Bushcraft and Survival Thread

[Gills]

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@apache: might be interesting to start gathering several ideas on the topics to be discussed? for example i would like to touch on proper knife care and maintenance. am sure you would be the person to talk to relant identification and uses....anybody else wanna volunteer?
maybe orienteering and compass usage?, making snares? the essential kit and possibles pouch?
can go on and on hehehe

[orion]

Yup, nindot ni na idea. I used to make snares and traps before for small animals. I got my grandpas chicken and ducks for practice sa una. Hehehe...

Thanks sir Gills for the ebooks.

[Tomahawk]

I'm not here to recruit, I'm not also a PM reserve. Again, as I've said, to add meaning of this thread, I was just merely suggesting. The military does not have the know-it-all capacity but they do train you how to survive out there when nobody could. Especially our armed forces which does not have the luxury of Meals-ready-to-eat(MREs), you have to look for your own food, medicines and shelter available in the bushes. Have you seen, Man versus Wild? he does came from the Military. Additionally, the Marine Basic School in Ternate, Cavite enlisted Aetas and other indigenous Filipinos long way back so they could teach our troops about professional tracking, bushcraft, survivalcraft and herbal medicines. I know we all have jobs and are clinging to dear life of what ever job we have BUT you don't have to change career...as I've said, again and again..If you really want to know more about this craft, the Marines, reserve or active, is ONE, of the best place to learn of it for free.

all wilderness skills originate from native people. the military from any country , embellish and use these skills in an amature way.

A military trained individual , even a special forces soldier, marine recon, or navy seal IS NOT a survival/wilderness expert simply by virtue of being military trained.

I agree with you about being trained with the military for free, but My army combat arms experience and training , pales in comparison to the one on one free training I have gotten from my Aeta friends at subic bay.

I learned more from them in one day then in all of the army SERE/survival/jungle schools I have attended.

the military is cool stuff tho. But this is a bushcrafting thread, and not the venue for any type of modern military discussions.

tomahawk

[Tomahawk]

A few years ago, back in 1998 I was doing a bit of vagabonding in New Mexico , Arizona, Texas and Mexico.

I didn't have any fishing equipment with me so I was forced to manufacture some from items I had on me. Later on I collected a few proper fishing hooks and line from careless fishermen.

anyhow, I didn't have much to work with, my only tools were a 16 penny nail, my old boy scout spoon and a cheap pocket knife.

The small hook I made from a safety pin out of my sewing kit and the large hook is made from the opening key from a can of SPAM.

I used my nail and a hammer rock to make the eye hole bigger in the key to fit the line I twisted from bailing twine that I found laying around.

the line for the small hook was made from waxed linen also from my sewing kit.

The hooks and other items in the picture are the actual ones i made back in the day on that particular trip.

I caught many blue gills and small mouth bass with the small one and with the big hook i snagged a few lunker cat fish in the Canadian river of NM.

Just thought you guys and gals might get a kick out of it.
Has anyone made or used such tackle to harvest fish or turtles?

tomahawk

[Tomahawk]

I was wondering if anyone has had any experience distilling sea water for drinking,
It would be a good skill to know in the PI.

the attached picture is from the book "Into a desert place" and shows the author with his home made rig in operation.

please feel free to hijack this post with any info.

tomahawk

[Automatic]

@Tomahawk, So which army did you came from? This is the Philippines,we dont have the resources compared to other armed forces from other countries that provide their soldiers with good tasting rations, equipment and accessories. Like I said, we do get a lot of training from the native folks especially the Aetas in Luzon and just recently, the Marines are getting trainings from the Tasadays in Palawan and in Mindoro. To bushcraft enthusiast, who does not have the money to pay for trainings and courses provided by civilian bushcraft experts, enlisting in the Marines Reserve is just one way to learn all of these skills given that you have the time, passion and the spirit of volunteerism..

[dave06]

up for this bushcrafting thread!!

sirs, any update for the 1st meeting/eyeball.. i.t. park is a great venue...

thanks

[pinoyapache]

I'm not here to recruit, I'm not also a PM reserve. Again, as I've said, to add meaning of this thread, I was just merely suggesting. The military does not have the know-it-all capacity but they do train you how to survive out there when nobody could. Especially our armed forces which does not have the luxury of Meals-ready-to-eat(MREs), you have to look for your own food, medicines and shelter available in the bushes. Have you seen, Man versus Wild? he does came from the Military. Additionally, the Marine Basic School in Ternate, Cavite enlisted Aetas and other indigenous Filipinos long way back so they could teach our troops about professional tracking, bushcraft, survivalcraft and herbal medicines. I know we all have jobs and are clinging to dear life of what ever job we have BUT you don't have to change career...as I've said, again and again..If you really want to know more about this craft, the Marines, reserve or active, is ONE, of the best place to learn of it for free.

I have not seen one segment of that talked about man vs. wild and I'm not interested with that. So do many bushcrafters in the US. To them it's just entertainment and scripted.

If you want to give meaning to this thread then share what you know and don't give that Phil.-Marines-free-to-learn-bushcraft stuff. I have been there before and I know what I learned from the mil but there are so many things that you yourself learn which the mil have not been teaching. Anyways, welcome to this thread.

[pinoyapache]

@apache: might be interesting to start gathering several ideas on the topics to be discussed? for example i would like to touch on proper knife care and maintenance. am sure you would be the person to talk to relant identification and uses....anybody else wanna volunteer?
maybe orienteering and compass usage?, making snares? the essential kit and possibles pouch?
can go on and on hehehe

I think I might learn many things from you about knife care and maintenance as I'm very neglectful of my blades cache. I just have a little knowledge about plants and its use but not all. What knowledge I have may be supplemented by anybody here who have more wisdom. We'll get there in time. After our eye-ball. Could you suggest the tentative date?

[pinoyapache]

all wilderness skills originate from native people. the military from any country , embellish and use these skills in an amature way.

A military trained individual , even a special forces soldier, marine recon, or navy seal IS NOT a survival/wilderness expert simply by virtue of being military trained.

I agree with you about being trained with the military for free, but My army combat arms experience and training , pales in comparison to the one on one free training I have gotten from my Aeta friends at subic bay.

I learned more from them in one day then in all of the army SERE/survival/jungle schools I have attended.

the military is cool stuff tho. But this is a bushcrafting thread, and not the venue for any type of modern military discussions.

tomahawk

I agree with @Tomahawk.

One survival tool that is worth bringing is a simple rubber slingshot: