Who is going camping?

Mercury · 05-09-2010, 07:27 PM

We all know Sage Tree will be out there hugging trees. Who else here is like that? You wear a lot of hiking boots and backpacks, you know who you are.

I've never done much camping. Two or three times with my day when i was a kid. Definitely not by myself or with friends. I've been in nature just not camping. I want to try it though. I think it's something a man should know how to do, whether or not he enjoys it. Plus I like camping gear like cooking stuff, tent/sleeping bag, knife, compass.

The thing is I don't really know how to go about it. Just dive right in?

José · 05-09-2010, 07:44 PM

I love camping, but unfortunately when I got hunting this summer/fall I'm going to be staying in a motel. When you're that high up in the mountains the whether is just too damn unpredictable. I'm sure I will get some real camping/fishing in this summer, but camping is always most fun when hunting.

I've got some great memories of camping...

and some not so great...

Pretty much theirs only one way to learn is to just do it. I mean I would go to your local sporting goods store and get the jist of what you need, but you will learn quickly.

I was told by a hunting safety instructor that he recommends taking everything you would need to survive a couple days even if you're not planning to camp or sleep. The famous saying...

"it's always best to have and not need than it is to need and not have."

05-09-2010, 07:53 PM

I'd rather sleep in a cottage in a bed, but do all the camping things during the day. Although I have gone camping a few times. Slept on a tree root once, and woke up with my tent half full of water the next.

notepad · 05-09-2010, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SpankyMcLankey

When you're that high up in the mountains the whether is just too damn unpredictable.

LOL @ this

crookedhatinator45 · 05-09-2010, 08:09 PM

i love being outdoors and shit, but sleeping in tents, not showering, and getting eaten alive by efffing bugs is not my bag. i'll sleep in a cabin. i'll winter-camp in tents.. but like, tent camping? this jew ain't about to break that stereotype..

my_scatterheart · 05-09-2010, 08:11 PM

camping plz

notepad · 05-09-2010, 08:12 PM

camping is only done in tents.

fuck that camper n cabin shit.

05-09-2010, 08:18 PM

booooooo

osirus2020 · 05-09-2010, 08:19 PM

The first thing you have to master is the making of fires. Don't bring a lighter or matches, they will just break or get wet when you're hiking in. When you have to make fire in the wilderness I suggest bringing a car battery (lasts longer) and some fine steel wool. When you touch the steel wool to both terminals the steel will burn allowing you to create fire.

When you make the fire I suggest piling a lot leaves on it so it creates a lot of smoke and kills the mosquitos (poison ivy especially).

Get the biggest tent you can find. 2 rooms, 3 room, that's all good. If you get a bitch little 2 person pup tent you're going to be hitting heads with the sides which sucks because water condenses on the side at night. Sometimes I don't even use a tent, because the entire wilderness is my bedroom.

You will need at least two rifles, one for primary and one for backup (just in case). I would say that, on any given Sunday, I'll shoot probably 8 birds and a at least one small mammal (I mean pig up to bear sized mammals, squirrels and possum are mice to me) with my .30-06. I don't know about you, but a rifle, 30 rack of natty light, 40 cartridges .30-06, car battery, four pairs of socks, lighter (cigarettes), ciggarettes and a five-person dome tent are fucking heavy. I can't carry food with me, so I just harvest it from the land as nature intended.

The best places to camp are the most remote. I can't say where, just find some high tension lines and start walking. I would say a day's worth of walking is a sufficient amount of distance away that nobody will hear anything you do. I haven't ever had a problem with people, but I've had some, well close encounters (imagine deliverance with less rapeing).

It'll be dark by the time you get there, so whatever you do, make sure you're not camping on the the rough at a country club or in some crazy redneck's back yard. Grass is never that nice in the wild.

05-09-2010, 08:21 PM

I can doo all that at my cottage. Fuck a 2/3 bedroom tent, you might as well just rent a cabin.

Spend all your time working instead of enjoying yourself.

crookedhatinator45 · 05-09-2010, 08:22 PM

i see you've watched a couple episodes of survivorman 'sirus......

osirus2020 · 05-09-2010, 08:23 PM

No I don't bother watching tv much besides hockey (I know you love hockey, Canadian) football and Budweiser advertisements.

crookedhatinator45 · 05-09-2010, 08:25 PM

i'm one of those non-hockey-watching canadians. i'd rather watch some basketball or football..

