[at-l] Troll Season on A.T.

[kahley7@ptd.net (kahley7)]

At 08:04 PM 4/18/01 -0400, grey_owl1@juno.com wrote:
>Unbelievable, troll rutting season coincides with the PA rock rutting
>season.  Remember those little buggers are territorial.  Maybe we can
>conserve the PA rocks by allowing each thru hiker harvest one PA rock a
>year.

That _may _be necessary this year!!  If the early numbers hold true
and their are 30% fewer thruhikers starting out, the reduction in the
numbers of the rock's preferred prey may make it necessary to thin 
the herd before malnutrition and disease set in.