This will be a channel dedicated to strictly Bushcraft/Survival and the sort.

Bush craft and survival are extremely necessary within Minecraft.

Knowing how to survive on little to nothing and use your surroundings is one of the most important things you can learn.

Alright, just to get this started. What's everyone's favorite bushcrafting knives?

Bone

Recently dicked around with hardening after cooking had good effects

I like Morakniv

That's very intesting hunter. That's some hardcore survival shit. Hahaha.

Heard good things on Morakniv. I have an ESEE 4

It's really more of a small spear than a knife but we do likes the elk ridge set. Meh blade quality but it works. Benchmade is local here for fancy stuff that's top level

Alright, hey I dig it. If it works, it works.

You should filter rain water, right?

Yes

100% yes

I'm gonna go with yes

I would just boil rain water if it has sat or wasn't collected from clean equipment

Morakniv stuff is legit, the garberg would be my preference for survival. Perfect size

Hey gents. I still have my ruck and e tool from the army (of course CIF said its too dirty to return😂) would y’all recommend getting an assault pack instead of using a ruck as a go bag? And do y’all even recommend carrying around the E tool?

How much stuff are you planning on carrying?

https://youtu.be/5NGYP1AsNQs

Well I’m new to packing my own shit. Used to having a layout for gear. Weight isn’t as much a problem. Was a 13F while in so I’m used to having a heavy ruck. I’m just looking to get a bag together that’ll last me at least 3 days off grid

Thanks man. Gonna watch that right now

For 3 days I'd say invest in a quality assault pack and learn to live longer than 3days with what you can carry in there in your AO. Even if you can ruck a huge pack all day no sweat, there's no sense weighing yourself down more than necessary. My two cents.

Exactly. I can ruck it but i’d prefer not to. Video was super helpful by the way. I’m just starting to build up my bag but so far I’ve got radio, water filtration (tablets and a portable filter), poncho with grommets, 550 cord. Im sure I’ve barely scratched the surface so if you have any recommendations i’d love to hear them.

Also working on building up a med bag (gonna have my girl carrying that gear, besides my IFAK, because she’s in the medical field) but I’m pretty sure I’ve got a good idea on what I need for that

Add or take out based on need, basic checklist I use

Thank you brother. Exactly what I was looking for @nomadzls

@Pat.Henry I highly suggest you go check out Hill People Gear’s videos on levels of equippage

@Crye_Salesman thank you man I’ll check that out too

i'd say imaboouot 10% through that list

If you need any help with that medical bag list, feel free to contact me.

@[LA] Zoomer Medi/k/ imma DM you

10/4

Red Green show is a great inspiration for large off grid projects

I watch a lot of Corporal's Corner.

Red Green is to give you inspiration and let you figure out how to do it better

Just like how your textbooks don't show you everything, you gotta get the last bit by yourself

@Sparrow I love Cpls Corner. He just has a way of making everything simple and easy.

Oh yeah for sure. And he just enjoys his time out there, it's great.

https://youtu.be/rcihSMpsDn0 check out this guys videos, he shows how to make several different types of shelters. Figured it'd be worth a look for new ideas

Can offer anyone bushcraft survival in the NC area, let me know

almost read it as full sniper shelter for a sec

I mean, you could pretty easily retool it as one

But yeah, that guy has some great stuff

A good way to keep mud and stuff out of your boots and protect your legs are puttees. They're pretty cheap and are pretty darn good in almost every circumstance

https://youtu.be/PnX7udtMMuE

Anyone used a life straw?

Where’d you buy yours man?

> Anyone used a life straw?
@GRANITE I have. They work very well for what they do. I used it when I was riding motorcycles in Madagascar, and in Cali, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming and Colorado rivers.

Awesome. Yea I got a 3 pack to have in the GO bags.

I haven't used mine yet, but picked one up

The Sawyer Mini filters quite a bit more water than the LifeStraw, I would recommend the Sawyer

I see a lot about shelter and projects and such, but how many of you are intimately familiar with edible plants, fungi, and animals within your region?

@TwiddleDick Just fried a bunch of frogs and bluegill the other night. Haven't really looked for morels though.

Oh yeah, spring turkey season tasted good too. lmao

Green briar’s young shoots are also edible. Sand plums and wild blackberries are also around

Yeah I got to get me some blackberries. I'm growing my own stuff though.

Actually I should just plant some blackberry bushes instead of looking around for them.

I need to cook spme more bluegill

They are pretty tasty

Ye

@goofy_murican I never thought I'd want/need them... but I think I'm gonna get some puttees just as a fashion statement... hahaha

hell yeah bro

they are such an under rated piece of kit

And now I need a throwback uniform to WWI

I want like a modernized version....

If you can make that work, go ahead

I have no idea how I'd do it. Lol

Or if I ended up making that AR musket, maybe I'd use some kinda modernized 1700s garb

I mean, I'm gonna be rocking the civil war garb with a tacticalized musket...

I've already got a Civil War Unifom.

Yankee or reb?

Mainly Yank, I was cavalry. But would occasionally go Reb at some events if we needed to help even the numbers.

I see

I do yankee reenacting as infantry

still working on piecing together my uniform

Yeah, It's not a cheap hobby and I honestly have been hurt more by horses than anything else. So I don't really do it anymore.

I did it as something to do with my dad, but I dislike horses enough to not want to get back into it.

that stinks

I've had a pretty good time doing infantry myself. although I would like to get my hands on a 12 pounder gun for shits and giggles

Hahaha, you know the rule for being an artillery man, right?

Don't stick your dick where the powder goes

You have to weigh as much as the cannon in order to be one.

lmao

I don't know if you've ever even looked at those guys.

But they're some big boys.

I have, and you ain't wrong

Only ever ran into one crew that wasn't obese. Really cool dudes out of Georgia, they were horse-drawn artillery.

it's almost like they picked the most sedentary position in the hobby...

We were doing the Red River Campaign a few years back, week long campaign. It was actually really fucking cool. And there were two crews of horse-drawn arty that we were escorting through the woods.

dude, those long campaign events are the shit. too bad up here we don't really do those

Yeah, I don't imagine there are many guys that do that stuff there.

closest we get are the weekend long tactical events once in a blue moon

Omg, so did you see the 150th Getteysburg a few years back?

not personally, no. but I saw a few clips on youtube

It was amazing. The charge was beautiful to see 10,000 Confederates marching across an open field, tearing down fences and approaching the Union line.

As Cav, I was acting as a courier for that event, and I got a front row seat to it all.

I did see that clip. I bet it was better in person

Yeah, it was pretty awesome. It was a 3 week campaign.