Which ones are the best?
Which ones are shit?
Which ones are overrated?
Which ones are underrated?
>national parks
They're all trashed by hikers and campers. Go to national forests instead. Less regulations. You aren't being spied on by rangers. You don't have that many hiker faggots trashing the place. Free to hunt. Good fishing.
>>900226
This. Also lots of hunting/fishing spots. In addition to that some states allow public use of timber land or tax forfeited land.
They're all great. Don't be autistic.
I hear you can get decent jobs from the U.S. government to work in Antarctica. Anywhere from Janitor to Scientist
Seems like a great thing to do, go on a small adventure for 3-6 months, get paid A LOT, free room and board, free food, and you can go outside on your days off.
Have any of you been to antarctica in any capacity? Private excursion or job?
>>919869
No but I'm interested got a B.S Geology summa cum laude muffugga I wanna go to the Antarctic and do science and shit ya hear.
>>919869
>you can go outside on your days off
That'll be cool for exactly 3 days
Also, it's fucking cold and there's no backing out, can't just skip work for a birthday.
>>919871
cool
I'm thinking about applying for an IT position. I'm a software developer, but their requirements are only high school degree, and I have a bachelors in applied science and I've been programming for 5 years. It's basically data entry and project management on base apparently
>>919873
Most jobs are during the summer, minimal staff during the winter. 24 hours of daylight, so no winter blues, and it can get to ~50 degrees F on a good day
Redpill me on Sam Houston Forest /out/.
Can I wander off in the ""wilderness""? Make fires and shit?
Probably gonna go light with just a hammock cause it's still fucking hot in TX.
I've never done anything but car camp in a random clear area out there, and get drunk, probably never wandered more than a mile from where we parked lol.
Also have a kayak, would I better to camp by kayak along the periphery of lake Conroe?
Does that homeless aggie that used to post here still live in the forest?
>>919665
I'd also like to know. I live southwest of Houston and don't have a car, so my /out/ options are limited. You can only go to Brazos Bend so many times before it becomes excruciatingly boring.
Also, screw this weather. 80° on Xmas day is idiotic.
>tfw don't live in the hill country to live at Perdanales Falls year round
>>919666
Nice Satan trips lol. I'm out in aggieland, so got some options out to the West, but Sam Houston is fairly large and just a bit to the East of here...
Wish it would fucking freeze or at least be cold, the other weekend was pretty nice when we had out 2 days of winter. I just want to go out in the woods, have a fire, wrap up in my cozy down bag and sleep in nice chilly night.
>>919674
For real; I just wanna be able to wear comfy winter clothes at least. I bike to work most days, so the hot weather is especially annoying when it's almost January and I still end up sweating buckets before I even start work.
I love Texas, but dang it, I've gotta leave this area as soon as I have the money to do so. Probably gonna move to Nashville and spend as much time as possible at stone door.
how tacticool can you get without looking autistic while outdoor?
>>919654
Probably just
>backpack
>coat
>electronics
>boots
>possibly pants
I don't even think I should put coat on here
>>919654
>pistol
>baseball cap
>boots
>cargo pants
>backpack
You can be high speed low drag as fuck without looking like a complete tard. Have in mind that velcro and morale patches give you tons of tard points.
>>919668
forgot to say that Tom Hardy is aesthetic as fuck.
hello /out/ists
Im hiking for 4 days in winter and i have a shitty sleepingbag,
so how i can stay warm for a night with this shitty bag?
*Picture unrelated*
>>919099
Lots of fire.
>>919099
Wool blanket
Have a shelter. If no tent then do the classic lean and build a fire wall on the back side of your fire to direct more heat your way. The key here is to put in as much work as you can to have plenty of fire wood for the night.
>>919099
Make sure you have a liner and a blanket
The liner is very very important.
Silk if you are kinky or good linen
I am going to start stacking supplies. What should I hoard? What should I avoid? What foods never go off? What other stuff should one be stocking?
My list so far:
pasta
rice
honey
peanut butter
dried beans
vitamine pills
hard liquor
coal and firewood for the oven
maybe a solar panel charger
hygiene articles
>>919032
you can never have too many dragon dildoes.
