Is everyone here an outdoorsperson?

I live in the city and am a professional computer geek *but* I spend as much time out and about as possible. Between hunting (traditional archery), fly fishing, hiking, camping, geocaching and general poking about in the great wide open, life is pretty danged good. Central Ohio is no where near as nice as Moose's neighborhood (to which I hope to move sooner than later) but it'll do.

When I'm not piloting a PC and keeping the world save for databases, here's some of the stuff you can typically find me carrying and one of the great places you can find me skulking...

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Beckerhead #42
 
I went hunting and fishing some as a kid. Just a few camping trips. During college got into backpacking. Moved from KY to NM, and went hiking, camping, lots of backpacking.
Funny thing is, there's so many fire restrictions, and no water(desert), so I'd carry in a stove, my water, and tent/sleeping bag. I would carry a hatchet or machete, and a knife. I didn't have and never needed any survival skills, luckily. I've learned more about bushcraft from the internet. Yet, only once did I fail to start a fire, happened to be my first backpacking trip.
Now, I'm in FL, and hate it. I haven't gone camping or hiking in over a year. It's depressing that I hone my bushcrafting skills in a back yard.
I really want to move back to NM, or the Southwest.
 
The older I get and the more white collar corporate drone work I do, the stronger my desire to hunt, fish, bushcraft and camp.

When I was teen / college aged, I was into very ultralight / minimalist camping. Which in WV means a hammock, a tarp and 2 cases of beer per person.
 
paperairplane said:
The older I get and the more white collar corporate drone work I do, the stronger my desire to hunt, fish, bushcraft and camp.

When I was teen / college aged, I was into very ultralight / minimalist camping. Which in WV means a hammock, a tarp and 2 cases of beer per person.
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Where you at in WV?
 
I live in a small town of less than 1000 people.My house is an A frame nestled back in the timber.Still have some neighbors though.I fish salmon,Steelhead,and sturgeon in the mighty Columbia River,and panfish,bass,n' catfish in the slews.During Spring and Summer,me and the wife spend alot of time in the woods close to home.In the Fall I hunt deer,but don't take it to serious any more,I prefer fishin'.
 
I grew up in a city, work in a city, live in the sticks.
my back yard is a shade under 1/4mile square. (OK, it's really the banks, but they let me play in it)
Until I found BF, i would go outside to do chores and occasionally just sit and listen to the quiet. Now I also go out to practice what i learn from folks in here. (one of these days, I really will figure out that firebow trick!)
hate ticks, love camping.
 
i was born out west where my parents decided it was a good place to live, with earthquakes and houses on grids. then they moved back east. took me just over a year to find them. oh, but i was lean and tough as a whip when i was a kid and it was no problem to find them eventually with the skills i picked up - reading - yellow pages - who knew? walked bold as anything down THEIR street. yup, this place is mine now. damn dog barking at me? who's he think he's messing with - later bub... with a knife in my teeth, i glided over their window sill when the moon went down. they never did realize a thing. found that stupid food court kid they snagged from some mall so that the law wouldn't come down on them for losing their own kid. skinned him real good too, and put the best parts in the freezer - that dog from earlier got the rest - he sure was happy until animal control came around and dad sure liked those steaks for a while. the skin? yeah, i wore that, gradually removing bits and pieces until it was me peeking out. don't think they ever quite clued in about my year or two living off the land, and eating whatever i could find in rest stops and dumpsters, roadkill and hitchikers - living off the land - making friends with my pack brothers the coyotes - sleeping by day, travelling by night... then around 5 years later, they started finding notes penned on human skin "i know what you done with your first born"... oh, that was great. they never did figure that one out, but they surely did leave $1000 in cash in a bag every month so that nobody else found out. bwa hah hah. damn them :)

so, yeah, i'm a bit of an outdoors guy :)
 
Im exactly like the OP, born and raised in the city. Now i live in small town only because my girlfriend wouldnt move to the city.

As young i had a short stint in the scouts. Ive always liked the outdoors though and try to get out as often as i can.
 
