Just some thoughts about kids getting lost in the woods

I know the Boy Scouts have changed.When I was a BS to make pancakes you added flour ,milk,egg,bakingpowder. By the 70s it was take pancake mix ,add water.. I wonder if they still have a BS whistle ? I still have mine and it was for emergency signaling.And the BS knife was your basic tool does that still exist ? High tech ? well in remote areas cell phones don't always work and in thick forest GPS may not work either. What ever happened to the moto 'be prepared" ?
 
Next time I go into their office/store for a couple Hotsparks, I'll have to check out the other gear. Heck, I remember I couldn't wait to get my knife. Even though I'd had one for a few years, it was still special to me. I didn't know they had changed so much and not for the better it seems.

Horseback riding, stall chores, grooming, archery, proper firearms handling and care, shooting, cooking (from scratch), climbing, proper knife handling and care, whittling, carving, proper canoe training and use, water purification, tracking? Any of that stuff still done today? Or have the insurance companies and *scared they'll get hurt* liberals ruined it for the kids?
 
longbow50 said:
Horseback riding, stall chores, grooming, archery, proper firearms handling and care, shooting, cooking (from scratch), climbing, proper knife handling and care, whittling, carving, proper canoe training and use, water purification, tracking? Any of that stuff still done today? Or have the insurance companies and *scared they'll get hurt* liberals ruined it for the kids?
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He was 11 and not a scout.

Despite that fact Tom Brown in his infinite wisdom :rolleyes: failed to even mention with CBS that kids and adults should have an easy to use whistle as their PRIMARY source of signalling. Survival 101.

Longbow, unlike when we were scouts today liability and the liberal infiltration of the scouting movement has killed all the things I went to scouts for. (cool stuff to do).

After several high profile lawsuites the scouting movement changed forever. Gays, women and overprotective BS being the rational in choices these days within the scouting movement. The days of being a real boy and doing boy stuff are over for the most part ever since Jenny and her mom were allowed to be scouts and leaders.

Why is it women can't let men have something to themselves?

Its very sad :( political correctness and liberalism has ruined such a great institution at the very time in history the male gender needs it the most.

Skam
 
What is a good source for tracking education? Sometimes, I root through my son's room, tracking him through the mounds of clothes, toys, bedding, etc. That push and release info could come in handy!

Seriously though, what is a good source of this information? That movie with Tommy Lee Jones was good. The real life fella he portrayed must have been very impressive. In an interview, Tommy said this guy could tell you the mood a person was in by the tracks that he/she left behind.
 
I doubt there's any real substitute for finding someone with reasonable tracking skills--and you don't need one of the pseudo-mystical tracking experts (I swear a lot of these guys are 50% entertainment value, and love to make bizarre but completely unverifiable comments about their quarry*), but just a good hunter or guide.

Learn a little from this guy, yes, but then practice on your own. Get out in the woods, the desert, or the hills and try it.

My experience:

1. Once you learn the language of the land, it gets easier.

2. You start to forget and your skills erode fast the second you're back home.


*"See how dem 'cai-yoat' tracks is turned slightly inward? That tells yeh she's pregnant...'bout ten weeks, I'd say. Yep. Gonna have about six young, I figger," he says, nodding to me through half-closed eyes.

"Oh, will you shut the &%#@ up?" I gasp with an eye roll.
 
Well then you would have loved what my brother and I did to his brother-in-law. First time hunter. We lucked out with some snow. So I sneakly drop some raisins on the ground. Slightly covering them to look like deer droppings.

I squat down and say to my brother, "some deer $hit here." He walks over, as does his brother-in-law. When they arrive, I pick a up a few, squish them in my hand and say, "still warm". Then I toss em in my mouth and say, "It's a buck!".

LMAO I can't take all the credit though, I love F&S magazine and that's where I got the idea last year. Good stuff.
 
josywales3 said:
What is a good source for tracking education? Sometimes, I root through my son's room, tracking him through the mounds of clothes, toys, bedding, etc. That push and release info could come in handy!

Seriously though, what is a good source of this information? That movie with Tommy Lee Jones was good. The real life fella he portrayed must have been very impressive. In an interview, Tommy said this guy could tell you the mood a person was in by the tracks that he/she left behind.
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JW3,

The guy TLJ portrayed in the movie was Tom Brown Jr. founder of http://www.trackerschool.com. That story was very loosely based on one account in his life, very loosely based from what I hear. Tom's book "Case Files of the Tracker" has the real story that movie was based on.
As for a good source to start learning I would suggest Tom's standard course and then his advanced tracking course. Pick up a copy of his book "The Science and Art of Tracking" it is a good introduction to pressure releases and basic sign. Just read through the book then take it out in the woods with you and see if you can start to read the landscape of your tracks or any track for that matter. There are some other good books out but I think this one is the easiest to read and understand. It just takes practice but anyone can do it.
As for Tom, I'd have to say he's one of the best out there. I had been tracking for about 3 years before I met him and the man could see tracks/sign I never would have seen if they weren't pointed out to me. I learned more from him then any other "tracker" I've met. I'm sure there are others out there with good tracking ability but I haven't met any with Tom's skill. But like I said, it just takes practice.

Ric
 
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