>What should I avoid?
hoarding
>>919032
The fuck? This isn't a grocery board. Take your shopping list to >>/ck/
The fuck does being a fat ass american hoarder have to do with the outdoors you cuck.
Ok /out/ I'm curious here. I was looking into moving somewhere very rural. Like Northern Maine, Vermont, Montana, Wyoming, Alaska etc. Someplace like that. So I'm asking if there's anyone on here who has either visited or lived or is currently living in some place like that.
Doing research I see towns that have populations of like >200. I grew up in the city so I have no idea what it's like living somewhere with such a small population.
I'm curious as to what you would do for income or how they get basic supplies all the way out in the middle of nowhere. Also, how is the culture living so far away from major population centers? My first guess is that things can get pretty weird, but maybe its just my bias that people who live out there are back woods hicks.
tl;dr if anyone lives in very rural small population places what is it like, and how is it to move there?
>>919013
I live inna woods near jackman, unincorporated territory with 4 residents. I have about 46 acres, 3 cabins. Cost about 50K.
I just use a jeep to get to town for supplies or my 4 wheeler most of the year, winder i use a snow machine and sled to get stuff once a month or so.
Folks are mostly pretty simple, expect everyone to know who you are so don't be a scumbag.
>>919018
What do you do for work? I figured it would be simple, which is what I'm looking for, just want to be innawoods
Getting out of the military soon and want a place away from the city, living in and around Washington D.C. is so disconcerting. Every time I go in the city it gives me an on edge, bad feeling. It's surreal, like I'm in the twilight zone.
Montanan here, good fly fishing where I'm at and some decent rural land. Lot of bears so a can of bear mace is a must
Hello /out/ists
After 2 days im going on a 50 mile hike.
Its winter here in Latvia, well its warm but theres no snow...
soo in the trip im going to stay 3 nights in forest and im thinking should i use poncho shelter ? i wont freeze to death?, its going to be -3 degreese?i know i sound like a faggot but should i sleep in poncho shelter or sleep in shelter made of sticks ?
Yeah and its helikon-tex poncho, just bought it, never used it..
>>918728
>poncho shelter
>shelter made of sticks
Doesn't matter. What matters is how good your sleeping bag is.
>>918738
And pad! Even with a proper bag without a proper pad you will be cold!
Nosalsi kā prusaks... You need good thermo clothing and good sleeping bag... 1cm thick yoga pad wont work. Uz kurieni iesi?
What 4 stroke generators make up the sweet spot for reliability, efficiency, quietness, and price these days?
I only need about 3000 watts, enough to run some power hungry kitchen appliances like kettles, toaster, hotplate, etc. The rest of the time it might be called upon to run a TV and some other piddly things.
Generac 3300.. 400 bucks at lowes, use it for my rv and i cant hear it inside.
>>918330
Honda and Yamaha generators are more or less considered the best.
>>918452
>Honda and Yamaha generators are more or less considered the best.
Correct, also the most expensive by a large margin. They are built well though.
>>918340
>Generac
Good value for the money IMO. I have an older iX2000, the newer iQ2000's run even quieter and are parallelable if you need more power than one can provide. A little more picky on carb tuning and fuel octane/quality than the hondamahas.
If you're /out/, consider a propane camp stove instead of electric appliances. Lighter, easier to deal with innawoods, and far more efficient.
If you're looking for a standby genset for the house, i'd size something at least 5kW.
Whatever you get needs maintenance - run it periodically, oil change and air filter cleaning at least yearly. Install an hour meter to track its runtime. It's not the same as utility power, let it warm up before you apply load, and let it run for a few minutes with no-load before you shut it down. The engine and electronics will thank you.
show me your best VITORINOX
Victorinox Huntsman. No waste, no pretense. The perfect all-round Victorinox.
>>918084
2016
NO Pliers
nice choice
Would you say the Swiss are better known for their military equipment or timepieces?
>Best Victorinox
How do I go live outside forever?
If this cat can do it with zero gear, so can I.
>>917149
Read the Homeless General thread. They're doing it right now.
>>917162
I don't want to be an urban hobo. I want to live off the land nomadically in the wild.
