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11-13-2009
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 Hello from Northern California
Greatings to all who learn and share their knowledge here, I am new to “bush craft/survival training etc. I have a son involved in scouting and I am learning on the fly. I will drop in as time allows. I will probably “Lurk” in the background and try to soak it all in. Thanks in advance for all I glean from those posting in this place, Opie  |
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11-13-2009
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Welcome to Mayberry your new home town!! Golly I haven't seen an episode of that show in ages!! Glad to have ya' !!
__________________ My #1 Priority is knowledge, ultimately it is the only thing you can take with you if you are stripped bare. - Mel White |
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11-13-2009
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Hi Opie, Posting is much more fun than lurking!!! Nice to have you here! Good for your son to be getting involved in scouting too!!!
__________________ Even if you're on the right track, You'll get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers |
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11-13-2009
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Well Gollllllllllllllllie! Welcome. I know, I know - I sound just like Jim Nabors.
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11-14-2009
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aloha and welcome to the forum
__________________ do what YOU do 'cause in the end you only have to answer for yourself. |
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11-14-2009
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| Welcome to Survival Topics!
If you're interested in learning more than bushcraft, one BIG way to do that is to use field guides, perhaps like the Peterson Field Guides to know your particular environment more intimately, as it were. I have five of them I just ordered like a couple weeks ago and HIGHLY recommend them. You can get them for dirt cheap on Amazon, but I recommend you choose the Used-like new books offered. If you get the Used, they will look like that, like someone literally pulled it out of some corner of their book drawer where it was wedged in between their other books. Look at it like you're doing your homework. They are small enough to take wherever you go and stow in your pack. I hope you are able to involve yourself with your son's scouting expeditions, because the more you get out, the quicker you will develop your own "system" as it were. Everybody has their own system in the way they carry gear. You learn what works (for you) and what you can do without. The more you are able to do without, the better you are off because you will know more in what you can use that is already available in nature, and your load will indefinitely be lighter, which will make the experience that much more enjoyable. Hopefully, others will learn from your example and start throwing out everything one really doesn't need out and about. Welcome, and please continue joining us and post questions if you have them! 
__________________ With all my heart, I only trust my donkey named Roadracer... Everyone else can go suck on a rotten egg!  - LaRemnant
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11-14-2009
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Welcome aboard, Opie! Learning to fly, too? I hope your arms don't get too tired... .Yes, this is a friendly place, and loaded with good info! Enjoy!
__________________ My Dad used to tell me, "You weren't born with a silver spoon in your mouth...you were born with a shovel up your @$$, so you better learn how to use it!" |
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