Is everyone here an outdoorsperson?

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Qeth

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So obviously, the BK's excel in the outdoors, it makes sense that many of the biggest Becker fans love being out... but is everyone here an outdoor person? Camping and hiking trails readily available, survival skills honed a few times a week, able to identify this tree or that bush?

I'm asking because I'm a city boy (though not born and bred in South Detroit) with almost no survival skills (minus a short stint in BSA decades ago, and what I "learned" from youtube and tv shows). Well, more of a suburbia boy, but you get the picture. Any other city boys (or girls) out there, or am I the only one? :P
 
Qeth said:
So obviously, the BK's excel in the outdoors, it makes sense that many of the biggest Becker fans love being out... but is everyone here an outdoor person? Camping and hiking trails readily available, survival skills honed a few times a week, able to identify this tree or that bush?

I'm asking because I'm a city boy (though not born and bred in South Detroit) with almost no survival skills (minus a short stint in BSA decades ago, and what I "learned" from youtube and tv shows). Well, more of a suburbia boy, but you get the picture. Any other city boys (or girls) out there, or am I the only one? :P
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I severely dislike the outdoors very much!

Seriously though, I do likelove the outdoors. I live in suburbia, though in a farm/ranch one, less peeps. While there are parks by me, they are mostly just walking trails and pools and fields for sports. My skills are honed indoors or in my back yard, which happens to have a lot of trees and a lake.

Though sadly I can't identify a thing. Poison ivy maybe, if I actually saw the stuff in person. Some berries too and a few other things, though not many.

You aren't alone, that is for sure.
 
I am. Born and raised in the second most populated city in the US. But I am in the 'burbs of L.A. And have some nice mountains around me, two national forests within an hours drive, the Mojave Desert is close by too. I am a city boy , but spend as much time away from it as I can.
 
Up until about a year ago it took alot to get me outside. I was outdoorsy when I was a kid, but life kinda had different plans, ended up working in the IT field and spent most of my time at a desk. Got a mountain bike a couple years back and rode occasionally, but didn't spend much time out there.

Then my step-son decided Boy Scouts sounded like a good idea, and since I always wanted to be one growing up I figured I might be able to make up for that by helping out.

Now I can't wait to get outside, to camp, to even just go exploring in the woods. Just like I used to when I was younger, and I love it.

I am still learning though, and I think that is one of the aspects that keeps me coming back for more. I can't identify much, but I am learning. We all are.

Glad to have you here, and if you have a question or need to know, ask, cause more than likely someone here knows the answer. Heck, that is one of the main reasons I joined. Glad I did.
 
I developed this woodsy, bushcrafty hobby about 4 or 5 years ago. I don't get out as much as I like, once a month or so. I have 3 boys so what keeps me out of the woods now might get me into the woods more later, if I do it right.
 
riz_aaroni said:
My skills are honed indoors or in my back yard, which happens to have a lot of trees and a lake.
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Whoa, that's some back yard. Mine is roughly 20'x10', half pavement stones, half dirt. Only real vegetation I have to worry about are weeds and some kind of creeping ivy.

tknife said:
I am. Born and raised in the second most populated city in the US. But I am in the 'burbs of L.A. And have some nice mountains around me, two national forests within an hours drive, the Mojave Desert is close by too. I am a city boy , but spend as much time away from it as I can.
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That sounds awesome, time to look up the good trails and family friendly camping grounds around here!

DerekH said:
Then my step-son decided Boy Scouts sounded like a good idea, and since I always wanted to be one growing up I figured I might be able to make up for that by helping out.
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OREGON FAL'ER said:
I have 3 boys so what keeps me out of the woods now might get me into the woods more later, if I do it right.
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I have 3 girly girls, d'oh! :P
 
Was always a woods bumm as a kid. Got my first knife and bow at 9. First rifle at 11. Unfortunately I got away from it when I went to college. About ten years ago I found the outdoors again. Not real good with plant identification yet, but do know a lot of the trees cuz I do a lot of wood carvings.
 
I was a free range child in a rural town of 200 people. The outdoors was ingrained from the beginning. Nowadays, I have to work harder to get out, but I still hike, camp, backpack, kayak, fish, hunt, mountain bike. Any excuse to get outside is a good one.
 
Utah, and there are mountains 5 miles away from my house with trails everywere....:thumbup:

If I'm not fishing then I'm hiking
 
Sorta, a lil bit.

I like to kill and eat stuff, so that makes going outside a default adventure.
 
im a city boy too,,but i always have found time to backpack/fish at least once a year.and i always hike our local hills here in simi valley.
 
Qeth said:
Whoa, that's some back yard. Mine is roughly 20'x10', half pavement stones, half dirt. Only real vegetation I have to worry about are weeds and some kind of creeping ivy.
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It is my parents house. My place will probably wind up being a studio apartment with no balcony and no trees to be seen. :mad:
 
I'm a city boy, but LOVE to get outdoors when I can. Most memorable trip so far was a 20 mile hike through a National Forest in Texas. A nice walk through the pines. Look forward to many more when my son grows a few years older.....

