hooligan1 said:
Art have you ever got a mouthfull of yellowjackets from your beverage can? That'll separate the wheat from the chaff pretty damn quick!!!
That was the first thing that popped into my head when I read his post, as well.
I've never had it happen to me, because I'm anal-retentive and look at any open beverage that has been outdoors before I take a drink. ...But I've seen it happen to other people.
One of the funniest was my little brother with a can of Coke, while shooting in Utah's west desert.
We were standing around the tailgate of someone's truck, BS-ing while loading some magazines and analyzing handload test results. He took a swig from the can of Coke that had been sitting open for the last hour, plus, wildly threw the can into the sagebrush is an incredibly uncoordinated under-hand/side-hand throw, and just froze.
He stood there making stupid grunting noises, thrusting his tongue out, with a wild, confused look in his eyes, as a yellow jacket squirmed on the back of his tongue with its stinger buried in the flesh.
One of we witnesses reached up, grabbed the yellow jacket, pulled it out, dropped it on the ground, and everyone went about their business as if nothing had happened ...while my little brother attempted to explain how clueless he was to what had happened to him.
We were aware. We were there, too.
He only takes
resealable bottled beverages camping, shooting, or to other outdoor events, now.