Living in the woods/The Bare Wilderness Numptys!

**marberry** · 03-09-2008, 10:41 AM

after this tree planting season im thinking of buying some land north of whiteshell provincial park. maby make a cabin and update my trapping certification.

**crashdive123** · 03-09-2008, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by marcraft

after this tree planting season im thinking of buying some land north of whiteshell provincial park. maby make a cabin and update my trapping certification.

Please do not take this the wrong way. I am just not familiar with the laws where you are. At 16, do you need parental permission for that sort of thing, or would your parents have to purchase it. Making a cabin - yeah - at 16 years old, how do you plan to pay for it? Just curious.

**marberry** · 03-09-2008, 08:37 PM

treeplanting makes 5 000 - 40 000 a season , im a rooky so ill prob only make around 10K . ill prob get my parents to buy the land for me. and if i wana make a cabin all i need is an axe and land with trees...

**wildWoman** · 03-09-2008, 08:39 PM

Hey, you go right for it, kid!! Power to you.

**crashdive123** · 03-09-2008, 08:43 PM

Thanks Marcraft. I was just curious.

**marberry** · 03-09-2008, 09:01 PM

ugh i hate it when im called a kid, im 16 and can (and have) passed for as old as 25

**crashdive123** · 03-09-2008, 09:04 PM

Don't worry --- plenty of time to grow up and get old like the rest of us.

**wildWoman** · 03-09-2008, 09:04 PM

sorry to have stepped on your manly toes

won't happen again. If you were female, I would have said "you go, girl", which applies to and is accepted by women of all ages

**Catfish** · 03-09-2008, 09:14 PM

Ah, don't be in too big a hurry to become an adult, Marcraft...that'll come soon enough.

One day, not as far from now as you might think, you'll hear folks *****ing about "young people today" and you'll realize they aren't complaining about you. Not long after that, you'll buy a six-pack of beer and the clerk won't ask to see your ID. From there it's just a downhill slide to getting AARP solicitations in the mail and going to bed right after you've watched 'Matlock'. And you'll wish that just once, someone would call you 'kid'.

Being young is a precious gift - enjoy it while it lasts.

**BraggSurvivor** · 03-09-2008, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by wildWoman

sorry to have stepped on your manly toes

won't happen again. If you were female, I would have said "you go, girl", which applies to and is accepted by women of all ages

Oprah invented that slogan I think....Good old Oprah.

**marberry** · 03-09-2008, 09:45 PM

like i said , i look older , i never get asked for ID. and i really dont act like anyone iv met whos my age.

**go2ndAmend** · 03-10-2008, 01:22 AM

A Year? I'd bring a good dog and a good woman.

**Rick** · 03-10-2008, 05:02 AM

I know what you mean, Marcraft. I'm 54 and could easily pass for 53. It would be sort of cool to get carded. But if I did, I'd think they wanted to see my AARP card for my discount.

**marberry** · 03-10-2008, 07:28 AM

lol smarta**

**awfoxden** · 03-14-2008, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by spiritman

It's something they are excited about, and if they really are gonna do it then they had better do a good job of it. We aren't gonna make them NOT go sarge, so we should do all we can to help. I think you could give them some really good advice and they are going to need it. They had better post us as a source! lol but seriously they ARE actively trying to prepare, thats a good sign. It's not like they are my age and ADD with A $1000 knife and think they are invincible. We could AT LEAST give advice about what cloths and knives, and to have some way to make an sos signal other than fire for someone watching for it.

Do you have any of your constructive advice? I am interested in what you would tell them.

I personally say it sounds like alot of fun; however I would recommend taking a full backpacking/camping set up with them. do everything they can to survive the month with next to nothing, but if the s$%# hits the fan they have adequate shelters, supplies, and food to safely see them back out. if they make it great. should be interesting hearing there story. if they don't at least they will have what they need to get out alive and well to live another day.

as ive stated already on this site - go camping to practice your survival skills. much safer and nice to have a few luxury items along when your 2 weeks into living with nothing but a knife.

**lifesongwild** · 03-15-2008, 11:47 AM

I turned 15 the first time I went to BC (British Columbia). My two sisters and I went in my older sisters boy friends Hudson Hornet, what a car. My sis San and I who is 4 years older, took off on our own and hitchhiked all over BC and Alberta. We had little to no money, no tent, we did have army surplus sleeping bags. We slept under bridges, bathrooms, peoples homes, in the bush. We had a blast! What did we eat, not much as I remember, though people were always feeding us beer. Heard my first wolf and saw my first grizz that summer. We found work for a few weeks guiding some fellows that were doing mineral sampling, then back into the bush. We learned a lot that summer about roughing it, our dreams, and ourselves.

You don't need a lot to begin an adventure: just the desire, some sort of a general plan, use your noggin, and most of all, don't take yourself to serious. For the uninitiated, a half a day in the north woods in spring with black flies and mosquito's as companions, will pretty much make one sober up pretty quick and re-think your basic plan. If you get turned around and lost out there, it will probably induce panic or the "I want my mommy factor." If you make it out okay, then you just earned some serious experience points on not what to do. As a professional now, my advice is to get training, good training, before one decides to take off in the woods for an hour or the summer. It will always serve you well.

**Stony** · 03-16-2008, 11:32 PM

to get back to the original question of this thread:
-my girls
-the dog
-my chainsaw
-my .410
-the ammo for it
-my bow
-enough gas & oil for the saw and truck
everything else (including food) is already in our cabin.

**Excalibur** · 03-29-2008, 03:28 PM

Im not to keen on the local wildlife of northern manitoba but the weather can become a problem really fast I would suggest basic sheltering like a pancho and some para cord. possibly a few ration bars just in case, and something with a little more spunk than a knife for those late night bumps ie a .357 or .44 bears will laugh at less