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    Yeah!!!! Another one with a touch of good sense. I say we ransack their houses while their gone. 2 weeks the whole thing blows over and they come back home only to find their grill in your back yard and all their fire wood stacked in mine.
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    no! bad sir! you may not have my firewood. the grills, i have too many. ust don't be a' touchin' my three robot daughters.
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    This sounds like another traveling salesman and the three robot daughters joke.
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    So hide out in the waste lands were there is little water or food till it settles down then come out and kick butt That works too
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    Hopeak, I think I might have posted this somewhere else, I'm not sure. Anyway, when I was in your country (to the south a bit) I heard stories about those miners being required to transport 2000 pounds of supplies and equipment before the RCMP would allow them to move into the wilderness. Just as you described, items were cast by the way side, even cast iron stoves!
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    yup. it was an established, and greatly generalized year's provision, much of it often useless.
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    I spent a few summers living in a walltent. They're a popular option up here, maybe kind of a remnant from the gold rush days...They're not bad, and you can put a stove into it. Some people also spend winters in them but I'd rather build a small cabin than feeding all those logs into the woodstove to keep warm.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wildWoman View Post
    I spent a few summers living in a walltent. They're a popular option up here, maybe kind of a remnant from the gold rush days...They're not bad, and you can put a stove into it. Some people also spend winters in them but I'd rather build a small cabin than feeding all those logs into the woodstove to keep warm.
    A good way is both, Set up the wall tent straight and level, Instant home. Now build a log structure around the wall tent. Next shovel dirt agenst the logs for insulation. You can log all the way up the side walls visqueen over the top of the tent. You can even paint the inside of the tent every summer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Catfish View Post
    Something else to consider is that even though you might have an 'ideal' bug out spot in mind, the chances are, if you've seen it, so has someone else. You might arrive to find someone, or several someones, already in residence. Or you may need to be prepared to defend it from interlopers, which will take a lot of time and energy you'd rather be using for staying alive.

    I'm still inclined to think my home would be one of the better places to stay. At least until the coffee runs out.
    Ahh, yes, Catfish ... We'd better cache lotsa COFFEE! Since reading the article on "Backpack Survival" referenced earlier, it's looking more and more like "Buggin IN" is a much better proposition. I still plan on keeping my EMS certificate updated, for barter purposes. Keep your powder dry! NorthWind

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    doesnt sound like youll get out of sight for a couple days.better think small
    and light ..wall tents and heaters not good bug out stuff tube tents and
    body warmers leave more room for food,ammo and toilet paper ever tried
    to bug out with the greasy cheecks dont get far like that either......
    build a small fire and sit close......

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    Quote Originally Posted by NorthWindTrails View Post
    Ahh, yes, Catfish ... We'd better cache lotsa COFFEE! Since reading the article on "Backpack Survival" referenced earlier, it's looking more and more like "Buggin IN" is a much better proposition. I still plan on keeping my EMS certificate updated, for barter purposes. Keep your powder dry! NorthWind
    The EMS is what I was trying to get a cross when I made a post about " to stay alive longer make yourself of value to others and they will help you stay alive" as you help them.. That was said before by someone here ,there may be allot of hunters but only one Blacksmith , or one Doctor so learn a skill that no one has but everyone will need and you will have skill to barter and a reson for others to want to keep you alive ..Yes I know that your all very tuff but there will be a day when you are not and would'nt it be nice if someone other then your loved ones would want to keep you alive?
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    Quote Originally Posted by tracks View Post
    doesnt sound like youll get out of sight for a couple days.better think small
    and light ..wall tents and heaters not good bug out stuff tube tents and
    body warmers leave more room for food,ammo and toilet paper ever tried
    to bug out with the greasy cheecks dont get far like that either......
    build a small fire and sit close......
    Remember: WildWomen is in outter Canada near or on the Yukon River. And I am in Alaska on two happy creeks. We are all ready bugged-out. Besides at -37 below tube tents are well........lacking. And my new outhouse has fresh toilet paper, no door, but fresh paper.....

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    Canada and Alaska.... little bit out of my range for bugin out,
    Here in South Carolina
    were still swating mosquitos...just SPOKE OUT OF TURN I GUESS.SORRY.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tracks View Post
    Canada and Alaska.... little bit out of my range for bugin out,
    Here in South Carolina
    were still swating mosquitos...just SPOKE OUT OF TURN I GUESS.SORRY.
    No problem: Why we got mosquitos so big. How big ya' say, we wing shoot them with a .10 gage shotgun, and while there flopping around we finish them off with .44 Mag.

    I got some kin folk in Seneca, S.C. Nice country. Nice people.
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    would you believe its snowing here ,and according to my thermomiter its 36 right now
    not much for acumalation but makes one heck of a mess out of the red clay around here.It will take twice as long to check traps tomorrow

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    tracks... You have got to come back with one better then that !! Like .. Yes I've heard of your bugs up there have you heard of our snapping turtles , one got in the road the other day the turtle was so big it blocked the interstate ..Stoped traffic all day and that is a four lane road..
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    Quote Originally Posted by tracks View Post
    doesnt sound like youll get out of sight for a couple days.better think small
    and light ..wall tents and heaters not good bug out stuff tube tents and
    body warmers leave more room for food,ammo and toilet paper ever tried
    to bug out with the greasy cheecks dont get far like that either......
    build a small fire and sit close......
    you obviously don't have a lady like mine
    she's capable of being tougher than any two bears, she's just not willing to go without the heating and whatnot.
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    Hopeak. Thanks for the invite and I had my bags all packed until you told me the outhouse didn't have a door and it's -37!!!!!!! I guess I'll have to unpack them now.
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    Cool Let's see now....

    Think I'd opt for a large Winnebago, that is if there's no vacncies left at the Holiday Inn!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick View Post
    Hopeak. Thanks for the invite and I had my bags all packed until you told me the outhouse didn't have a door and it's -37!!!!!!! I guess I'll have to unpack them now.
    Aaah, Rick, it's not as bad as you think! Why'd you want to sit on a porcelain throne, staring at your bathroom wall, when you could instead be watching the northern lights, admire the view acoss the lake/creek...secret is a disgusting-looking piece of styrofoam that serves as a seat- instant warmth as you park your behind. And since in the winter you'd be wearing a warm jacket and pants outside, you just pull the pants down as far as you have to, spread the bottom of your jacket over your legs and around the seat...no big deal. You could build an outhouse in your backyard with no door and give it a try!

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