Unless I'm planning on gutting an animal, why would I need more knife than this?
>>2881943I'd like to get into doing that someday, but no. I think it was from "Clip & Carry" on Amazon if I remember right. And clarification: I meant for a Leatherman Wave+. Other anon said it was too bulky to EDC, but the size ain't a problem when it's on my waist.
>>2879043>tweezersYou can use your thumbnail against the blade as tweezers and that will work a million times better than the feeble on-board ones.>toothpickMake one out of wood.I would have conceded the pinhole in the plastic scales, had you brought it up. But you didn't, so I assume you don't know about it.
>>2869760Multi purpose tool and swiss army knife is all you need in 99% of cases.
knife bros are the most cutting edge consumerist niche, tons of enthusiasts obsessing over product meeting certain criteria for an item that has almost 0 utility for almost 100% of the people obsessing over it.
Wegners > chinesium Victorinox
This is a correct tier for a hike with a mutt?Wieners are too stubborn and disobedient as everyone says?
>>2881925Ultimately if you frequently get bitten by dogs you're a beta. I say that in the most sincere way possible.
>>2881927True. I have beaten the shit out of two different dogs that attacked me back when I used to do long night runs in college. Event 1>running at night with headphones on>didn't hear large rottweiler running straight at me>saw flash of black out of the corner of my eye>I quickly turn and kick the dog straight in the chin >it lets out a bloodcurdling yelp and runs away just as fast as it came Event 2>running at night with my Labrador (a huge pussy) >a disgusting shit bull mix jumps out of his fence and runs over to my dog and starts attacking him >has his jaws clamped down on my dog's neck >I jump over and stick my fingers into the jaws and pry his mouth open like that scene from that king Kong movie with the t rex >the shit bull turns and lunges at me, I throw my arm around his neck like a rear naked choke and squeeze him, dog hair and slobber all over me, it smells horrible Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2881875You'd end up in the dirt internet boy.
>>2879896Dachshunds are definitely the best dogs to hunt small animals inside burrows, that's why they're is Stier
I have a Puli. I don't really think I could take her on a hike if there are sheep around; she'd be too excited. I could put a lead on her but fuck that if we're enjoying the great outdoors. She wouldn't get tired and she'd love smelling stuff.
I think this time of year is my favourite time of year. Late August to Early September, maybe most of August and September. End of Summer, beginning of Autumn. It's just the perfect weather. Not too hot, not too cold, the sun sets at a great time, it feels like the sunsets last longer too. Theres a slight chill that arrives at night too when you get to early September.
yeah maybe in the ez pz valleys all the mountain trails are going to close for winters in september mid or end fml
>>2879113Thats why Late August/Early September is best>>2878952Not here, its where the weather is still nice but theres a slight chill to it.
>>2878441Still too hot here
>>2880451And now?
>>2882275I just booked a trip for next week and its supposed to be in the 80s during the day - in the mountains :(
why do people say the desert smells good when it rains?i was out in Arizona and Utah and whenever it rained it smelled like a public urinal
If you want good smells go look for desert rivers and washes that get water sometimes. They have such a wonderful scent. It's like what laundry detergent and shit was going for but failed to achieve. This applies to rivers in a lot of areas, not just deserts.
>>2876133poei
You were probably in Tucson, Phoenix, or Salt Lake City all of which smell like piss and shit on a good day.
>>2879116mud smells good tho
>>2879218I've lived in the nevada desert my whole life and it smells like rabbit brush, dust, and occasionally alkali water.
>go /out/ with a few relatives >they want to socialize all day and play games and chitchat>I just want to contemplate nature in absolute silence
>>2879604hell is other people, as they say
>go out without people>enjoy an hour of peace in the mountain>BBBRRRRRR BRRRR BRRRRRRRERR>BOOM, BOOMBOOM CHIC, BOOM, BOOMBOOM CHIC>BRRRR BRRRRRRRRR BRRRRRRRR>brown literally, figuratively, and physically unable to go for 20 minutes without making noise>still happening at 11pmI fucking hate them.
