Recent content by thackstonii

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    Bad Bush Tuckerman

    Saw this in various news media about Malcolm Naden. He doesn't sound a very nice piece of work, but good skill living in the bush for 7 years. I thought people might be interested http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/malcolm-naden-the-bad-bush-tucker-man-20111209-1om8a.html
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    Water supplies on Dartmoor

    I'd sterilise any water from Dartmoor, I had bad squits after a weekend up there which was a bit of a pain as I had a driving test first thing Monday morning! Finding water won't be a problem! Fur Tor is my favourite bit but its in the middle of a live firing range so make sure there are no...
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    Favourite Books

    Great post and really got me thinking...was suprised to see some of my favorite books/authors in there - especially Crystal Singer by Anne McCaffery... My favorites The Quite Soldier by Adam Ballinger - the book I hold responsible for some very wet weekends with the TA. The Brown Dog...
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    Deer for absolute beginners

    Hi Tengu, By stalking I assume you don't mean wildlife watching I have heard good things about this outfit and it appears that they are in your neck of the woods. http://www.devoncountydeer.co.uk/ Also the Forest commission take out stalkers and give a good level of training and also...
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    Dog, Fox Poo and Cleaning Leather!!!

    Yeap, that foxy smell sure does linger...I suggest burning the collar (whether you remove it from the dog first is up to you). My dogs favourite tick to make me barf is suddenly switching to eating what I thought was dog poo which they normally leave well alone...until one day, I caught sight...
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    Fat men can't hunt

    I think that there is a fairly robust argument that they are in the stone age... okay they have adopted some metal working for their arrow heads but from what little I know they haven't massively changed - they are still hunter gathers. Are you saying that there is something bad about being...
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    Books

    I read My side of the mountain, and saw the film when I was a kid. Never knew there where 2 sequels! something to dig out. MSOTM is an excellent book - probably got me started down the path of bushcraft.
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    Fat men can't hunt

    Any body see the above last night? (BBC3 23:25ish) a bunch of obese UK folks get put on a stone age diet by living with a clan of bush people. It was great to see the bushpeople but the Big Brother historonics among the contestants was a bit of a drag. I think the focus on the bushman...
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    Bivvying with Dogs

    Hi, Anyone got advice about going for a bivvy with dogs? I used to bivvy with a goretex bivvy bag, but haven't been for a while. I want to start going again but now I have 2 dogs (labrador and a German wirehaired pointer). The main concern I have is what to do with the dogs if it is...
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    Gore Tex reproofing SOS

    Just washed my (aged) gore-tes in Grangers 2 in 1, and have just read that I need to tumble dry or iron the gore tex to activate the waterproofing. Don't have a tumble drier, but how hot does the iron need to be? (PS, the goretex is pretty dry now, should the ironing be done while it is...
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    What happened here? (a bit gruesome)

    Looks like a bit of a dog to me, the long white guard hairs make me thing it is a rough coated dog - I can't think of any wild mammal that would fit the photo. It is hard to make the digits in the photo The whiteness of the cartilage makes me think that this is quite a fresh piece of carrion...
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    Camping in Algonquin Park, Canada - Photos, Fishing Pole and Pine Resin Lantern

    Talk about sinchronicity, I was just reading a Jim Harrison novel and thought that I would really like to go canoeing in the Algonquin national park, even google earthed it. Looks like you had a great time, what make of canoe did you rent? Mark