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Alone airs tonight, lets get the seasonal thread going as they are some of my favorite comfy threads. This year its "Alone: World Championship" This season, survivalists from seven different countries are represented including the United States x3 kek, Canada, Wales, Australia, Slovenia, Portugal, and New Zealand. It is set within the Arctic Circle along the rugged Richardson Mountains in the Northwest Territories of Aklavik, about 150km from where they filmed Season 11Hopefully its more interesting as I found the last few seasons lacking
>>2874742It's funny that he lost a whole day and his pants and shoes chasing a completely different moose, because he didn't bother thoroughly check the area after letting it die.
>>2874795>chasing a completely different mooseWere we watching the same episode? He was chasing the moose he had injured, that is all. Very lucky he managed to chase it back to his peninsula. You also forgot to mention he literally wasted 2-3 extra arrows on it.This guy is definitely not on the same level as Roland Welker, but his odds of victory have improved regardless.
>>2874795That was his moose, not another. Go back and compare the antlers if you think they're two different moose.>>2874823I'm not sure he "wasted" at least one of those arrows. That moose was still standing the next day. It was clear that he wasn't doing well as evidenced by him just standing in the same spot over night. But he wasn't down. It's not clear, to me at least, if it was one of those two additional arrows he shot or the exertion of swimming back across the water or a combination of the two that finally did him in. And he may be able to recover one or two of those arrows now that he has the animal in hand. But I do think those two he shot the second day were rushed and sloppy, nothing like his first shot.>Very lucky he managed to chase it back to his peninsulaI was thinking the dame thing! DAMN lucky he swam back over to his piece of land so that zig didn't have to pack the animal all the way back to his camp. I'd have put money on him losing at least half the moose to a bear if it had died across the water.
>>2874831I thought all those additional arrows he shot on his second go were missed, and therefore probably lost since he was shooting the moose while it was in the water. I just rewatched the sequence and it almost seems like he shoots 3 arrows.But maybe 3-4 arrows in exchange for a whole moose is a pretty damn good deal.
>>2874832I just rewatched too, to make sure I wasn't crazy and that it was the same moose. He shot twice and knocked a third, but didn't shoot it. The very first one he shot, I didn't see where it hit, but the moose's broad side was to him at least. It might have hit or might not have. The second shot he took when the moose was mostly underwater. All he could have been aiming for would have been the head or back. I'm not sure what he was aiming for, but it was defiantly not a good shot. Then he went a bit further along the beach with a third arrow ready to go, but he never shot it. The moose was already swimming too far away and it was his last arrow.
What are the weirdest things you've ever seen?
>>2873232you spelled monkey wrong
>>2874317>The weirdest thing that happened to me was hearing a whistle calling to me. High then low like "come here" calling to meLike this?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwGzISmItu4
>>2874138Ha. Nice.When I would sneak out in the middle of the night as a kid I'd always from cars behind trees. I'd try to do that crafty "step around the tree as the car passes to stay invisible" thing but it was easy to fuck up. I wonder just how many people, driving on a pitch black mountain road late at night, saw a small humanoid figure emerge from the edge of the woods as they passed.
Not a very exciting story but I figure it meets the thread criteria. When I was living in a cabin out in the ass end of nowhere it was late at night and I was going to sleep when suddenly I was jolted by an extremely loud screech/scream. It sounded like a halfway between screeching car tires and some kind of shrill shriek. I’m quite familiar with the area, and I can’t say I’d heard that animal noise before, nor did I ever hear it again. The direction it came from, well, all the roads are dirt/gravel. And car tires don’t screech on dirt. Nevermind that those roads back there had a lot of sharp turns, so nobody in their right mind would be doing something silly like that at that hour. Still don’t know what it was.
