[Tijeras_Slim]

The problem was that sometimes the locals would bet into packrat middens to take the pinion nuts that were gathered there.

We had a huge pinion crop this year, folks were all over the woods out here.

[Texas Fossil]

Thanks for explanation.

I lived in Silver City from 1973-1986. One of my customers bought pinion pine nuts from the locals back then. I returned years later and visited with him, he had already quit trading in them because of the issue we discuss.