New contest for a Junglas & ESEE packs

R.A.T.

R.A.T.

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Normally, the mods do the contests here, but I wanted to throw another one in the mix. Three winners. 1st places chooses one of the following prizes:

1) Junglas
2) Large ESEE Pack (OD) w/ Fire Kit, Nav Cards and Survival cards
3) Small ESEE Pack (OD) with Fire Kit, Nav Cards and Survival Cards.

2nd place gets to choose between the remaining two items, third place gets whats left.

You have to be Gold or higher to participate. No RAT pack # needed.

This is going to be a simple contest and the participant can make it as complex as they want. Demonstrate your wilderness skills. It can be as easy as skinning an animal, it can be friction fire, it can be a debris hut, it can be building a log cabin in the woods, or it can be pissing while standing with one foot in the air on a log. I don't care. The more complex and well done something is the more likely it is to win. We will not answer ANY questions regarding this contest. None. Zero. If I think of something that needs to be added, we'll add it. The first person to ask a question (either here or on another thread or via email) is disqualified. Simple. Anyone chatting on this thread is disqualified. Participants can only post one photo here and nothing more. They can explain what the photo is. So, impress me with your photo skills as well as your actual skills, common sense AND ability to read instructions. How long will the contest run? I don't know. My call. Maybe 5 days. Maybe 2 months. So, this is an open contest with very few rules. Post up what you think your best woods skill is and lets give some shit away.
 
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I built a bear trap, first I built a stretcher, second I placed my sister on it, third I waited....

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Wilderness skills shown here are:

Ability to build a debris hut for shelter

Ability to create fire

Passing wilderness skills on to the younger generations. In my opinion, the most valuable skill.

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Debris hut and fire were constructed using only an RC-4 and a firekit.
 
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i'm good at making friends with those that have much better wilderness skills than myself. my chances for survival gets better the more people with skills are around me and willing to help! from left to right: riz_aaroni, harry, (myself), and rescueriley.

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solar still i made awhile back, it worked relatively well. i dont have "woods" where i live, but i think this would come in handy if i find myself stranded somewhere and need some extra water.

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"post up what I think is my best woods skill"

Thats easy. The hard part is putting it all in one picture, but I think this picture sums it up.







My best woods skill by far is my ability to learn. Hell its my best life skill as well. Admitting to myself that I will never know everything and trying my hardest to learn from every experience is my best skill. I get out as often as my schedule allows, and even doing something I have done a hundred times is always a learning experience. So the above pic showing my certificate for completing "The Wilderness Learning Center's" Basice Survival course shows that I have what it takes to learn.
 
Cool stuff guys. The mods and I can chat on this thread because we started this whole thing. ;) Just wanted yall to know we appreciate the participation. You guys rock!
 
My wilderness skills can be summed up by my awesome farmer's tan.

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That awesome farmer's tan comes from getting outside. Between farming, my summer job up to this point in life as a game and parks employee, fishing, hunting, hiking, and whatever else, I make it a point to get out. I am very bad about posting my experiences/trips on the internet to share. However, I think I've got a lot of knowledge built up just from being in the outdoors and, maybe even more so, making a living from the land and the outdoors.

I have learned that you have to be humble and be ready to be taught by nature as well as others who know more than you. The quote in my signature from Horace Kephart probably best summarizes it: "Any man may blunder once, when confronted by strange conditions; but none will repeat the error unless he is possessed by the notion that he has nothing new to learn." Keep that in mind and when the cow has a juicy fart you'll be able to keep your head instead of having a juicy fart yourself.
 
Entry withdrawn until further notice...

Sorry, you can't withdraw your entry and go back and post again. - Jeff
 
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Our first disqualification for not reading the rules. You can only post one photo. - Jeff
 
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The best demonstration of my wilderness skills is the skills that my now 12 year old son already possesses. The list of his accomplishments is already more than a lot of grown men now in this country. He has successfully started a fire with a bow. He has shown he can navigate with the use of a compass. He can skin an animal. He understands and has successfully made wire snare traps. He is an excellent marksmen. My favorite part is when he invites friends to come with us up to our property and he give them lessons on how to start a fire.

In this picture he was 9 years old. He used to spend a lot of time practicing duck and turkey calls. Not so much now, he thinks he's a big football star, no time for turkey calls. He called in his first duck on this day. If we were allowed a second photo I would show you the picture of his first duck.

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Some of you are simply recycling old photos that have already been posted. If that is your entry then fine but I doubt you will win ;)
 
I am a paid member but I'm still waiting for my status to upgrade.

I worked on the Arizona Border for about 5 years and had several chances to test my survival skills. During this particular picture we were on a 5 day mountain operation and most the crew was ill prepared for the inclement weather. We got caught on top of this peak with no tents and some of the guys only had Ranger Rolls for sleeping gear. I had brought this poncho and constructed with hasty shelter. That night the wind blew and it snowed in Southern Arizona. Since I brought Gortex clothing and poly pro underwear, I volunteered to watch the smuggling trail while the rest of the guys monitored the radio from inside the shelter.

It was the coldest night of my life but the other guys to this day still remember that experience and how that quick shelter kept them out of the elements. We ended up catching over 100 illegal aliens and around 200 lbs of weed in those few days and I learned some great outdoor survival skills that have still stuck with me.

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i find the ability to process wood to be very important, in both a short term and long term survival situation. felling, chopping, splitting, hewing, shaping are skills that can get you firewood, shelter, tools, funiture and plenty of other stuff to i'm sure.
I'm a axe guy and i have not problem batoning a 3 inch blade either. But in both cases as long as the wood is of appopriate size for the tool. Personaly i've been teaching myself wood processing skills, felling techniques, various splitting methods, hopefully i'll do some hewing this coming spring. In the photo i'm posting i felled with a chainsaw a very large oak (22" base, maybe 70' tall) with plans of using it for firewood, i was up in the woods about 200 feet from my place no road and only the trail i had just cut in with machete. Now alot of factors come into play of why i did what i did, mainly i just wanted to try it. anyways i cut the tree into 15 foot sections and split them lenghwise into beams and carried them out by hand. the use of wedges made on the spot were clutch here.
Wedges for splitting and the ability to process anysize wood for your needs is what i'm talking about here. both on a large scale and a small scale. their use in the processing of wood is eye opeing.
The photo just shows one log after i split it in half, just imagine splitting it again and again and again. I must of got 50 15 ft beams out of that tree, I could do a number of things with those beams. have a lot of firewood yes, make a very perment shelter yes, tools furniture and so forth. :thumbup:
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Not usually many cameras around when I'm actually doing stuff out there. This time, I drove all day and arrived just at dusk in pouring rain. We set up camp, and I found out no-one had been able to start a fire. No-one had a hatchet. Batoning it is, then. Started the fire with a flint and steel, too - everyone was too busy watching to take pictures.
 
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Appreciate the posts guys but the orginal post clearly states: Demonstrate your wilderness skills. Again, this is your contest so if you think you can win by posting up a recycled photo or a pic of the family, best of luck.
 
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