>>917149
>If this cat can do it with zero gear, so can I.
lol no that cat was forged by billions of years of evolution to be the most prolific and ruthless killing machine on the planet that preys on the most fucking species ever.
you on the other hand have evolved to be part of a clan to work as part of a community. survival alone is not only insanely hard but also doesn't cover your needs mentally and socially.
I moved to amsterdam and I'm trying to find some cool nature areas, I've been through the national park at Bergen aan zee and I'm hoping some locals would know some other cool forests to explore this winter/spring
>>917029
I'm dutch and have lived in the Nederlands all my life. The best places are near Almere stad or Amsterdam zuidoost. Google it.
>>917108
Retard.
You could spend a visit to the Veluwe. Take the train to Nunspeet and walk through the forrest to the trainstation of Ermelo or Putten. Is around 30 km. (With a small loop)
Other places you could visit are de Utrechtse heuvel rug. De forrest around Hoenderloo, my favorite, watch out because at one moment I was suddenly walking on a shooting range of the dutch army. Or de forrest near Roosendaal, you've to walk to de Rucphense Heide.
EnJoy and if you want to know more Let me know
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So what are we gonna do about the feline question? Cats are killing upwards of 1 billion birds in the United States alone on the low end of the estimate. The ecological impact is unquestionable. All of the birds should be eating hundreds of insects annually. No doubt if there were more birds around we wouldn't have to worry so much about our food being poisoned with insecticides. The birds are nature's insecticides. In communist China they attempted to eradicate sparrows because they thought that the sparrows were eating too much of their rice crop. What actually happened was that locust swarms, no longer facing predation ran rampant and caused one of the largest famined in recorded history.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/01/29/cats-wild-birds-mammals-study/1873871/
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Pests_Campaign
>>916801
Birds aren't that Important
Yeah, I imagine cats kill a few birds. In a densly populated area they might even have an impact on the population, but if the area is that densely populated we have probably reduced the natural bird predator population too, so I would bet that cats are only picking up the slack. Although human changes are quicker than "natural" ones, it's still just evolution and survival of the fittest. Humans are causing a mass extinction event, but the animals that adapt with us will fill the niches left by those that couldn't make it.
>>916801
Can we get to the real killers of birds though?
Pic related, fucking stationary Terminator T1 model for birds
Hey guys, got my hunting license this year!
long story short, i've been /out/ at least 10 times to hunt birds and small game, but haven't shot once yet. I just don't see anything. I don't have a dog and don't plan on getting one
i see a lot of roe deers, crows, blackbirds and buzzards, thats basically it.
so any tips on hunting alone without dogs?
im interested in duck, pigeons, pheasants rabbits hare, river rats
i got a 12 gauge semi auto shotgun
im not that annoyed in not getting anything, as i enjoy the time outdoor even if i come home empty handed, but since i don't see one animal, i figure i'm doing something wrong
>>916513
Learn to be quiet and still, become one with nature until nature forgets you're there. Learn to notice any movement or anything out of place. Find tracks follow them. Learn the land, learn where animals go, why, and at what times.
It will come with time.
>>916516
how long you stay still ?
There are different techniques for hunting different animals, but in any case you can't just stroll through a wood lot and expect to see things most of the time.
First off, and this is cool for non hunters as well, find a comfortable spot in the woods. A place you can sit perfectly still for a long time. Wear either camo or at least earth tone colors. Sit there and just wait, after about twenty or thirty minutes, the animals will forget you are there and start moving around again. The woods will come alive.
If you want to hunt ducks you need to find a pond or some place ducks like to go. If you want to hunt squirrels you need to find oak trees or other hardwoods where they live. If you are hunting pigeons you need to know where they roost, where they eat, and the flyway they use to get between.
Hunting is way more than just shooting, it is becoming in tune with the outdoors, the animals, and how it all works together.
Any unorthodox tips?
You have to put one foot in front of the other.
>>916097
Save your bread bag clips for clothes pins on your drying line.
>>916097
Do the Mario! Swing your arms from side to side
Come on, it's time to go. Do the Mario!
Take one step, and then again
Let's do the Mario, all together now! You got it! It's the Mario! Do the Mario!
Swing your arms from side to side
Come on, it's time to go. Do the Mario!
Take one step, and then again
Let's do the Mario, all together now!
Come on now. Just like that!