New TV Survival Show - Alone

gadgetgeek said:
Cobalt, I agree, although I don't think I'd be quite as afraid of the bigger bears, in so far as I feel I can rely on them to do the job properly, and finish me off pretty quick. Or at least thats the hope. One of the things I've had to get my head used to here in australia is most of the stuff that will kill you, gives you time to think about it. I'm not so much a fan of that idea.
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I am actually more afraid of your spiders and snakes than what we have here in north america, lol. Common brown, tiger, taipan, jumping spider, seriously? sheesh
 
Monofletch said:
I don't think so. Sam doesn't seem to have "the weight of the world on his shoulders" like some of the others. I think him being so young might be the one thing that helps him win. He does have the baby on the way though.
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Maybe, but when I saw him crying after one week, I figured he won't last long. But you may be right.
 
You and me both. Where I grew up in the prairie, snakes were a thing to chase and catch, and spiders ate the flies. The funny thing is here I sleep in a netted hammock to stay away from the nasties, my aussie workmates sleep on the ground, and they are freaked out about the idea of camping with bears! I guess its what you don't know that's scariest. I just don't know. Sometimes fear of the thing is worse than the thing. Until it kills ya.
 
Great episode! I enjoyed watching the quest for food these guys went through and ultimately their success! Well except for Mitch I guess who received a big dose of bad luck with his gill net. But it was good to see Lucas's canoe finally pay dividends by catching a nice lingcod with his trotline. He needed that win. Seems like he really lives and dies with every success or failure.

I was also really impressed with Alan and his very simple but very effective funnel traps. It felt so good to see those bottles full of little fish....I can only imagine how uplifting that must have felt for him! I'm hoping the bigger trap he made (a Yup'ik I believe its called?) lands him a fat salmon or halibut. That would be astounding.

And Sam with his Paiute deadfall traps finally scoring him a meal...awesome. One thing I noticed though on the traps that were triggered was that one or two of the sticks did not clear the falling rock and were stuck underneath it. I haven't done a Paiute deadfall trap but I practice the similar "figure four" deadfall trap sometimes and I know one of the most important things you want is for the trap sticks to fall clear away from your rock/log/cage in order to minimize the chances of escape by whatever you are trying to trap.

Anyway, 32 days in now and these guys are still hanging tough. I am impressed for sure. I think these guys definitely deserve a lot of credit.
 
gadgetgeek said:
You and me both. Where I grew up in the prairie, snakes were a thing to chase and catch, and spiders ate the flies. The funny thing is here I sleep in a netted hammock to stay away from the nasties, my aussie workmates sleep on the ground, and they are freaked out about the idea of camping with bears! I guess its what you don't know that's scariest. I just don't know. Sometimes fear of the thing is worse than the thing. Until it kills ya.
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True, growing up in California, I was use to earthquakes. To this day, I'd rather be in earthquake territory than Tornado alley. It is what you don't know that scares you.
 
The young guy got 1 mouse in 30 days.

You see ducks on video all the time but nobodys even strung a bow.
Cant kill animals to eat unless you put wood in the air. Bow should be with them all the time.
If you dont have it you cant shoot it.

Just my opinion, but when its survival you dont make time to hunt you hunt all the time.

I think the old guys gonna take it, only one that seems to be doing things to get food instead of waiting for it, except the mouse kid. Who needs to think bigger and put a rock under his dead fall to keep from smashing his hands.
 
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I'd be making and setting traps like they were going out of fashion, Bird traps, Rat traps, Fish traps.......you could never have enough !
 
pitdog said:
I'd be making and setting traps like they were going out of fashion, Bird traps, Rat traps, Fish traps.......you could never have enough !
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This^^^^^^^^^^
Wife asked me what id want there, I said my med stockman, because its easier for me to carve trap trigers.
Just not enough hunting and trapping. Bears in a deadfall wouldnt be out of the question with a saw and an ax.
 
These guys have fishing line and hooks with them. Couldn't they bait and catch ducks and other shore bird with them? Bait the hook and stake the line down..bird eats bait and bingo!!
 
How about a pit with sharp stakes?

The show is actually getting a little boring now, but this kind of thing really is boring as long as you can find enough food and water to subsist. I need to watch some of the full episodes again.
 
