FAQs
What to Bring | Tour Etiquette | General Questions
What to Bring/Wear
Fishing Trips
- rain gear - top & bottoms
- sunglasses - sunscreen
- warm clothes - gloves
- water to drink and lunch or snacks
Summer Trips
- sturdy footwear (waterproof if possible)
- insect repellant
- long pants
- shell and/or rain jacket
- water to drink, lunch or snacks
- camera (if you choose) or binoculars
For Colder Conditions / Spring or Fall
- warmer clothes, wool or fleece (no cotton)
- long johns
- gloves or mittens and hat or earmuffs
- sturdy footwear (waterproof if possible)
- long pants
- shell and/or rain jacket
- water to drink, lunch or snacks
- camera (if you choose) or binoculars
Winter Snowshoes or Skis
- warmer clothes, wool or fleece (no cotton)
- dress in layers to adjust to changes of temperature throughout the day.
- long johns
- gloves or mittens and hat or earmuffs
- sturdy footwear (waterproof if possible)
- long pants
- shell and/or rain jacket
- water to drink, lunch or snacks
- camera (if you choose) or binoculars
Tour Etiquette
1. Stay in sight of group, stay together
2. Be considerate of others. Look and listen. Avoid loud voices and noise.
3. Respect wildlife and everything you see in nature.
4. Dispose of all waste properly. "Pack it in. Pack it Out!"
Normally on outings many animal sign are there to see but the wild animals themselves are very shy. They can see, hear and smell you coming.
Your chances of seeing wild animals improves if you are quiet and don't use strong perfumes and colognes.
General Questions
Q. Where will we go?
A. We can find great sign anyhere, but we have an ideal spot here in the Barnard Chatauquay, a 55,000 acre wilderness area that is habitat to every animal in the state. It is the second largest contigent area in the state without roads.
Q. Do we have Catamounts here in New England?
A. I never believed it until I saw these tracks. These, we believe, are catamount tracks we found up in northern New Hampshire at Dixville Notch.
Q. Why is fisher cat called a fisher cat - they don't generally eat fish and are not cats?
A. They look a bit like a house cat and they generally travel along stream beds, so they were believed to kill fish. Travel on a stream bed is easier in winter and a good location for voles and mice, which is their main diet.
