Grylls or Mears?

[Kosuki]

Nothing wrong with snake blood, and tree bark grubs with a side of slug slime ^^

[Sarge47]

Nothing wrong with snake blood, and tree bark grubs with a side of slug slime ^^

Along with a pint of urine!

[asemery]

Check out Four Dog Stove Company. They have Mors Kochanski books and pamphlets for sale and on October are offering a 7 day "Wilderness Skills- Total Immersion" course led by Kochanski. Tony

http://fourdog.com/

[sgtmcboom]

With what he eats, and drinks.....I don't know if I would eat that.

People eat raccoon and they eat some nasty things to lol. And shrimp are cockroaches of the sea and people pay good money for those.

[Sarge47]

Check out Four Dog Stove Company. They have Mors Kochanski books and pamphlets for sale and on October are offering a 7 day "Wilderness Skills- Total Immersion" course led by Kochanski. Tony

http://fourdog.com/

I bought mine here, they're a bit cheaper.

http://www.grannysstore.com/Wilderne..._Bushcraft.htm

[jeffbanke]

Hi Guys, new to the forum, but new to the subject, at the ripe old age of 65 :-)
BG, is fun to watch for his showmanship, Mears I have never seen, but John Wiseman is the guy I want with me, have used his book for years to teach my students.

[MiddleWolf]

I would just watch them all for various bits of information that can generate ideas for further thought. I can practice many of the suggestions they put up to see, but can use common sense to eliminate or do more research on the ones that are more critical in nature. And most of the shows show the disclaimer that crews are there and in some cases, local experts give the hosts hints and information on the flora and fauna in that area. Just don't take every word they speak as Gospel with out testing.

[SfS]

I love Bear Grylls, alot of what he does is dangerous, but when in dire circumstances, you risk nothing you gain nothing. I've recently been watching Dual Survival and will be getting the Survivorman series on DVD.

I agree with the above post, you learn something differant from all of them and they are all useful in their own forms. What Bear puts his body through is amazing, but it just goes to show it can be done. Cody is great he showed how to make a container out of a tree stump by burning the inner bark with coals, which i've never seen done or heard of before.

Every survival show in my opinion has their strong points and their let downs.

[Sarge47]

Made some comments in red.

I love Bear Grylls, alot of what he does is dangerous, Like drinking his own urine.


but when in dire circumstances, you risk nothing you gain nothing. .That does not excuse putting your life in further danger,


I've recently been watching Dual Survival and will be getting the Survivorman series on DVD. I have it, it's really great. Hope you've been watching the new Survivorman series. The last episode was great, Les was subtly slamming Grylls. Ironically Les is still on Discovery and Grylls has been fired!

I agree with the above post, you learn something differant from all of them and they are all useful in their own forms. What Bear puts his body through is amazing, but it just goes to show it can be done. Only be strong, young, athletic young folks.


Cody is great he showed how to make a container out of a tree stump by burning the inner bark with coals, which i've never seen done or heard of before. Years ago one of the best Survival shows on Discovery also showed that..."Marine Corps Survival School.

Every survival show in my opinion has their strong points and their let downs. Yes, I agree, Bear does have a cute Tush!

[jfeatherjohn]

On Monday, DC did a four hour MvW marathon, which I DVRer.
While watching it, later, my thought was, "OMG, he fell down, again."
Now, during this marathon, he did cover some solid skills, while falling into riverd, falling into crevases, falling off of vines, etc.
I will continue to watch MvW, but one episode at a time. I think thrre is a limit to how many times one can fall in 60 minutes.
As for being stranded with him, I'd say "see ya", because I wouldn't want yo be stuck taking care of his impetuously broken leg.
I"ve got some You Tubing to do, because I think that I have missed some important stuff. Thanks for that, folks.

[jfeatherjohn]

PS...Grylls is off DC?
Wow, the Outdoor channel is going to have a field day; Hawke, Canterbury, and noe Grylls up for grabs...

[Sarge47]

PS...Grylls is off DC?
Wow, the Outdoor channel is going to have a field day; Hawke, Canterbury, and noe Grylls up for grabs...

Yo FJ, keep the news about the Hawkes on the down-low...we wouldn't want to depress Hunter, o.k.?

[SurvivorMama]

lol definitely without Grylls: I don't want to die having to take care of his injuries from his stupid hyperactive antics (ok with medic and production crew, but should not be present to gullible public). Funny tv but not reality.

[SurvivorMama]

Amen. It seemed that Dave Canterbury had a flashback to a civil war documentary and thought it would be a cool idea to gunpowder a non-lifethreatening would. He would have been better off to urinate on it and seal it up than do that. It was not a heavy bleeder. He lost just a bit of credulity with that, but the thing with survival is that it is ultimately a solitary pursuit, so you figure out what works for you or Darwin takes over. I still watch all these guys when possible (exc for BG) just to get their perspectives. Like any advice, the listener decides what to do with the given information. That is the fun of it all and is why forums and groups like this exist.

[hunter63]

Yo FJ, keep the news about the Hawkes on the down-low...we wouldn't want to depress Hunter, o.k.?

What........Why didn't see this coming?.....Aw man...bummer.....

BTW, who carries gunpowder to cauterize wounds?....Shooting stuff, yes......This ranks in the category of Mr Dumas.....

[dutch hermit]

Dual Survival, Survivorman and Ray mears shows.. I've seen every single episode of these shows and I love 'em.
After watching a few episodes of Bear's Ultimate survival I knew enough.. this is ment to entertain people instead of teaching them anything about survival. I do not treat the forest asif it was a parkour course and I would not eat raw meat while i have the tools to cook it.

Hyper active folk also tend to get on my nerves and the merchandise he sells (survival knife etc) turn out to be rubbish.
So yeah.. give me Mears

[Faiaoga]

I hate to get involved in arguments about who is the best and who is real/fake, but please allow me to provide information that others may not have. I have not seen many of the survival shows, but I was interested to see "Survival in Samoa" by Ray Mears on the Internet. Mears did not attempt to do anything new but showed some of the techniques used by Samoan villagers. I think he did a good job without a lot of hype.

I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Samoa (Western Samoa) and can attest to the techniques shown. For example, Mears shows moray eels being captured in a box trap. That technique is used to capture small morays (the large ones can be poisonous) to cook on hot stones for the Sunday dinner. I lived with a Samoan family and helped pepare the meals many times. I support Ray Mears for informative, low key films.
Faiaoga ("schoolteacher" in Samoan)

[Dolphin]

Grylls is my man, sorry Survivorman fans

[Sarge47]

Grylls is my man, sorry Survivorman fans

Don't apologize, just try to find the poor slob some work, ok? According to Les' website he'll soon be back on the tube teaching survival!

[kyratshooter]

It's OK Sarge, he only has seven posts.

Give him time to read three more threads and make two or three more posts and he will realize he knows more than Bear and change sides.