Search results

Re: Introduction to Wild Edible Plants My friend Christopher Nyerges has a book called Guide to Wild Foods and useful Plants That's what I use. His web site is: www.christophernyerges.com Note that it's not easy to learn from a book, from experience you need to have an expert as some...

Re: Introduction to Wild Edible Plants Yeah, my specialty is SoCal (Yucca, Toyon, Etc...) although there are a number of common plants like Nettles, Lambsquaters (wild Spinach), Wild mustard and Radish, etc... Bunch of stuff

Re: Introduction to Wild Edible Plants That's a loooong trip for a short introduction. There are a lot of wild food instructors in your area (portland) Check: http://www.wildfoodadventures.com/ This would save u lots of $ in gas.

Was wondering if anyone in the Los Angeles area would be interested to an introduction (free of course) to wild edible plants. Been teaching it for several years now and it's an important part of fieldcraft too. Lemme know if anyone is interested and I'll be happy to put something together. I...

Re: "Dual Survival" on Discovery I've met and spend some time with Dave Canterbury (Aka Pathfinder) last year during a yearly meeting of people instructing survival skills and met Cody briefly. Dave is a great guy. I think the red blooded army type vs the hippie is just regular "reality...

Re: Naked into the Wilderness 1: Priorities Thanks TresMon, Lots of good information in your threads. Learning and applying primitive skills is essential - if all else fail, you have the know-how to make do with what the environment can offer you and this could save your butt. Like you...

Re: Shooting 100 & 200 Yards Well - that's awesome shooting. I'll have to try that Elley!

Re: Shooting 100 & 200 Yards <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Carter Mayfield</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Desert Frog, I don't know what to say to that... I am not making it up. Now, I don't have real confidence in the 200 yard figure. It is...

Re: Shooting 100 & 200 Yards <div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Carter Mayfield</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> My 5-shot long run average groups in MOA are about .55 MOA at 50 yards, .95 MOA at 100 yards, and 1.55 MOA at 200 yards. </div></div> I...

Re: Anyone Seen DesertFrog Lately? I dunno where he is... Been quite busy - Moved to a new location Teaching outdoor classes and spending less time on the Internet. Web site is: www.urbanoutdoorskills.com If u check the news section , you can see some of the stuff I've been doing...

Re: Lethality of the 22LR- Results! This was already covered on page 2. The definition of Lethality is: "capable to kill".

Re: SoCal - Tac / Prec HP Rifle Evening Match 042509 I'm coming too

Re: Lethality of the 22LR- Results! If I recall correctly (that was many years ago) my grouping was around 5 to 6 inches at 100 yards with my factory Ruger 10/22 and as usual with a 22 - mostly with a stock barrel IMHO - you need to try various ammo. The best ammo at the time for my rifle...

Re: AAR - Photos/Videos SoCal Emergency BackPack Meet I asked Dude and Christopher and this was simply the bag they had with them, which they use for outing and wilderness survival. Dude acknowledged that usually he has around 3-4 knifes with him. Trading is an option, BTW. Snowstorm...This...

Re: AAR - Photos/Videos SoCal Emergency BackPack Meet Alan Halcon about plyers: <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ll0eeZhzjHo"></param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Ll0eeZhzjHo"...

Re: AAR - Photos/Videos SoCal Emergency BackPack Meet Some interesting videos: Dude McClean explaining the content of his emergency back pack: <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FBVjRkVXKUE"></param> <param name="wmode"...

Re: AAR - Photos/Videos SoCal Emergency BackPack Meet Dude explaining me the content of his backpack More of the people attending the meeting: Dude and Alan sharing some funny survival stories with the participants: Another pack content:

Re: AAR - Photos/Videos SoCal Emergency BackPack Meet Close view of Christopher's Back Pack: My own emergency back pack: This lady had an interesting purse content (see video below)

Re: AAR - Photos/Videos SoCal Emergency BackPack Meet The content of some of the BOB/Emergency Back Packs: Notice the laser range finder and kestrel. This was a hide member Dude's Back Pack:

AAR Emergency/BOB meeting in Los Angeles - Feb 22, 2009 Location: Pasadena, California. This morning we had our "Emergency/BOB Back Pack Meeting" in Pasadena, CA. Several hide members attended. Some of the participants included (Taken from their BIO on www.dirttime.com ) Christopher...