why are you here

survey time folks

we have allot of new members so lets get to it

why are you here.me personally it is because i am into primitive skills not as a hobby but as a way of life, as some of you know my wife and i just purchased 76.53 acres aliitle over an hour from town fullfilling my idea of a shtf bug out/but in place i am into homesteading and taking what i need from the land to live or growing it myself i plan on building a couple of hidden safe sbunkers on the prop in case of intruders during a shtf opportunity, i believe in preparing for this scnario but if it never happens then at least i am living as frugally as i can.

so why are you here. do you enjoy primitve skills for fun? for a way of life? are you preparing for doom and gloom? is it a hobby? are you new and don't have a clue? let us know.

also to my fellow pack this will be the site of the pale horse survival school and primitve living centre, where ppl will be able to stop in and learn on a working homestead not a weekend course but an on going homstead where you can stay as long or short as you like the price will be working the land and the skills that you learn and or reinforce will be the result.

the benefit of this place is that is is not very close to the big city this town i am outside of is listed as 500 and the next town is about 5000 about 20 min drive away then sudbury is about 100km away pop175000

so i believe it is far enough away to accompish all of our goals.


always be prepared..

Survival skills is only a hobby of mine right now. I take pride in being self-sufficient and individual. Being able to fend for myself in the bush is the epitome self-sufficiency.
I also have a tendancy to embrace the counterculture...thats just who I am. With convenience, comfort, and excess around every corner in our modern society, survival skills have been forgotten by most. I think its important to keep learning and passing down this knowledge.

I just took a free REI class a couple of of days ago on wilderness survival and it got me thinking that I am ignorant about most of this stuff and need to learn more in case I get lost or injured in the woods, or if i break down in the car somewhere, or if there is a disaster when I'm at home.

Sarge told me there'd be free ice cream, that's why I'm here.

Serioiusly, because you can never learn too much. I've been an outdoorsman all my life and it's great to pick up other people's points of view, tips etc and hopefully contribute something as well. Some of our discussions, when we look back, get pretty far off topic from the notion of wilderness survival and we should always remember that there's an entire site here that Chris was good enough to put together with a lot of good knowledge that goes far beyond our forums.

I want to be confident and independent when I’m in the woods or in nature and the more knowledge I get the more confident and relaxed I am when I’m hiking or camping or out in the middle of nowhere. Learning this stuff is to control fear so I can enjoy the stuff I love and venture out farther and not have to worry about it so much. If something happens or I get lost I don’t want to have to depend on someone ells or technology for my survival.

Also I find the history and culture of wilderness survival and living fascinating and I want to help keep that knowledge alive and learn a much as I can and share what I learn.

I need to get a life!:D

Why am I here? To give Rangers a hard time.

Naw, don't really know why. Nice place to meet like minded folks, trade ideas, and maybe learn a thing or two, or three.

Im here because i was raised to love nature and spent alot of my young life out in it. I like the idea of living as the ancients did instead of being removed from the natural world like society is today. And if the S*#t hits the fan... ill be ready...

Read Pilgrim's tag line? I think you have a brother in arms there..:)

and there ain't no laws
for the brave ones!

And there ain't no asylums
for the crazy ones!

I'm here to learn more about wood crafting. For me it is not about "surviving," rather it's about "thriving" in a wilderness situation. I understand surviving as making it through an unexpected life threatening situation.

Whatever you learned down in the flat
will serve you no good up here.


You got some work to do.

I joined because we have been a part of our land and nature through hunting & fishing. We are very comfortable with our area. I'm looking for information on other regions because you never know where you might wind up; so far out of your comfort zone. Lots of places to explore.

I have to agree with Sarge, I too have no life. No, but really, I have always been into hiking, camping, and many other outdoor activities. This forum gives me an opprotunity to chat with those who are experienced in the art of survival, and find out stuff that I've never learned before. It also gives me a chance to share my own experiences with others, in the hopes that someone will get some good info out of what I type in this little box. Plus, I LOVE ALL YOUS GUYS!!!!!!!!!!

just like the way my friends and i train in parkour, we want to get back to what our bodies were made for, finding out our physical limits and capabilities. parkour is the art of movement, the most primal idea behind it, being that if you are in a situation where you have to escape, to survive, can you? the same idea serves with me and wilderness survival, i want to see if i have the capability to live as primitive as i can, out side of the luxuries of modern life........aside from that, to also be prepared for anything (*nudge*wareagle*nudge*) ...and it's fun.

I joined because I want to learn, teach and share skills. Also, there isn't to many forums on this subject(wilderness survival).

We are a minority, who hear the yell of the Warrior Spirit. We are the few that don't bend to the pussification of the role of MAN.

We are Warriors, we are survivors and will do as needed.

We like eating foods over an open flame, even if it's not quite done. The feel of rocks, dirt, twigs, and such on our backs while sleeping, although uncomfortable, enables us to realize that this is what life is about.

When the mist comes in, we dream and sometimes follow our need to venture into the woods to be..............Alive.

We may live in the country, suburbs, or even the down town city, but our souls are wondering through the back country in search of exitement and challenge.

We are what we are, a dying breed.

Theres free ICECREAM:D

Iam here because Iam interested in camping , hunting fishing ,survival etc. have been since I was a very young age ,and I believe to live is to learn as we never stop learning until they nail the box shut and we return to mother earth

Im here in part to converse with likeminded people, as in this world today most people are wrapped up in things and cannot hear the call of the wild. Life in its natural state is becoming more and more a part of my everyday living. We raise our own meat and hunt for wild meat. Whatever we take, we use....all that we can. Meat, hide, skull, tooth and claw. It is out of respect for the harvested animals as well as being what is best to feed my family.