Glad I found this thread, I'm going to have to go back and read through it. I watched the first four or five episodes this weekend, and it was crazy how quickly the field was whittled down, although I more or less called each and every tap-out. Brant, buddy, what were you thinking, guy? What kind of survivalist, hell, what kind of outdoorsman doesn't boil his water, especially, ESPECIALLY when it comes from a suspect source? Joe losing his ferro rod, I couldn't curse the guy because that's the type of mistake that anyone could have made. I bet that guy ties his ferro rods to his belt or sheath from here on out. The guys who tapped out after Mr. Bear or Mr. Cougar dropped by for a visit, I can't blame them either.

This is definitely a fantastic show so far. I would say however, that it seems like folks are thinking more about how much they miss their family, than they are about how good it would feel to walk in the door with that $500 grand check in hand.
 
22-rimfire said:
The show is actually getting a little boring now, but this kind of thing really is boring as long as you can find enough food and water to subsist. I need to watch some of the full episodes again.
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I can see how some might find this show a little boring but I actually find it very interesting and entertaining. One thing is certain, it sure isn't boring for the guys that are out there trying to survive!

I remember people complaining about Les Stroud's Survivorman show being a little dull but I would much rather watch that than Bear Grylls or Naked and Afraid or some other nonsense. Like Survivorman, Alone feels a lot more raw and authentic.
 
jonnyt16 said:
I can see how some might find this show a little boring but I actually find it very interesting and entertaining. One thing is certain, it sure isn't boring for the guys that are out there trying to survive!

I remember people complaining about Les Stroud's Survivorman show being a little dull but I would much rather watch that than Bear Grylls or Naked and Afraid or some other nonsense. Like Survivorman, Alone feels a lot more raw and authentic.
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Agreed.

Sometimes dull=real, non-scripted, believable, educational...all a + in my book for these type shows.
 
jonnyt16 said:
That would be something. A spring spear trap might prove effective as well. Just watching one of those guys build one would be cool.
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Keep in mind that the optimum weight for a deadfall is either 5 or 6 times the weight of the intended prey.....Damn memory gets worse !
A male Black bear can weigh up to 500 lbs so the deadfall weight would be at least 2500 lbs, try getting that safely into position !:eek:
 
Quiet, Joe has a youtube vid explaining what happened with the rod, and i found it very enlightening. Pretty much it comes down to never leaving something off that you can do now. he was going to add a tether or marker, but just hadn't done it yet. And that's all it took. What I took away from that is always secure your gear, and always fix the system as soon as you need to. could be something like a sheath retainer, or belt. Fix it now. something I will be keeping in mind. "was gonna" isn't going to be an excuse I ever want to make.
 
gadgetgeek said:
Quiet, Joe has a youtube vid explaining what happened with the rod, and i found it very enlightening. Pretty much it comes down to never leaving something off that you can do now. he was going to add a tether or marker, but just hadn't done it yet. And that's all it took. What I took away from that is always secure your gear, and always fix the system as soon as you need to. could be something like a sheath retainer, or belt. Fix it now. something I will be keeping in mind. "was gonna" isn't going to be an excuse I ever want to make.
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I actually watched that video just earlier, however I thank you for the suggestion. You could see he was still crushed, and I'm actually angered by all of the armchair survival "experts" who were giving the guy a huge amount of flack over it. I mean, how dumb could you be? I would bet that there's nothing anyone could say to make him feel worse than he already felt over it. But you know how folks love a good dogpile.

You're definitely right about this being an object lesson for my own outings.
 
jonnyt16 said:
One thing is certain, it sure isn't boring for the guys that are out there trying to survive!
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I challenge that observation. I suspect Alan feels it's boring. The more time you have on your hands alone, the more you start the head games. If you're busy all the time, you have little time for the head games and you certainly aren't bored.
 
Quiet said:
I actually watched that video just earlier, however I thank you for the suggestion. You could see he was still crushed, and I'm actually angered by all of the armchair survival "experts" who were giving the guy a huge amount of flack over it....
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Yeah, that bothered me some too. If you are familiar with Joe and have seen any of his previous outdoor camping/bushcraft videos you would notice that he ALWAYS has his firesteel tethered to his person. The one time he doesn't, with 500,000 dollars on the line, it bites him in the behind. Now if that's not Murphy's law then I don't know what is!
 
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