>hunt every September >Have a spot we camp every year, 4 guys,4 trailers>One guy brings his wife and son one year>This year he brings wide,son,daughter & husband, grandkids, friends, friends kids>Turns quiet camping spot into party, satellite set-up, constant banda music>Me and one other guy go find a new site a few miles away>He comes and asks us what's wrong
>>2879595>go /out/ alone>have fun blown argument in my head
>>2879595>"Let's go camping">It's at commercial campsite right next to a town or village, not at all remote>they drive there by car>The car is filled to the absolute top with shit you don't need>spotify blasting from a bluetooth speaker mixes with the frat boy party music from your next door neighbor's speaker>discussions are essentially workplace watercooler tier gossip, not a second of silence>drive by car from the campsite to a store to buy food, drive back and grill it>"It's so good to get out in nature sometime">mfw It's not the end of the world, it just has little to nothing to do with the way I'd spend my time if I could pick my ideal /out/ trip.I've found that mentally reframing it as "hanging out with friends" helps me chill and accept it for what it is: Paying to pitch a tent on someone else's lawn. Can still be fun, though I'd enjoy it immensely more if people could live without having spotify play 24/7.My favorite part of taking people hiking is how they slowly begin to accept silence. First day they can't stop talking, second it'll start to become a little inconsistent with occasional breaks, and by day 3 you reach that perfect mode where you walk alongside each other in silence because everything that needs to be said has been said. Nothing is being said and yet it's the closest form of communication you can have with someone.
I live in a commie shithole and wamt to go to the few natural areas left. However, since hunting bears or lynxes is prohibited, the areas are full of them. And because or retarded laws, i cannot own any weapon capable of launching a projectile with enough force to actually penetrate a target. Are there any ways i can be surely protected from getting mauled, or any gadgets i can make to defend myself? Anybody here had a bear or other large predator encounter without ranged weapons?
In my own former commie shithole we only have brown bears. I carry a spray, but what do I do if I'm sleeping and they mistake me for a doner kebap in a tent
>>2881626Spray them when they rip a hole in your tent. You'll get sprayed as well, but it's better than being mauled to death while screaming like a faggot
>>2879242give us one! documented case thats not a 5 year old alone innna woods
>>2878859spear / polearmsif you can run it through when it chargesotherwise youre probably going to get rekt
>>2882148
The weak (you) should fear the strong (John Primitive)
>>2877828He talks through captions
is it not possible for him to source other metalslike copper?possibly too a granite hammer would be nice.utilizing chemistry and all kinds of stuffsounds fun
>>2882202He's only using stuff he can get in his area and there's no copper deposits or anythingThere isn't even any real iron ore, which is why he has to do the iron bacteria roasting thing every time
>>2882203As we all know, humans never invented trade or travel. Wow, so #historic and #primitive.
>>2874309I'm convinced this thread was just Primitive himself looking to get ideas and to see the consensus on how bad he was doing. Because immediately following this thread he had a large uptic of several videos, in which he had to switch it up because of criticism. Also if you browse this board Mr.Primitive, keep your videos fresh and keep trying new things. Don't just keep making clay tile, furnace, and mud hut videos. We want to see you THRIVE not just survive. Bring people and outside materials in if you have to. Just don't stew and become stale like you have been lately.
I wanted to start biking trails and being more active. What sort of bike should I be looking at? I live in a rural area and own a car so I won't ride in the city too much. Googling suggests gravel bikes, is that a good option? I'm pretty handy so I can do maintenance myself and even upgrade parts. Is there something that has a good frame + decent parts that I could upgrade down the line into a great bike? I'm willing to spend a bit for something good quality but I'm not looking for a $10k bike. Sorry if this isn't the right board for this question
>>2879424grannygear,,,ready togo.,,,lightswater patch kitwin.
>>2872904Fuck you and all the homosexuals promoting 11+ tooth cassettes, niggershit aids for retarded babbies who can't shift, they are wide as fuck, mess with the chain in lowest/highest gears from putting too much diagonal strain when. If someone's planning on doing hills steep at 1mph with a lot of torque you want a 2x8 or 3x7 (they_dont_make_them_anymore.jpg)Learn to shift and stop using inferior designs
>>2872420>I'm pretty handy so I can do maintenance myself and even upgrade parts.oh you will learn. specialty tools (wich you need for pretty much anything) are very expensive and "being handy" wont get you far lol. fuck gravel bikes btw they are the biggest meme of the decade. either get a roadbike, or a mountainbike..
>>2872420man get /n/ pilled and take the classic mtb meme. Cycling is totally rotten with min-maxing reddity consoomerbros, I say that as someone who is pretty picky and spends too much on bikes. There was a golden era for all-around woodsy bikes in the 80's/90's and you can read up and score some pretty good shit for way less than a mediocre-tier new thing would be so fuck it. People will always come out of the woodwork to say they're trash but that is the exact same shit as saying you can't possibly go camp with your dad's jansport frame pack from the 90's, or that they never figured out how to make good skis until (5-10 years before current year,) whatever. Same thing, maybe later you decide you prefer the new stuff and spend some money, but the old stuff is good man.
