I am learning how to hunt and making this kind of picture will be a good exercise for me. I will try to create a new one every now and then.
So, this is a classical which is which. Here we have a:
Skunk
Weasel
Mink
Stoat (summer pelt)
Polecat
Pine marten
Beech marten
Which is the the smaller one ?
Which is the wild version of a common pet?
If you see one of them sleeping in a tree, can you expect it to weight more than 1 kg/2 lbs?
If you see one jumping around to move, how much meat can you expect to get if you kill it?
If you see one and it's sunny, how much meat can you expect to get if you kill it?
If you are in mountain, which can you meet?
If you want to hunt them (not one in particular), do you go in a wetland? In a forest? When?
It will be best if I add identification letters.
B is flat out a ferret
>>965027
Nope, it is a polecat, but ferrets are domesticated polecats, so they are basically the same animal. It's like the wild cat/house cat thing.
I'm going for a short two night hike this weekend. Won't need to carry much weight, so I was gonna make one of these and try it out. If it's comfy, I might try making something that'll last a little longer (sew a bag compartment, use nice hardwood, make webbing?)
Anyways, I wanted to have a thread on making packs and altering packs. I've seen other anons on here who've made pretty awesome packs, so I hope they post some tips.
>>964603
I just ordered an LK35 Frame and I'm going to try to transplant it onto my ALICE pack
If I like it I'm going to try to rivet the belt so I can attach a pouch to hold a water bottle.
>>964608
huh, interesting. Isn't the alice pack meant for a lot more weight vs. the lk35?
If i didn't already have too many bags I'd build one myself.
They are some nice hip belts around Amazon and I'd love to be able to customize my pack how I want.
Might do it just cause I don't have an external frame pack
Rate my setup
Any of you guys like to make little crafts or tools once in a while?
I used 2 paper clips and a knife for this can and I cooked 4 chicken wings with about 3 lbs of wood (side note cut off the top bc it melts from the heat)
Sorry for quality phone is bad
>>964587
Cute micro rocket stove. Not very efficient tho. But single use crafts in the bush are a fun way to pass the time.
I like the look of the SPLAV Gorka 5. Anyone have any thoughts on it? Where should i buy one (as in what's the best/most legit place to buy it). I'm currently located in Europe/Austria.
It's a cotton sack made in a Gulag by Slavs. I'll pass.
>>964531
If you go to Donbass and join the army of Novorossiya you get can one.
>got 2 nice jackets in mind , gonna buy 1 of them
gorka 4 bars looks actually better , just alone as a jacket , not with trousers
Any advice on how to farm inside a wooded area? Plants or animals. No chopping trees.
Let pigs free roam? Could they find enough food?
Let chicken free roam?
Plant mushrooms on logs?
Harvest what little sap the trees have?
>>964342
The traditional method was chopping trees. But some trees can be cut in ways that they grow back in useful shapes such as multiple long an thin poles.
But you can always grow a food forest
The other answers are dependent on your climate and what species are growing.
>>964342
Chickens will stay around only if they have a food source to come back to. And you have to build a wood perimeter to keep animals from eating your crop.
>>964342
If you can get away with all that, just grow weeds and trade for needs.
We have a first aid equipment thread, so how about one on how to actually USE it?
I have a first aid pack but I wouldn't know where to start if something happened to me, are there any good methodical guides?
Take a first aid/cpr class.
Bonus points for WFR.
Worth the time/money.
Anybody know the right way to perform a field expedient tracheotomy?
>>964226
Should i spend the 5 bucks to get a hemostat? I am thinking it is more for a trained person to use on me rather than me on someone else. Thoughts?
I've just signed for a hiking week and I'm a totally scared because my feet are very very very prone to blisters and I'm not fit enough. What essential tips can you guys give me for preventing blisters and not suffering in the hike? ¿Is compeed prehike a good solution?
The hike goes for 10-15 km per day in a path of hardness 5-6 on a scale from 1 to 10.
>>964183
>preventing blisters
catch them before they become blisters, as soon as you feel a hotspot apply ducttape or moleskin or similar product
>>964183
Get your boyfriend to carry you?
Just start walking alot in whatever shoes you're going in. Maybe there'll be other slowpokes so you won't feel like you're holding things up too much.
I don't think you will care about blisters, but you will need some preparation because noone likes being the weakest link and slowing everyone down.
Just do 10-15km on the treadmill everyday until you're doing a good pace
Is there a reason no bushcrafters use kukris?
>>963841
i bought one of these at a hindu temple in Utah when i was 10
It's a sharpened prybar that tries to be a hatchet.
>>963861
yeah yeah and a hatchet's a sharpened hammer that tried to be an axe
Post your EDC light. I don't smoke, but carry one for emergencies. Usually stays in my truck. Currently carry a butane cigar lighter.
>pic related
Tesla Arc Lighter. Thinking about grabbing one. Thoughts? Found one for 23.95 cheap.
>>963813
Don't buy those. They are fucking shit.
They can barely light a cig.
I just have a cheap Bic lighter.
Or buy a chink butane torch, which work extremely well.
>>963813
Dude i played around with one of those they are awesome. Holds a charge all day and charges quick. I say pull the trigger, ill be getting one as well.
>>963839
You are a liar
> living in car for that /out/ lyfe
> notice subtle turf wars for night time places to park
> swing by van inhabited by black guy who always wears a 3-piece suit
> he follows me
> i back up into a spot, he drives right up to me, head to head with his headlights bright. then turns around and drives away
>>963793
This is the new homeless general?
Sweet.
>>963794
yes.
>>963793
Did you tap that in your pic? Dun good anon.
Didn't see a thread about cave exploration up so I want to start one. I've only ever been in commercial caves before and I want to know more.
I don't know much about what equipment I'll need but I wanted to learn a bit more about spelunking, you know squeezing into tight spaces and then squeezing out again alive.
No thread because the op from the one from last month got stuck deep underground and bled out as they were cutting off his leg before he starved.
>>963613
Wait really? I never come here so I don't know.
>>963589
I cave, bro.
Gear for the most part is simple stuff. Helmet and a headlamp is the minimum (coveralls are nice though). Depending on the cave you may want ropes and harnesses. If you don't know a cave, I would recommend finding a cave map and knowing how to read it.
Going through tight spaces is practice and remaining calm.
Comfy winter thread
Post comfy winter pics
>>963398
Fuck
>>963398
Norway.
Old thread: >>958315
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Secondary Edible Parts of Vegetables:
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>tfw buying new varieties of vegetable seeds
>tfw the seller throws in Mystery Seeds
>orange watermelon, purple Brussels sprouts, purple cauliflower
>all that potential
>all that unknown flavor, texture, and use
I wish I was knee deep in summer crops already. The wait through this shitty winter is killing me.
Prepare for peppers!
I just ordered some diploid true potato seed. This is going to be an interesting year.
Retarded ideas in camping
Exhibit one: placing tarps or footprints (for the eco-warriors) under a tent
>inb4 footprints make your tent flood
>>963217
>living room camper detected
>>963224
Well I hope you're a better camper than you are a fisherman because your bait is fucking terrible.
Nettles are proof that the Devils exists, fuck nettles!
Does anyone have a good use for them? They grow around the base of my raspberries and torment me.
>>963178
I spoke to a herbalist once that claimed dosing yourself with Nettle venom would cause your immune system to stop producing a Hystamine reaction and cure seasonal allergies.
Not sure which planet she was from, but Nettles are way worse than seasonal allergies have ever been.
>>963181
They make a nice tea, although I find it makes your mouth a bit numb after if you make it too strong.