being a kid is harder than i thought

[smittysurvival]

its a pain in the ace when you have a great passion for the outdoors and can never be in them. between school, baseball, and track i dont have any time to take hikes or camp anymore. i need some help from y'all. since im about to go into wlderness withdrawls, i was wondering a quick project that i could do with say. . . about an hour a day for a week (all the sunlight i have after everything). nothing big. just something to get me back feeling like an outdoors man. thanks yall.

P.S. bow making hasnt taken off but that machete handle is still going strong. no axe handle yet. thanks for all the help on this stuff you guys (and girls)

[crashdive123]

Talk to your parents. Tell them about your desire to get into the wilderness. This is something that (until you are older) you should probably work out with them.

[smittysurvival]

eh my parents dont care much. as long as i come back with all my fingers and the rest of my body anyway. i just need a project to work on

[Justin Case]

have you ever thought of joining the Boy Scouts of America ?
http://www.scouting.org/scoutsource/BoyScouts.aspx

[Alaskan Survivalist]

Get map and compass and learn your navigation, dead reckoning. Then learn to do it with out them.

[Ken]

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I feel your pain, smitty.

[smittysurvival]

justin, good idea but thats just more for me to deal with. i like the navigation idea. wonder if i could find something that i could map out my area with. maybe i could print off one of the google maps add in places like streams, stands of trees, hunting grounds, and maybe some other interesting places. . . sounds like a plan! thanks alaska! so lets turn this topic around. what would be some good stuff to put on my map???

[Justin Case]

Places with good shelter material, Firewood,, the nearest 7-11 (slurpies)

[Rick]

Don't forget Google Earth. You can get some good maps of your area and print them out. them try to navigate to them using a compass.

[smittysurvival]

hhhhmmmm exactly what i was thinking rick. and good idea justin. i was thinking of hiding some supplies like bows, firewood, matches, knives, and whatever i need and then mark it on my map. then i dont have to carry all of it into the woods with me. this just keeps getting better. im wondering where i can get a big copy of the map. not just a little printer paper sized one

[Rick]

An 8.5 x 11 can be as detailed or as high level as you want just by zooming in or out on Google Earth.

[Justin Case]

http://www.digital-topo-maps.com/

http://geology.com/topo-maps/

[smittysurvival]

well rick then i get a case of having to carry abounch of peices of map with me and probably getting all confused.

[smittysurvival]

love the site justin

[Alaskan Survivalist]

Someone posted this map link on another thread. It's what you need.

http://www.digital-topo-maps.com/

Sorting through the confusion is what learning is. For the sake of learning 100 foot sections and then navigating to another point is all thats needed. Know your position at all times and you will be ahead of a lot of people older than you. Let the experience teach you other things, OBSERVE! If you see a bird, where did it come from? where is it going? Why is it going there? What is it eating? Figure how the land was formed. Water levels. Pay attention to the details. Did you know birds that drag their feet can be caught with snares? Pay attention to tracks and scat. Pay attention to paths to small for humans. Use all your senses, LISTEN! Become a wild beast living off your own witts. Do this and you will learn things that are not written in books.

[Rick]

I don't understand why you would have to carry a bunch of paper with you. You can pick the same altitude of view on Google Earth as you will have with a topo map. But whatever works for you.

[LowKey]

Sounds like you need to prioritize. Are Baseball and Track your tickets to college? Or something your parents want? Or something you love as much or more than the outdoors?
Have you checked into the feasibility of working in the BSA with your schedule? Or just dismissed it as 'can't do one more thing' while still wanting pointers on how to spend an hour of daylight?


Or is 'being a boyscout' not cool where you go to school? it wasn't where I went and my dad knew more than the troop leaders so I never hooked up. That was in the 60's. I hear it's different now.

[justin_baker]

Go buy a piece of wood from a hardwood store, get some charcoal, and make yourself a burn bowl. (Well, as long as you have decent size yard and its not going to bother your neighbors) Then spend time shaping it and you will have a beautiful bushcraft bowl.
Also try these other woodworking projects
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXdD1a2sz6o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJBqCLxadTY

[finallyME]

When I was in high school, and didn't have a car, I would walk home through the undeveloped areas. Sometimes they were parks that had forests. It was one way to spend an hour a day in the "wild" surrounded by city.

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