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Thread: living-off-land-delusions
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29-09-2013, 14:15 #11
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29-09-2013, 16:41 #12
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Re: living-off-land-delusions
Yes it can
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29-09-2013, 18:53 #14
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Re: living-off-land-delusions
Logically, I've done this, I grew up this way.
The writer of the article, MR Wood trekker, start off by introducing himself, then say and I quote "I don't know much about the woods".
Yet nobody answered my question, anybody here tried this, nobody?
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29-09-2013, 19:00 #15
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29-09-2013, 19:10 #16
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Re: living-off-land-delusions
Messor, I havent gone out and tried to live off the land for jollies. However, I have, at various times found water the hard way (out of necessity), slept rough (no shelter or sleeping bag), foraged food and fed myself for a night (did it for jollies, made a rule not to shoot anything). What i learned:
You can do it for sure, but it can be very tough. I certainly could collect enough food, even excluding game, in a few hours in most bushveld environments. Would it sustain me? for sure. Would it be great? umm no. Lets just say that brown locust and scorpions arent that great and some morogo isnt all that nice, all slimy.
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29-09-2013, 19:23 #17
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I did this a lot when I was younger, I can write a whole article on this, made more fires with a bushmen's bow than most people have seen normal bows. Longest stretch must have been 2 weeks straight, no nothing, just clothes. Well thinking about it some of the methods of killing animals would bring greepeace down on me, but then living in the wild is crude. Some days are harder then others in terms of energy spend, but I really don't understand this whole kilojoules thing, you eat a whole dassie and you are good for 2 days, most afternoons spend making firewood depending on season, summer much easier when living near a water source.
Anyway, I understand it being hard for the city person, I've always found it very therapeutic.
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