Hello from Texas

[NightSG]

I'm about an hour west of Fort Worth here, in a college town of around 17,000. I live in town, but mom and a few cousins still live on great granddad's old farm and nursery ten minutes from town, so I have a couple hundred acres available to hike and camp on a moment's notice.

Always had the natural pair of interests for wilderness survival; figuring out what to take to make it easier, and knowing how to do without that if I have to. Thus, I will sometimes be that guy with a random mix of ultra-primitive and ultra-modern gear to get the job done.

[crashdive123]

Hello and welcome.

[hunter63]

Good you stopped in here, lots of members watch this section and say hello....Where as they may not see all the threads.
Welcome.

[DSJohnson]

Welcome to the Forum. Glad you found it and us. I live about 70 or so miles north of the Red River on the east side of I-35. Sounds like you have a great place to camp and play. Hope you enjoy the information available here! I think you will find that lots of us use and carry what we like and are comfortable with in our kits. I keep a forged striker and flint in my kit all the time. I love wool and microfiber both. I wear braintanned mocs to bed and Danners to hike in. Please keep us posted about your adventures!

[NightSG]

I think you will find that lots of us use and carry what we like and are comfortable with in our kits. I keep a forged striker and flint in my kit all the time. I love wool and microfiber both.

I've found that the more I know about primitive and historic (i.e. the ~1800s stuff that the primitive purists sneer at) methods, the more it expands the capability of modern materials. That's why I don't have a problem cutting yucca for cordage with a modern Benchmade or using a space blanket and poly tarp to roof a shelter. In the end, saving 500 calories of effort might not taste as good as a bacon cheeseburger, but it has the same effect on the intake/expenditure balance.

[Rick]

Any place I'm required to shake my boots out before I put them on is OFF my bucket list and ON my "Oh, he** no I ain't goin' there," list. Any place that has a Poison Dart Frog...notice that very first name? Poison? On the list. Sorry, Brazil. Yeah, I'm lookin' at you.

[NightSG]

Any place I'm required to shake my boots out before I put them on is OFF my bucket list and ON my "Oh, he** no I ain't goin' there," list.

That's pretty much anywhere with scorpions, spiders or snakes. Pretty much, you're left with Antarctica.

[Pennsylvania Mike]

Hello and welcome from Virginia.

[Rick]

And that is why I live in Indiana. Well, that's one reason anyway. Even the scorpions here are friendly.

[MrFixIt]

Welcome from GA!

[TXyakr]

Welcome to the forum. Your style of camping/survival sounds like mine basically pragmatic whatever works best modern materials, primative, bushcraft, old timer's pioneer, indigenous or whatever label you what to put on it, even hobo.
I have some relatives in Eastland county with ranch land.

So please stick around share some ideas and ask some questions. If you find a dried up horny toad send it to Rick, he may think it is poisonous and freak out. Eastland had a famous one they made a cartoon about. Those dried up ones some times come back to life decades later...

[NightSG]

So please stick around share some ideas and ask some questions. If you find a dried up horny toad send it to Rick, he may think it is poisonous and freak out. Eastland had a famous one they made a cartoon about. Those dried up ones some times come back to life decades later...

Somewhere in storage I have a souvenir ceramic horned toad from Eastland. Haven't been through there in a couple years, though; seems like most of my travel is to Weatherford or on into DFW, with the occasional trip south.