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SurvivalisT69

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I had a chance last weekend to head out into the wilderness and do a little hiking and work on my fire making skills. I had intended on finding the materials to make a bow drill set but everything was soaked, as we had gotten close to 5" of rain over the last few days. I knew my changes of making a friction fire were pretty low when both the trail and surrounding area was still under a few inches of water. Don't get me wrong, if necessary I would have worked my butt off to try and get a coal, but I had other "easier" ways of making fire. A lot of the area I hike in is moist in the winter and flooded in the summer so I have spent a lot of time figuring out the best way to find good dry wood for fires without having to fell standing deadwood and split it up for useable firewood. The best source I have found are the blow over trees. We seem to have a lot of trees that break off right above the base causing the trunk to splinter out and break up into large pieces. The great thing about this is that it allows access to large pieces of good wood without needing to have an axe or saw. Well a picture is worth a thousand words so....

Area I was hiking in

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The Tree

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I put a couple of flat pieces down as a base

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Got to work on some fuzz sticks and shavings

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Ready for spark

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Fire

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Tea Time

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Got to have some gear and blade shots

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Hope you guys enjoyed a look at the Florida rain forest. LOL
 
Great fire making. Maybe we might bump into each other one day. The area looks very familiar.

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Hopefully we will run into each other one of these days. The funny thing is that I have never seen another soul in most of the areas I go to. I see sign sometimes of other people on the main trials, but never see anyone off the trails. One day I would like to try and schedule a meeting with fellow woods bums in this area for a little outing in the woods. It would be nice to enjoy the fellowship and share some skills.
 
The one thing is that I have not been anywhere where fire is permitted. Maybe you could shoot me a pm of a good spot. That is what I need to practice more of. Mock fires are really frustrating.
 
The hawk is a cold steel trail hawk that has had the head stripped and looks like the handle has been sanded.

great hawk for modding
 
Hey guys!

Menace, that is a cold steel trail hawk. They really are easy to mod to fit your needs and with a little sharpening do cut pretty well.

Bryan, thanks for the comments. I am pretty lucky in that i can go to everything from pine forest to oak thicket to bay head in a single hike. The only thing we are missing are hills. LOL
 
Nice pics!

I live in the wet (in winter) coastal rainforest and have a hard time finding dry tinder, especially stuff that will light with a spark. Exactly what did you use?
 
SurvivalisT69 said:
Hopefully we will run into each other one of these days. The funny thing is that I have never seen another soul in most of the areas I go to. I see sign sometimes of other people on the main trials, but never see anyone off the trails. One day I would like to try and schedule a meeting with fellow woods bums in this area for a little outing in the woods. It would be nice to enjoy the fellowship and share some skills.
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Nice set up. What part of FL are you in?
 
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