>I wanted to start biking trails Mountain bike. Dual suspension. Do not listen to the hardtail memes unless you already have no feeling in your ass.>and being more activeDon't get an e-bike. I've burned 1200+ calories in around 1.5hrs of mountain biking.>I'm not looking for a $10k bikeDon't get an e-bike. Try to spring for a carbon frame but if you can't an alloy is fine, you'll probably get more ripped anyway.
Would you still hunt or fish if animals could talk?
>>2882024Because it requires luck, skill, knowledge, and a shit ton of time and effort to get good.
>>2867888Only eggplant and onions. Those saucy little bastards are too good to give up
I have never hunted before but kind of want to, what does it take to get into it?
>>2882128A course you can do mostly on line in a day or two, a license you can buy online, maybe a tag or permit depending on game you’re after, a gun/bow, and maybe an orange vest or camo coat.
>>2867887I always assume fish can understand me so I always make sure to tell them sorry for the trouble if I'm releasing them, or thank them for their sacrifice if I'm bonking them for dinner
Have any of you ever took produce from the grocery store and grew the seeds that came out of it? Or grown unintentionally? I heard those are called volunteers and they're really cool
>>2882099i grow some of my volunteer tomatoes and peppers every year. most of the time the tomatoes end up being cherry tomatoes, out of 10 volunteer tomato plants only 1 grew big tomatoes. peppers are better, out of 7 volunteer peppers all but 1 ended up being tabasco peppers like the parent plant, no sign of cross pollination but there is one plant that appears and tastes like a tabasco/ghost pepper cross. picrel. prior years ive had habanaro/hghost cross and also hungarian wax/tabasco cross. peppers are pretty forgiving the only problems ive encountered was poor yield. people cross breed winter squash and i guess that makes some cool looking squash, they call them frankenstein squash
>>2882105hab ghost sounds interesting. have pictures?
>>2882106no it was last year, it look like a habanaro with wrinkly skin, but was sweet and super hot like a ghost. watch the documentary about the guy who made the Carolina reaper. he is a pepper cross breeding autist.
>>2882108You better have saved seeds from those, that sounds amazing
I have a small patch of woods in my backyard and it's full if bush honeysuckle and wintercreeper and I would like to start controlling it as best as possible. Has anyone here done this?Mostly I'm worried that since I only own a small portion of this larger wooded area that it'll be a huge losing battle as the invasives can just spread back over the property line. Is it even worth the trouble?
>>2882065i had to do exactly this for the colorado division of wildlife for my public service. i was controlling the canadian thistle. they just had me drive a 4 wheeler around and spray roundup on any candian thistle i saw. i was pretty easy, hardest part was all the karen hikers screaming at me for spraying the weeds but i just gave them a business card for who to call and bitch out and would spray a little extra just for them
I'm backpacking right nowits 30 degrees my feet, back and shoulders hurtthere's mosquitos everywhere I can't even rest for 10 secis this what people are hyping about?
>>2872777Your hands become bones after mosquitos eat all the flesh off of them.
>>2881896What's pathetic is you're infantile stupidity and using a low brained outdated and useless menurementation system.
>>2881868>>2882007
I'm on my first real hike as well. I've hiked maybe 10 times in my entire life and most of them have been short 1-3 hour hikes up a small local hill. This time I'm /out/ on my own for 5 days. Wish me luck fellas. I still have cell service here, I'll let you know in 5 days if I'm still alive.
>>2881420Third world
i want to go innawoods once a week, take some acid, bring a DJ set and just practice, play hermit mode till I eventually get bored and drive home the next day.is this feasible in Canada? I have experience car camping, just never went alone by myself, but i feel like gaining experience and getting better at living life soloany experience, pointers? my main issue is just paying the park fee every week, i wish camping was free
>>2881854>this thing is bad>therefore this other bad thing should be allowedyou retarded fucking CUNTS are just impossible to deal with.
>>2881698>Claim to be independent country>Still dealing with crown landLmfao jfc
>>2881698Doubt there's much that's more disruptive than doing target practice innawoods and that's perfectly fine with a solid enough backstop. Stop being a bitch.
>>2881881you are the retarded cunt for trying to gate keep people from going outside.fuck to you.
