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    An example of practical tracking

    Thanks very much! Close, he is half pit bull half Labrador. A dumb has the hair on his back, but I wouldn't trade him for anything, haha.
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    An example of practical tracking

    Good evening! I was walking the dog today and I stopped by an old church surrounded by field and let him off his leash to run around and frolic as he is want to do. We ran around, playing, rolling, and wrestling for a bit. I walked to the other side of the field, him following me, to...
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    Did some track reading today. (Pic heavy)

    Thank you, Gordon! I was surprised to find such a big cat in the area. There is nothing within miles of the neighborhood but massive open cattle fields. After a bit of research I found its not uncommon for them to be in areas like this. Learn something new everyday! Laughoutlouder, those...
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    I may have a sumac.

    This is why you should consult with experts, haha. *facepalm* :D
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    A city boy’s rural survival practice

    Thanks for the responses! I forgot to add one crucial detail. I found some more food! Hehe
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    I may have a sumac.

    Hello all While on my rural survival scout I found this plant. I've been finding rabbit scat in the area with what looks like this plant's material in it. After a quick look through my Peterson Field Guide I think it looks like a type of Sumac,(a weak on the verge of death sumac) which I...
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    A city boy’s rural survival practice

    Hello all. I can't always head into the wilderness to practice our survival skills, so I try to practice as often as possible. Before work today I had some free time so I took a walk around. It’s a small community still being built surrounded by cow pastures and wide open fields. I decided...
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    Did some track reading today. (Pic heavy)

    Hello all. I only know a little about tracking, don't have much experience but I have some videos, books, and websites to go on. So today on my lunch break I did some track and sign reading in a big field near my work site. Its a pretty rural area, big cattle fields next to neighborhood being...
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    Make turpentine?

    Much appreciated, but half right I don't want to make pine TAR. I mean the pitch making process, I think its semantics. Tar is pitch and pitch is tar to some people. From my understanding to make pitch you boil the sap in water until the sticky aromatics have evaporated away (wet...
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    Make turpentine?

    Ten days and nothing huh? That is okay, thanks anyways. Guess Ill have to experiment next time I get some pine resin.
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    Make turpentine?

    In relation to my previous topic where I made some pine pitch. Has anyone here ever successfully made turpentine from this distillation process? I can only assume its as easy as trapping the steam from the boiling of pine resin, condensing the steam, then boiling down a little further to...
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    Showing off some pine pitch

    Leave my rubber gloves alone, no one likes sticky hands, haha. Thanks all for the responses.:cool:
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    Showing off some pine pitch

    Hello all, made some pine pitch this weekend after finding a tree that was practically a faucet for the stuff. MAJOR insect activity here. Collected about a pound of resin, could have collected 20 more if I had a ladder. This is about 20% of what I collected, I only work with little amounts at...