sounds like a pit fall insect trap
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: westsidehntr on October 27, 2015, 03:42:33 PM
No doubt they are some sort of trap to catch the the dirty chemicals the airplanes are spraying on us so that they can be used in vaccinations.  :dunno:
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: MountainWalk on October 27, 2015, 03:48:50 PM
What does wdfw have to do with bugs? Seems like a DNR, county or state issue.
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: WAcoyotehunter on October 27, 2015, 03:53:55 PM
General baseline data should include bugs
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: _TONY_ on October 27, 2015, 04:34:20 PM
What does wdfw have to do with bugs? Seems like a DNR, county or state issue.

Everything is connected in regards to the food chain/habitat for wildlife... Yes, even insects.
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: kball4 on October 27, 2015, 04:59:51 PM
Something I's never seen before, thought I's share.
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: BAR C3 on October 27, 2015, 05:02:01 PM
They are donation cups!

Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: Chesapeake on October 27, 2015, 08:24:44 PM
So there was a plate staked down with WDFW info on it an you pulled it up to see what was under it?
Strikes me as strange that a guy would tamper with something like that.
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: lokidog on October 27, 2015, 08:33:11 PM
So there was a plate staked down with WDFW info on it an you pulled it up to see what was under it?
Strikes me as strange that a guy would tamper with something like that.

Really?  I'd look as well, of course replacing it how it was when I was done.
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: bracer40 on October 27, 2015, 08:36:54 PM
I just read about WDFW doing shoreline studies of forage fish.  ArticLe mentioned how tiny the eggs were and i thought this might be related? :dunno:
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: Labredog on October 28, 2015, 10:08:33 PM
WDFW Snipe trap :chuckle:
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: kodiak 907 on October 29, 2015, 04:41:46 AM
Did you provide a sample?  :chuckle:
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: boneaddict on October 29, 2015, 04:55:07 AM
Sounds like a slug trap. 

Hoof rot studies?
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: rasbo on October 29, 2015, 05:23:59 AM
was the cup half full,or half empty????
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: NW-GSP on October 29, 2015, 06:12:41 AM
WDFW Snipe trap :chuckle:

You are aware that snipe is actually a upland bird that does exist right?
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: huntnphool on October 29, 2015, 09:05:34 AM
No cell phone pic?
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: predatorG on October 29, 2015, 09:31:06 AM
That's weird. have you contacted them about it? I live out in seabeck but all that I hunt is private so I've never seen anything like it. Any pics?
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: ballpark on October 29, 2015, 09:49:05 AM
So there was a plate staked down with WDFW info on it an you pulled it up to see what was under it?
Strikes me as strange that a guy would tamper with something like that.

Where did he say he messed with it.  You, my fellow member, are a strange fellow. :tup:
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: Chesapeake on October 29, 2015, 02:37:44 PM
So there was a plate staked down with WDFW info on it an you pulled it up to see what was under it?
Strikes me as strange that a guy would tamper with something like that.

Where did he say he messed with it.  You, my fellow member, are a strange fellow. :tup:

I'll admit I'm "assuming" a bit, but I cant figure how given the info provided by the OP on the setup, that he managed to smell and see the liquid without first pulling up the plate to see what was under it.

So in my estimation the OP "said he messed with it" in his 2 posts.

"I saw 2 styrofoam plates with wood BBQ skewers holding the plate to the ground.  Said WDFW and a couple numbers and under it was a plastic cup buried in the ground so the top of the cup is level with the ground and filled half way with a clear yellowish fluid.  What is it?  Didn't smell nasty."

"The plates were staked down to the ground with the skewers I don't know how anything but ants and gnats could get in there."


You may well be correct, that I am a strange fellow. I tend to leave things alone that aren't mine and appear to be purposefully placed where they are. That's why I leave trail cameras alone, don't touch climbing tree stands left at the base of tree's, leave research project materials alone, ect...... But based on experience and "Someone stole my stand/trail camera" threads, I'd say my behavior is abnormal on average. I can live with that. :tup:

Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: ballpark on October 29, 2015, 03:34:43 PM
 :bash:
Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: Alchase on October 29, 2015, 07:13:24 PM
WDFW Snipe trap :chuckle:

We have a burlap sack and
You are aware that snipe is actually a upland bird that does exist right?

Ya, but all the old timers know you can really only catch them after midnight with a burlap sack while making their mating call and beating two sticks together.
👀

Title: Re: WDFW placing plastic cups in the woods
Post by: Alchase on October 29, 2015, 07:18:38 PM
In my teen years, every time we saw plastic cups in the woods, when followed led straight to a keg of foamy beer.

They are used to find your way out of the woods after the party, closing one eye helps to figure out which of the two (right or left) to follow.
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