After the first UK series I did consider applying for the next before it got cancelled. My wife was not impressed with the idea of an unknown time of being away.
Well there clearly is risk of confrontation if you’ve watched any of the shows.I would be very interested in seeing the contract and any waivers that you would have to sign. Also the production company’s risk assessment.
I’d be amazed if there was any danger of confrontation with anything dangerous.
Eating human beings is junk food and fauna conservation people would prevent it.
Eating human beings is junk food
I just watched the series where the chap who won, didn’t take a bow, used a long stick with a wire loop to catch grouse!
11 (I think -edit yes just looked). Basically grouse seem to be quite stupid. He had 3/4 metres length of ‘stick’ with a wire snare at the end and walked quietly to the bird and tried to get the loop in front so it would not try and fly. Then pulled over neck and yanked to get the bird. He did a few that way.Thats interesting. Which series is that Nigel?
Very specific tactic & opportunity biased I'd imagine?.
Yes! I loved that idea--I think I remember he is partly of Inuit descent, and lives up in Labrador? If I recall correctly, the noose on the pole was a method of harvesting the spruce grouse the native peoples of the north use regularly, as were a lot of the techniques he used. I was pleased to see him making a tiny kennel-like shelter, with no fire incorporated within the structure, just relying on a sleeping bag and his body heat to warm it, and spending the rest of the time in an open-fronted shelter in front of a big parallel log fire. Wise choice, I think, as it meant less time and calories needed to be spent on cutting timber for a smaller fire, and I think the benefits of sitting outdoors in front of a big blaze were also clear--to stay inside a shelter often seems to create deeper introspection. I think he still had ten days of food stored when he won, and was the eldest of all ten contestants.11 (I think -edit yes just looked). Basically grouse seem to be quite stupid. He had 3/4 metres length of ‘stick’ with a wire snare at the end and walked quietly to the bird and tried to get the loop in front so it would not try and fly. Then pulled over neck and yanked to get the bird. He did a few that way.