Living in the woods/The Bare Wilderness Numptys!

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Originally Posted by BPML

I have a load of survival gear at the house just incase things get bad and I have to head for the hills. But,I will need my 4x4 to pack it with.I know that if I need to go where the 4x4 won't go,then I have to eliminate alot of gear and take only what I need that will fit my daypack. Also I'll have to decide which rifle to take with me.I'm leaning towards my Marlin .35cal levergun with about four boxes of ammo. I'm wondering if I should bother taking my Starbucks frequent purchase card?

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When out backpacking without the cameras, Les Stroud has Cappacino!:)

The 35lb deal kinda limits me.
Wool blanket, tarp, 550 cord, superglue, duct tape, snare wire, canteen and cup, mess kit, Kabar, double bit axe, book "How to stay alive in the woods", lots of good info there. I'd probably bring my S&W model 29, .44 mag, 8 3/8 barrel but I think it alone exceeds 35lbs, least if feels that way after toting it for a while.....

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Originally Posted by Fog_Harbor

Oddly enough, one of the local PBS stations just aired this this past weekend. I was riveted (and not just a bit jealous...) I wasn't aware that there was a book, but I'll be looking for that soon...

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I saw that recently in Chattanooga,I also notice that he left to go back to some base to bring in supplies he needed to build his cabin. Now having said that, he was also a trained or very gifted individual. A lot could be learned from him but not many of us are made of his stuff. I wish.

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Originally Posted by [email protected]

I saw that recently in Chattanooga,I also notice that he left to go back to some base to bring in supplies he needed to build his cabin. Now having said that, he was also a trained or very gifted individual. A lot could be learned from him but not many of us are made of his stuff. I wish.

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Interesting thoughts........

How about telling us a bit about yourself? http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...splay.php?f=14

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Originally Posted by Ken

Interesting thoughts........

How about telling us a bit about yourself? http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...splay.php?f=14

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oh come one Chris, you can just tell Ken wants to be a moderator soooo bad....

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Originally Posted by trax

oh come one Chris, you can just tell Ken wants to be a moderator soooo bad....

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Then I'd have to post useful information. I'd have to actually think before I type. I'd have to settle disputes. Trax, I come here to GET AWAY FROM ALL OF THAT! :sneaky2:

Why? I don't have to think at all. Generally don't, either.

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Originally Posted by spiritman

Look guys, even though it is a wild idea, we aren't going to persuade them from going. So If you guys DON'T want to pitch in and help, WHEN YOU COULD ACTUALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE NOW, fine sit back and lay off them. But that's disappointing Sarge. You really could help these guys out but They may have been driven away already, good job :)

Also, if you read their website you will see that they ARE training, and that's what their web cam is for, not for bringing with, thats ridiculous. They have MONTHS to prepare and show us how they are doing as they learn.

As for them being know nothing nimrods. They don't have any SURVIVAL training! You know, the 72-hours-to-get-out-or-get-found crap! Not a lack of experience in the woods. They both know how to find animals to eat, they want to know about other available food sources.

For once we can teach someone who REALLY needs it NOW, and all you do is say not to enable them. It's pretty sad your not willing to help out. Yeah lets just sit back and let them die, let's try out this not being responsible thing! That's something to be proud of! I can see it now, what it'll be like in November... "look at those guys that died! They even asked me for help once. HA HA HA I could've shared some simple info right there that would've helped them out but I didn't want to be responsible for their deaths. I sure told THEM what's what!"

We can do that show! Ya know the one where we go back and show what they SHOULD HAVE DONE instead of telling them something now that could save their lives! We could make a ton of money on their tragedy! Too bad they have to screw up for us to benefit, but collateral damage is inevitable...

These guys could succeed and I want to give them some help that they are ASKING FOR! We can step up and help out or sit back and watch as they die. Do YOU realize how serious this could really get? They could die from the simplest thing they don't know. things that you guys do. You guys who have more experience than I do know that it is possible for ppl to survive, and that knowledge is key. You could be killing them by not taking some responsibility.

What are you even here for? Isn't there a thread about this? Doesn't it involve learning usually? Or Being ready for when tshtf at teotwawki? Extreme cases no? Well this is something you fogies could be good for.

This is ridiculous, is this all the the 'wolf pack' has to offer? We sit back and dissect what could be a success? GO F*CK*NG FIGURE!

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Gosh, spiritman, all that lecturing and you still haven't shared any useful knowledge for them.

My one advice is to have someone fly by every week to make sure they are still okay or to take them out when they've had enough.

Tom Brown stayed a year in the Piney woods taking only his knife, but he was an expert after many years at it.

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Originally Posted by marcraft

im back after 2 weeks living in the sandilands wilderness and i already hate suburbia again might just go back tomorrow if the weather clears up (it was -13 last night) i actually made a prety nice shelter considering id only been there 14 days, sorta like an enormous lean to with 3 1/2 walls. after 2 days straight of rain i had to abandon it >_<.