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Eww; outside with bugs and other creepy crawlies, NO WAY!!!!!

I just couldn't type that with a straight face. LOL

I love the outdoors, I just don't get much time in them with a pregnant wife (which we just found out that we have be having it earlier than we expected. Like in two weeks instead of four. What can I say I make big babies :D ), and school full time, and a part time job in personal finances, I really don't get much time to go out and play. Though I am hoping that I will have some time this spring to go out and play in the woods. I mean they are just down the street form me (I live in a development :( ).

When I can sneak out to my back yard I do have a little corner of trees and bush to play in. And I'm sure when the kids get older we will all be out playing in the woods soon enough.
 
Born and raised in Phoenix, AZ! Just a regular flatlander-desert rat. I got involved with the Royal Ranger Ministries when I was about 13 years old and have loved the outdoors ever since!
 
dingobubba said:
Was always a woods bumm as a kid. Got my first knife and bow at 9. First rifle at 11. Unfortunately I got away from it when I went to college. About ten years ago I found the outdoors again. Not real good with plant identification yet, but do know a lot of the trees cuz I do a lot of wood carvings.
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Im the same as dingobubba, first knife when I was 8 first rifle at 11, shot my first dear at 11, was pig hunting with dogs from 11 onwards. I used to let my dogs off on a school morning, put on my uniform get ready, say good buy to mum, then walk 1.5 km to the bus stop, hide under the bridge and wait for the bus to come and go then call in my dogs and go hunting all day.

I was bought up in the bush and all my jobs so far have been orientated around the bush. I still love it, and when I get stressed Im off with my rifle for a hunt.

I have a good knowledge base of flora and fauna, It was developed by hunting with old bushmen who could literally live off the land. these guys would cull deer and trap pests for months on end with minimal gear and resupplies, they would be amazed if they saw the gear we had nowadays
 
So much so that we bought over 300 acres just inside the Superior National forest, an old lodge that used to guide for bear and moose hunters as well as BWCA expeditions. We live there full time now, about 80% completely off grid.

What I do for a living allows me to live about anywhere and this is about the best place on the planet to raise our kids.

Annually I average at least 180 days in the field, sometimes more.
I've lived for short periods of time in cities, it never lasted long as I simply cannot stand it. When I lived in suburbia, that didn't last long either, just isn't the world for me and I refuse to abide life there. Whatever it takes, I get out.
 
Born in the Smoky Mountains. When I was 4yrs old, I was swimming in the Little river, catching trout with my hands. LOL. True story. I'm a hillbilly, and my family lineage is pure mountain. I'm decended from the Scottish that settled here and bred with the Cherokee. Love my Smokies. When I was about 8yrs old, my ma married a real douchebag, and we set out traveling. We went as far west as NM, Arizona, all along the SE coast, eastern coast, and up to New York. When I turned 18, I lit out on my own (actually earlier than that, but I had a real job at 18) across the globe. Done some stuff, saw some stuff, but I came home to my Smokies. I actually live in a house about 300yrs from where I grew up as a kid. Something about these hills.

The outdoors for me, were a chance for my parents to get some "time to themselves", so, I was thrust into the wilderness and loved every minute of it. Of all the places I been, the only place I would go if I ever left Tennessee, is Texas. Man, that place has everything you would want.

My life like many others has taken a turn towards the mundane. I was hiking, camping, rock climbing, working out, I was in the best shape of my life, easy. About 10% body fat, endurance for days. My wife turned up pregnant (wish I knew how that happened, must have thrown my pants down to close to her undies or sumpin), anyway. Rough, rough pregnancy, almost killed my wife, literally. She miscarried, bad, had to have surgery and blood transfusions, the whole 9 yards. That's when the insomnia started. Fast forward a couple of years, we got pregnant again, rougher than the first, she almost died again, after delivering my oldest daughter Shyann. Fast forward 3 yrs, we had my younger daughter, Sierra. Life got real complicated, and real slow. Now more taking off for a couple of weeks in the woods, no more 4 day climbing trips, no more white water rafting. Just diapers, kids, and house chores. The the split shift started, my wife working nights, me working days, we instantly became single parents.

Its cool though. I gained about 50lbs, but I get out when I can. My girls are older now, and starting to get to where I can take them with, but my body ain't 24 no more, and I can't get it like I used to. That's one of the reasons survivalcraft appeals to me so much, its basically about being lazy in the woods :D

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I had some outdoorsey bits as a kid, went urban. Like NYC urban. Came back to it around age 30. Cycling, then shooting, then hunting for the first time. Doubt I'll ever be a camper - I hate sleeping in bags and tents. Also I hate ticks and other damn bloodsuckers.

I can spot PI from 1000 yards, tho. :-)

-Daizee
 
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