Bladite said:
i was born out west where my parents decided it was a good place to live...

so, yeah, i'm a bit of an outdoors guy :)
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Dang Bladite, no wonder you are so weird. :D
 
Bladite said:
i was born out west where my parents decided it was a good place to live, with earthquakes and houses on grids. then they moved back east. took me just over a year to find them. oh, but i was lean and tough as a whip when i was a kid and it was no problem to find them eventually with the skills i picked up - reading - yellow pages - who knew? walked bold as anything down THEIR street. yup, this place is mine now. damn dog barking at me? who's he think he's messing with - later bub... with a knife in my teeth, i glided over their window sill when the moon went down. they never did realize a thing. found that stupid food court kid they snagged from some mall so that the law wouldn't come down on them for losing their own kid. skinned him real good too, and put the best parts in the freezer - that dog from earlier got the rest - he sure was happy until animal control came around and dad sure liked those steaks for a while. the skin? yeah, i wore that, gradually removing bits and pieces until it was me peeking out. don't think they ever quite clued in about my year or two living off the land, and eating whatever i could find in rest stops and dumpsters, roadkill and hitchikers - living off the land - making friends with my pack brothers the coyotes - sleeping by day, travelling by night... then around 5 years later, they started finding notes penned on human skin "i know what you done with your first born"... oh, that was great. they never did figure that one out, but they surely did leave $1000 in cash in a bag every month so that nobody else found out. bwa hah hah. damn them :)

so, yeah, i'm a bit of an outdoors guy :)
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Now there's some real urban survival skills. ;)

I had either a fishing rod or .22 in hand through much of my childhood. I was so obsessive about fishing that I would fish the mouths of streams that fed into Lake Ontario and walk many miles inland fishing every nook and cranny etc., and this was as a pre teen or early teenager. I got so into it that I bought jig molds and made my own lures, roe bags for steelhead, you name it. It never stopped. I came from southern Ontario, walked mountains in British Columbia, lived in the far north and currently reside on the edge of the Boreal forest. I can simply sit and appreciate how a beaver can climb a super steep mud bank then chew down a massive tree. Tough little buggers. Well actually they aren't all that small really. Currently I'm combining metal detecting for old fur trade and native camp sites, with my outdoor enjoyment. I carry a hip knife and will now pack a machete for some spots. I find the ''tactical'' knife mentality to be repulsive and kind of anti social\warped, but that's my view, feel free to have yours. I have never been interested in fire drills or carving wooden spoons etc. I feel that I need to always be prepared for the outdoors, and that if I ever get caught in a bad situation, than it was due to my poor planning and lack of foresight. I have at least 4-5 different fire making resources and I believe in redundancy, particularly when alone in the bush. The fur traders in the 1700's out here used Strike-a-lites and char cloth with a flint. Why? because the climate is a killer at almost any time, so they wanted the latest technology to assure survival. I can appreciate primitive skills but even the Indians here would look at you as if you were nuts, to try and start a bow drill fire. The climate is just too unforgiving. So I use multiple fire starting systems because I don't want to die in the bush.
 
"Is everyone here an outdoorsperson?"

Only when I'm not inside.;)


Seriously, though, living in Duluth is pretty cool (except for the lack of jobs). You're in the city, but you can drive for 20 minutes in any direction and be in the wilderness. Hell, I can walk 3 blocks and be in the middle of the woods, or walk 6 in the other direction and be at the mall (which never happens...I hate the mall).
 
Welcome to the brotherhood of the Armchair Comando! Lol, I live in the city but our family has always hunted, fished, hiked, farmed and ranched. I sell real estate, primarily farm and ranch. Also, I teach CHL classes to my fellow mall ninjas. I had a class that finished up today and for the first time ever I had a student shoot a perfect score.
 
Live on a 30 acre farm in WI with a pine stand/camping area in the back. Not much of hunter, although I have deer hunted as a boy. My main quest is getting outdoors and exploring. I built a two story cabin/studio with a woodburner on the back of the property, mostly recycled wood/timbers from an old barn. We harvest fire wood for the main woodburner in the house. I'm into martial arts and have some swords training. My new BK2 absolutely rocks!!
 
I love (and own) knives, guns, swords and read lots of survival and hunting stuff (especially anything to do with Africa). Never hunted and only went camping twice. Go figure !
 
I was not raised in the outdoors. It was not until my college years that I first went hunting (pheasants). Through the years I began to learn and apply what I have learned. I now live in Idaho (Air Force) and I spend as much time up in the mountains with my 12 yo son as possible. We hunt deer, elk and antelope every year. Sometimes we are sucessful and sometimes not. We love to camp and practice out primitive skills. I want him to have a good knowlege base to pass on to his kids. After 25 years in the AF, I find the time spent outdoors with my son is the best therapy. I am a Becker and ESEE fan. I enjoy the friendly bantering back and forth on both forums. If you are not an outdoorsman I say get out there and become one! Nothing else like it.
Cheers
Balding
 
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