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Sorry, doesn't sound like a "prety nice shelter" if you had to abandon it after two days of rain.

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Originally Posted by lanahi

Gosh, spiritman, all that lecturing and you still haven't shared any useful knowledge for them.

My one advice is to have someone fly by every week to make sure they are still okay or to take them out when they've had enough.

Tom Brown stayed a year in the Piney woods taking only his knife, but he was an expert after many years at it.

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1st, you're talkin' ancient history here. 2nd, why don't you hike on over to the "intro" section & tell us about yourself?:cool2:

so does anyone know what happened to these guys? their news section on the website hasnt been updated since '07.

i know im going out on a limb and probably no one even looks at this thread anymore except sarge ;) but i just wanted to comment on the argument between sarge and spirit a long time ago.
i think you guys are both right.
sarge in that those guys were asking for an accident
spirit in that they needed guidance

it seems like you two should have combined efforts instead of fighting :) maybe in future situations if anything like that happens a good approach would be to offer all advice you can (a la spirit) while constantly reinforcing the need for proper preparedness (a la sarge)

ah well. thats just my compulsive .02
a day late and a dollar short i guess :)

i really want to know what those guys are doing these days.

Probably.......

"Pushin' up daisys to welcome the Sun and the morning dew."

Like, sleeping on the wrong side of the grass, if you get my drift.......

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Originally Posted by Adrian

This October my friend and I are going to walk in the Northern Manitoba Wilderness with nothing but what we are wearing and a knife. We will not be bringing any lighter, food, or supplies. Neither of us know a lot about wild foods. I would love some suggestions for food seeing as 30 days is a long time to eat the same thing. By the way we will be posting video of our experiences every day so everyone can watch us while we are there. Our website is www.*************.com Thanks for any information you can give me

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I read your post as if it were a joke, and if it is, I commend you for making it just believable enough. If it is not a joke, I'll give you the information you requested of us:

Instead of Northern Manitoba, go to Maui and live for a month in a motel. Take lots of money for buying meals out and buying sunscreen. Skip the web site.

While it is good sport to revisit this thread from time to time, or merge the occasional thread into this one as a poster proves their worthiness to join this "sticky" - you do realize that the question from Adrian was asked almost two years ago right?

This all sounds good.
Now lets look at you having to do this without a choice?
SHTF!!!
Now what are you going to take?
Now you don't have the luxury of making 2 trips.
You have time to grab BOB and hoof it!
What are you going to do then?
Just a thought

Just this past weekend my husband and I, along with four other friends, grabbed our bug-out bags and some extra water and headed off for a 10 mile hike with an overnight stay in the Ocala National Forest here in Florida. I think all of our packs started at over 40 pounds but 20 pounds of mine was water. If I was going somewhere to stay a year I would replace the extra water with more gear and add in my katadyn filter. We managed to get camp set up before the typical florida afternoon storm hit and we all managed to get through it fairly dry. A good fire after the rain passed and we had all our clothes and gear dried out again before bed time. Ill try and remember what all I had packed:

Hammock
Mosquito Bar
Poncho
Poncho Liner
4 tent stakes
100' 550 cord
Extra Set MCCUU
4 pair Socks
2 t-shirts
2 changes underwear
1 towel
First Aid Kit + Moleskin and Footpowder
Toiletries
Toilet Paper
Field Knife, Leathermans tool, and Pocket knife
Magnesium fire starter
Tinder
Flashlight
two-way radio
Food (I would have packed differently for a year, I knew this was an overnight only and packed accordingly) - granola, trail mix, nutra-grain bars, jerky, can of fruit, coffee
3L camelbak
4 extra Litres of water inside rucksack (again, for long term I would have dropped these and added more gear, including a katadyn or other purifying/filter system)
Sidearm + three loaded mags

Oh, and a book and travel reading light. Cant forget the necessities.


All this packed very well into my Molle system pack. If this hadnt been a recreational "lets see how we do" type hike, I would have added my Molle LBE vest with patrol pack, battle rifle + ammo, bandolier, and more socks. You can never have too many pairs of good socks.

Crash? Rick? Do your job now. C'mon, do it.

Jeez - give me a second. I'm old. Hey FlaSurvivalGroup how about hiking over to the Introduction section and tell us a bit about yourself. Thanks. http://www.wilderness-survival.net/f...splay.php?f=14

Atta Boy! I knew you had it in ya'!

Okay, first of all, 7 liters of water is 15.5 pounds. And why on earth would you carry 7 liters of water? You have a Katadyn filter and you still carried it? (shaking head). I carry two quarts and my MSR filter plus purification tablets.

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Originally Posted by FlaSurvivalGroup

I would have packed differently for a year

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Oh, well, yeah. I mean, who wouldn't? WHAT?! How on earth do you pack a Molle pack for a year's stay? (head slap)