>>2881818Djs use headphones when mixing all the time. And its not like he can bring a soundsystem with him, headphones will be much better audio quality than a shitty small speaker
Lease is up in October and considering a stint of car homelessness to save money and get out of credit card debt I can pay rent but my life goals just don’t feel accomplishable if I do. Right now I work 56 hours a week 7 days a week between 2 jobs, but I was out of work for a year after breaking my leg in an accident, a lady hit me while I was uninsured. I have been without internet and utilities since march, so it won’t be much of an adjustment, if anything I will probably shower more often. I checked /trv/ and here expecting a van life general or discussion but didn’t see one.It’s not the first time I’ve lived in my car, I did it for a year 7 years ago. I know all the basics in the nomad wiki already just from experience and more. It would be nice to hear what anons think about portable batteries and car refrigerators for these purposes since I have some money to invest in my set up.Back then it was real desperation, it was fun at times but also very boring, I lost my mind a bit. This time I guess it will just be the fun parts cooking camp meals and going wherever I want, at least for the night. My car is totaled but it still drives, my goal is to get a vehicle upgrade before I worry about a place to stay. Any van life or car homeless anons lurking?
>>2880818>coco glucoside That is bs though, this is a remarkably clean product for sure but you don’t need any sort of derived surfactant. Honey will clean your hair completely all by itself, egg whites are a natural surfactant. At $20/8oz you may as well just make your own natural shampoo. Not really sure what the big deal with surfactants are anyway, it’s as if a shampoo is considered defective if it couldn’t clean a mexican sasquatch in one lather. We take a nuke to our bodies in the shower for no reason.
>>2878680>Any van life or car homeless anons lurking?I lived in a van for 3years during universitykraut though, so experience may varyhad a permanent camping spot on a camping site near the city for ~150€/monthwith shower and electricity connection and so on, internet through university WiFi which I got with a directional antenna from a nearby campusI don't think I saved much money thoughmainly was fun because of the 4-5months per year where I would travel during breaksmy /comfy/ van build was ~15k€ (this was before it got super popular and prices exploded) and needed 1-3k€/year in maintenancehad a mercedes sprinter, which already felt cramped, no clue how people do this in their cars for longer periods>about portable batteries and car refrigerators for these purposesif you have the spaceComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>2880852>€150/month camping spot>€15k SprinterWhat fucking year was this gramps? How much are Sprinters over there?
Based car camper.
>>2880784different anon here, all in one system like from anger is cheap. and very simple. you can blot them on the roof or just whip them out when needed. but i had a used extra generator like a honda EU32i (made in japan not thailand ) if you want to get something new. but they are kinda pricy and more of a comfort thing. but very nice and simple. >>2878682the non supersize me version of this is. just learn to cook. Beans, peas, lentils, rice, other grains in general, pasta, freeze-dried stuff, potatoes, yams onions all fine. Quality stuff like dry cheese and meat will last until you eat them if in proper storage. you can supplement with just like protein powder, dry milk, and onions :)Be efficient; cold soak beans, etc., instead of long cooking. just plan and be smart stuff like muesli with fresh banana and other dryed berries or a avocado is amazing and healthy.
The East Coast/West Coast debate is pure larp. If you live in any state other than Alaska you are not really /out/, you are just a recreational weekender.
>>2881990Go back.There are at least 5 out schizos and I'm not one of them. You fags proved you need to go back when you got uppity about me mentioning the best places to raise a white family. Or that 95% of all food in the USA is thanks to white farmers.
>>2881991What state are you in? Kek there is a reason you won't answer such a simple question and we all know what it is
>>2881992You still haven't answered what state you are from. It's sure as fuck not Alaska. Within 5-10 years, you will end up leaving AK if you currently live there, I guarantee it. You also don't want to go back to your eastern shithole either if you came from there.
>>2881993I was born is Palmer Alaska and currently reside in Seward, where I still stay until the day I die. Your turn lil bro
>>2881994>until the day i dieYou will end up leaving the state like the other 85% of locals. And there's a around 70-90% chance that you are already seasonal, even if you own property in AK. You also statistically have a 3% chance of committing suicide in general at any time. Palmer is a LARPer area, they depend entirely on anchorage imports, have a bortle scale 4 sky, and still have to drive 2-3hrs for good salmon runs. Seward has milder winters than most of the inland lower 48, and being on the Kenai you still have a 1-3 hr drive or boat trip to decent actual areas where you can out. If you've lived in the rural mountain west next to a NF, and lived on the Kenai or near the Chugach, you will almost always end up gravitating towards permanently settling the rural mountain west over AK.
