04-19-2006, 04:44 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Hey, you are doing a great job here. Lots of good ideas. Some are reminders from the days of my youth, in Idaho. Every summer I would go hiking/camping back in wilderness areas for two to three weeks, pretty much living off the land (and water). I was young but went with older cousins who were already seasoned survivalists. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I learned about setting snares, trapping fish, starting fires, and all that good stuff. Had a big deadfall set for a deer one night and it conked a bear on the head and really set him off. We heard the commotion and knew what had happened. We (stupidly) climbed up in trees and waited all night in the cold. The next morning we checked the deadfall and found the bear hair, some blood and about a half acre of ground ripped up. We moved camp that day.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Also learned about pine pitch for starting fires. Up til then all I knew is chewing it, to make pine gum. Nasty stuff, but it was cheap and available.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I learned about setting snares, trapping fish, starting fires, and all that good stuff. Had a big deadfall set for a deer one night and it conked a bear on the head and really set him off. We heard the commotion and knew what had happened. We (stupidly) climbed up in trees and waited all night in the cold. The next morning we checked the deadfall and found the bear hair, some blood and about a half acre of ground ripped up. We moved camp that day.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Also learned about pine pitch for starting fires. Up til then all I knew is chewing it, to make pine gum. Nasty stuff, but it was cheap and available.[/#0000ff]
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