@Mark Vandal you ever put cabbage in your tinfoil dinner?

I don't like cabbage. You can put anything you want in it tbh

Yeah my family always used ground beef, potatoes, cabbage, and onions

What are the best skills to start out practicing in order to get more acquainted with bushcraft? I know how to build a decent fire, but not much else. Preferably things that can be practiced in forest preserves/arboretums/public parks without going on a camping trip.

Water, shelter, food

@Gaius Mucius Scaevola knot tying, and knife sharpening are easy skills to practice at home.

@Mark Vandal iodine tabs are good in a pinch. Easy to stash in a go bag and super lightweight

@Mark Vandal Nice lesson! That was awesome.

@Joseph McCarthy - NJ those are a give in. Got a bunch in my bug out

But you'll run out at some point if it's long term survival

Which is where practical skills cone in handy

On the knife sharpening. Is there a particular degree that you try to maintain when sharpening. I was always told that somewhere around 33 degree angle was best. Is that true or is it just whatever feels best to you

I know you said to try to maintain the angle on the tool but I have not had much luck with that

@Deleted User There is alot to be said about knives angles that could be another guide, generally though yes for a double bevel 30-40 degrees will work fine. Here is the depths you can go into for angle info: https://www.sharpeningsupplies.com/Detailed-Discussion-on-Knife-Sharpening-Angles-W28.aspx

As far as holding a constant angle it can be tough but with practice and steady hands it's doable

I always went by 30°

Ty

sorry i havent posted much. im very preoccupied with IE stuff but i will try to post when i can

@Mark Vandal that shelter is a great concept. I saw that for the first time on dual survivor.

@Mark Vandal good video! If I may make a request- can you find one teaching people how to build a shelter out of things found in the woods? Sticks leaves etc. That way if they don't have a tarp or poncho and worse comes to worse they'll know what to do

Will do. I wish I had pictures of the one I made in the mountains it was cool as hell

Had to sleep in that thing and almost froze my ass off

Haha I love making my own. I've had some really nice ones. A few friends and I built one big enough to sleep six comfortably. It's probably even still standing. I'll have to go look

Anyone gone over land nav yet?

Not land nav anything but land nav...

Speaking of, here's a fun little trick I got to tryout recently. If you have no compass but the sun is out, put a stick in the ground and mark the tip of the shadow it casts. Wait 15 minutes or more and mark the tip again (it will have moved). Draw a straight line between the two marks. That line will point EXACTLY west to east.

From first mark to second Mark is east

Yup. Works like a charm. Tested with a compass and it was eerily accurate

I asked in tech, but is anyone @here a ham operator?

I have a beofeng but I haven't had time to sit down and practice with it in any serious sense. However I intend to have my cert by the end of the year

Don't really see a point to bug in if you have a way out for something like a hurricane. Just seems too "lone wolf-ey" to me if you don't have a good relationship with your neighborhood.

Eh. Im from Florida. Hurricanes aren't that big a deal. Bug in is a legit option unless you're close to water or it's a really fuck off storm like Andrew or Katrina

"Bug in"?

These idiots at my work talking about how all the water in the store is cleaned out. They're laughing saying they'll just buy gatoraid. Then saying survival of the fittest. They're both fat fucks for one and you can't cook food with gatoraid.

@Zyzz hunker down

@Zyzz it means in the event of a disaster stay in your home(bug in) instead of leaving(bug out). Depending on the disaster both are legitimate options. Some people are delusional about there ability to survive with a bug out bag going to a forest and living off local game, I wouldn't recommend it,. I would suggest everybody has at least 6 months of long term food storage I'll do a post about it.

Bug in is the more legit option 9 times out of 10

@Mark Vandal Agreed, unless you a pre stocked bug out location. Living as a refugee is very diffuclt .

also it depends on the diaster things like floods are legit bug out options if other cities are up and running you can go too.

@funny about your buddies at work most people can't fathom not buying food or water in stores things like water filters never cross the average persons mind

I had to bug out last year. The big hurricane that came through Florida came right over me and I lived by the ocean. I was gonna bug in but my buddy in the guard told me it was gonna,be bad and told me to get out. I woke up at 4 am the next morning to beat traffic while the hurricane was starting coming in. Grabbed my bag and my rifle and dipped out to a location inland