>>2873231I got attacked by a Western Capercaillie when I was snowshoeing in the forest in winter a few years back. Sadly my phone fucked up and crashed while I was filming him.Anyway, the bird started growling at me and for a split second I literally thought he was a wolf (there is a known wolfpack in that exact forest that has been killing lots of livestock). Then he did his whole shtick of walking towards me in a zigzag pattern, pausing every few seconds to scream at me before approaching again. I shouted at him to leave and even prodded him with my ski pole, but he wasn't interested. Since he just wouldn't leave me alone I ended up retreating ~300-400m through the woods until I reached the trail again. He kept watching me as I retreated, then he would fly back up to me and watch some more until I was further away. He stopped following me once I reached the trail. And no, I did not hurt him.These birds are known to do this and the videos of them are pretty hilarious.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-XTblDwe7chttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/I9_wygdpSlU
#539- “boat fishing” EditionPrevious Thread:>>2872194janny pls…Thinking about picking up a new hobby? Want to get a memecaster? Haven't mastered the Palomar knot? Click here!http://www.pastebin.com/u/fishingandtacklehttps://imgur.com/a/1Xw3NNew Bong Fishin Guidehttps://pastebin.com/sDB5SQTqTalk about fishin
>>2874721No shit. Congratulations.
>>2874675trout fishing in a nutshell
>>2874723then why ask about commercial? idk what they keep
>>2874747It was more of a "no shit? that's awesome" than a "no shit, asshole" sorry for the confusion
Just got Major Craft Ceana CNS 752M/F, is Shimano Catana FE 2500HG a good reel for this rod? I can't find Daiwa Revros LT anywhere in here.
>ruins your outdoorsThanks a lot, fucking leaf faggots.
>>2874803Why are people making such a big deal out of the forest fires this year? While the amount might be higher than average, they're far from being record amounts.
>>2874813There's heavy smog outside my house and my chest hurts. I was gonna go for my daily walk, but I guess that's canceled cuz lefistan is a turd world shithole.
>>2874824I'm in Ann Arbor, Michigan so I'm quite familiar with the level of smoke. This has happened before. It will happen again. Why the outsized drama over it this time? Where do you live that this is the first time you've ever had to deal with smoke from summer wildfire season?
Now that most hills are open for the season, what are your downhill MTB plans for the summer?
>>2873716I've been meaning to make it out to one of the hills in the Midwest like Boyne Highlands (MI) or Chestnut (IL) soon.
>>2873716Currently waiting for my new rear wheel, there will be hitting the parks again.
>>2873716Not almost killing myself and ending up in a cast for 3 months.
>>2873716Until july 2019 I had no idea ski resorts opened during the summer and carried your bike up the up on the lifts. I bought a bike on sale and hit the lifts in mid August but they closed mid September. I rode a lot the next summer of 2020 and had a great time and almost broke my neck going down a really steep section. I am "old" so I need to take it easy on the steeper runs. I still ride when I have time, and really enjoy kilion brons vids about Mega avalanche rides.
>can't go outside cause the wildfire smoke has made the air quality india-tier and makes me want to die when I breathe it
>>2874781Smokers pay for that experience, bud
>americans think they could invade and occupy Canada>can't even handle one day of our normal summer air
>looking forward to a pleasant nightwalk like usual>moment I step outside it smells like the world is on fucking fire
>>2874819It is
>tfw me at the bottom row
>NEVER SWIM ALONEThis advice is commonly parroted as part of water safety training, I myself have repeated it robotically as a lifeguard and aquatics instructor back in the day. But as an adult I routinely open swim alone all year round, sometimes in pretty rough surf. I have a healthy respect for the power of water and the elements and know when to bail. But everyone who hears that I swim solo immediately admonishes me for being reckless and selfish. Is it really that nuts? Do any of you swim alone as well. Cold exposure tolerance, physical fitness and biofeedback are all super important skills to develop for all outdoors related activities and i feel that solo swims in nature put this at the forefront
>>2874531>chasing fleeting dopamine stimmies is totally cool and high T!!1
>>2874513Based, go deeper next time
Wear A Life Jacket
>>2874482My brothers best friend friend was going for a dip and asked him to come, but he couldn't. He drowned that day.It really is that serious. Dont swim alone for fucks sake.
>>2874482Most hazard warnings are intended for the lowest common denominator. If you know what you're doing and both understand and accept the inherent risks it's fine.
when did realtree edge become streetwear ? this used to be a show of character -- that you'd wear this if you were a hunter with grit and interesting pasttime. now it's just for douchebag zoomers whose only hobby is being bad at managing their mcdonald's paychecks. how gay is that ! anyone else feel like putting their balls in these people's mouths ? read this sentence if you agree.
