Archive for the 'Outdoor and Survival' Category

What is the best key wilderness survival?

Friday, October 24th, 2008
wilderness survival
wannabeoutside asked:


A question was asked in the hunting section asking whether or not you would be able to survive in the wilderness with just your street clothes and a knife. Everybody said yes but I have my doubts about all the people who said yes. So to satisfy my curiosity I’ve asked this question to see if people really know what is accepted to be the top key to survival situations.
The question is not vague at all. There is one key factor to survival that every expert I’ve studied under and read about agrees on.
The question is not vague at all. There is one key factor to survival that every expert I’ve studied under and read about agrees on.

What species of Hickory is best for outdoor cooking?

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
outdoor cooking
labpuppy01 asked:


I have heavily wooded land in east Texas and have found 5 different varieties of hickory on the land. Everyone I ask just says to use green hickory wood on the coals for flavor……Which species?

Does anyone know of a website about canadian wilderness survival?

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008
wilderness survival
~?Chaya?~ asked:


I’m writing a story about kids who get stuck in the wilderness but i can’t seem to find any good websites on Canadian Wilderness survival. I know I could just Look up wilderness survival, but if this story is going to work it needs to be canadian wilderness.

i need a website that will tell me animals, plants, and stuff like that in the canadian wilderness. the story is based in the woods so if you could find that i would really appriciate it

Why do people who live “up North,” I assume, insist on calling an outdoor cooking device a “barbecue?”

Monday, September 29th, 2008
outdoor cooking
Bluebeard asked:


A grill is NOT a barbecue. Barbecue is MEAT cooked in a certain slow way over certain types of wood. Also the word barbecue can be used to mean a party, as in “We are going to a barbecue tonight.” Barbecue is MEAT, not a cooking device. Learn from people in the South where barbecue started. Any thoughts?

Wilderness survival?

Saturday, September 13th, 2008
wilderness survival
Dave M asked:


A debate came up recently about wilderness survival. And I thought I would bring it here. See, a man decided to go into the wilderness for a year and survive. Using only what he could carry in a back pack. Among these supplies, would be notebooks and pencils to document his journey. After the year was up, he would write a book about the journey. The question for you is, what do you think about this? Where would you go to do this? And what would you bring? Can’t wait to hear what you all put.

Wilderness survival colleges?

Monday, August 18th, 2008
wilderness survival
thecoastisneverclear asked:


Next year it’s off to college for me. I’ve already been accepted to a few colleges, but I’m still looking at my options.

Are there any colleges where I can get an actual degree in wilderness survival? So I could become a ’survivalist’?

What are some good short stories about wilderness survival appropriate for 7th graders?

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008
wilderness survival
notahuckabee asked:


I’m teaching a unit on survival surrounding Jack London’s The Call of the Wild. We’re focusing on the idea of primordial instinct and the questionably immoral things that people and animals do when survival instincts kick in. We’re also talking about which of those things we consider excusable and inexcusable and why.

I’m looking for short stories (preferably fiction rather than totally true personal narratives) that focus on these themes. Ideally, I’d like to have them read something that isn’t about the cold — maybe something about a desert, ocean, or tropical location would work better.

Any ideas?

Can I use gas range/stove for outdoor cooking (connect to Propane tank instead of gas pipe)?

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008
outdoor cooking
ZTofLAMC asked:


I would like to cook on my deck to avoid smoke, but can’t find a suitable outdoor gas-burner.

What, in your opinion, is the best steel for wilderness survival knives?

Monday, June 16th, 2008
wilderness survival
Evan W asked:


I’m asking because I feel tempted to get a San Mai III Recon Scout Knife.

What is the best book for teaching a high school wilderness survival class?

Monday, May 19th, 2008
wilderness survival
jbryancoop asked:


The whole class would not be spent on this, but just a introduction to it would be great…