>>2866235cityfags will do anything to appear masculine, wearing shit like this is just an extension of it.
>>2866251I wear camo because for some reason no one else buys it in my size, so it often ends up on deep discount. Growing up in a rural redneck area, I associated camo with assholes but these days, got to find ways to save money. Funny thing is that /out/ is one of the places where I don't wear camo as I don't want to be difficult to see.
If you were ever wearing this shit anywhere but out actively hunting, you were always a poseur more interested in looking like a grizzled hunter type than actually hunting.
A lot of people will wear their hunting jacket because it’s usually the warmest article of clothing they own
Realtree is y2k grunge drip now unc. I got a realtree carhartt #workwear jacket that shits tuff
humiliation ritual
>>2872210The counterbalance method was invented in the 1960s. Hanging food caches to keep it out of the reach of bears has existed for thousands of years but was mostly used for food you were leaving and would want to come back to, only in the 20th century would you do it if you were staying in the area, because before then you’d just kill the offending bear and now have even more food.
>>2868910There are black bears in South-East Ohio, but their population isn't very high.
>>2868900They stole my pickynic baskets.
>>2868900what is humiliating about that?
>>2869028No, please come visit
seen mountains.seen deserts.seem boreal forests.seen grasslands.seen canyons.seen ridges.I crave something newthe maddening sea of greenit calls to me
>>2874584>Russian propaganda agents
>>2874584My tax dollars via the Tides Foundation>>2874581>>2874698>>2874702>>2874769Also my tax dollars via the Tides Foundation
>>2874581>prairiesPretty much don't exist anymore because they've all been converted to farmland.
>>2874790Literally not true.>There's no rainforest anymore. The Brazilians chopped down all the trees.
>>2874579What about marshes?
what's your excuse to be like the other gearfaggots on this board?
>>2874398If I went out, would I really be posting on here? How much more proof do you need that I don’t go out?
No but seriously, why cant i just buy a cabin and live there instead of a normal house?Its cheaper, more private and gives me great opportunity to do outdoor activities. Lots of cabins run on solar and have adequate plumbing, yet the cost remains low. Only thing i could think would be a challenge is winter, but even then i think a 4x4 and backup heating/electricity and lots of firewood. It would also give good homesteading opportunities.
>>2874727Why did you stop living in one?
>>2874760fair. but the damage airbnb/vrbo has done to the world cannot be overstated.
>>2874764This.
>>2874763Because I wanted to start a family and women just can’t hack that sort of lifestyle.
OP, you can't. Other can, but you can't. Just accept that. Sorry to dash your fantasies but you simply don't have the capabilities of making them a reality. Some have those abilities, most don't, so you're not alone. Go watch some Isabel Paige videos on YT. That will give you some of the fantasy you crave while knowing her videos are fake so you don't feel the need to live up to them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4ZCPcMn7HU
trying to decide between binocular or monocular. probably either the vortex solo 8x36 or vortex crossfire 10x42 HD. help me make a decision.use case would be just something fun to have while /out/ and about and maybe even in the city. so smaller size of monocular seems advantageous, but binocs seem easier to hold steady and give a sense of depth.
>>2874093was thinking about the nocs originally, but people online generally seem to suggest to get a vortex solo instead
I prefer binoculars myself. Less eye strain. These are the ones I take /out/ with me..https://a.co/d/05G7gtPz
If you're a bird-spotter then take both. Swarovskis are amazing if you can afford them - the pinnacle of optical quality for me. Get them second-hand.
what about compact binoculars? best of both worlds?
I prefer binoculars, you're going to use both hands to keep it steady, might as well use both eyes too
Does anyone have any good tips on how to find bones? I live in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by forests and plenty of wild animals, yet I rarely find any remains. I have a small collection that I'd love to expand, but it takes quite a long time. Are there any universal spots in forests (such as clearings, deeper woods, etc.) where you're almost guaranteed to find bones?
I've got a large bone for ya
>>2874788>Does anyone have any good tips on how to find bones?ask your mother.