Mercury · 05-09-2010, 08:25 PM

^so is it all about food and fire then?

osirus2020 · 05-09-2010, 08:30 PM

And fucking

05-09-2010, 08:31 PM

fresh air
swimmin
fireworks
beer
barbeques
small radios
coffee and bacon and eggs in the morning
canoeing
hikes
fresh raspberries
boardgames
beer
big ass fires
beach volleyball
fishing
horseshoes
suntanning
water tubing
sitting in the lake in an a lawn chair
corn on the cob
beer
sunsets
full moons
islands
hockey games

comfortable place to rest your brain.
eating whatever junk you want
bugspray
jumping off of a raft

that's my camping.

Mercury · 05-09-2010, 08:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by turmaline

fresh air
swimmin
fireworks
beer
barbeques
small radios
coffee and bacon and eggs in the morning
canoeing
hikes
fresh raspberries
boardgames
beer
big ass fires
beach volleyball
fishing
horseshoes
suntanning
water tubing
sitting in the lake in an a lawn chair
corn on the cob
beer
sunsets
full moons
islands
hockey games

comfortable place to rest your brain.
eating whatever junk you want
bugspray
jumping off of a raft

that's my camping.

lol come on now, that's like an 8 month trip.

myxomatosis · 05-09-2010, 09:13 PM

What kinda asshole "camps" in a cabin?

crookedhatinator45 · 05-09-2010, 09:20 PM

the jewish kind.

Mercury · 05-09-2010, 09:29 PM

No, you can't camp in a cabin. But but you can camp in a trailer. It's legit to use a camper especially if you're doing it for a prolonged period of time.

05-09-2010, 07:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Mercury Special Delivery Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The States Posts: 8,150 Thanks: 294 Thanked 801 Times in 539 Posts	Who is going camping? We all know Sage Tree will be out there hugging trees. Who else here is like that? You wear a lot of hiking boots and backpacks, you know who you are. I've never done much camping. Two or three times with my day when i was a kid. Definitely not by myself or with friends. I've been in nature just not camping. I want to try it though. I think it's something a man should know how to do, whether or not he enjoys it. Plus I like camping gear like cooking stuff, tent/sleeping bag, knife, compass. The thing is I don't really know how to go about it. Just dive right in?

05-09-2010, 07:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
José YaHookan Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 3,372 Thanks: 62 Thanked 149 Times in 74 Posts	I love camping, but unfortunately when I got hunting this summer/fall I'm going to be staying in a motel. When you're that high up in the mountains the whether is just too damn unpredictable. I'm sure I will get some real camping/fishing in this summer, but camping is always most fun when hunting. I've got some great memories of camping... and some not so great... Pretty much theirs only one way to learn is to just do it. I mean I would go to your local sporting goods store and get the jist of what you need, but you will learn quickly. I was told by a hunting safety instructor that he recommends taking everything you would need to survive a couple days even if you're not planning to camp or sleep. The famous saying... "it's always best to have and not need than it is to need and not have." Last edited by José; 05-09-2010 at 07:48 PM.

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my_scatterheart Today, I am alive. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 3,553 Thanks: 1,487 Thanked 3,328 Times in 1,870 Posts	camping plz __________________ Be mindful even if your mind is full. -J. De La Vega

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myxomatosis life is music Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: between a pair of headphones Posts: 3,917 Thanks: 1,027 Thanked 934 Times in 597 Posts	What kinda asshole "camps" in a cabin? __________________ oh sometimes the blues is just a passing bird and why can't that always be tossing aside from your birches crown just enough dark to see how you're the light over me last.fm blog deal (updated 12/22/11)

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05-09-2010, 07:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
turmaline Guest Posts: n/a	I'd rather sleep in a cottage in a bed, but do all the camping things during the day. Although I have gone camping a few times. Slept on a tree root once, and woke up with my tent half full of water the next.

05-09-2010, 08:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
notepad dick 'slyde' hyde Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: above the clouds Posts: 2,026 Thanks: 821 Thanked 348 Times in 178 Posts	camping is only done in tents. fuck that camper n cabin shit.

05-09-2010, 08:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
turmaline Guest Posts: n/a	booooooo

05-09-2010, 08:21 PM	#10 (permalink)
turmaline Guest Posts: n/a	I can doo all that at my cottage. Fuck a 2/3 bedroom tent, you might as well just rent a cabin. Spend all your time working instead of enjoying yourself.

05-09-2010, 08:25 PM	#14 (permalink)
Mercury Special Delivery Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The States Posts: 8,150 Thanks: 294 Thanked 801 Times in 539 Posts	^so is it all about food and fire then?

05-09-2010, 08:31 PM	#16 (permalink)
turmaline Guest Posts: n/a	fresh air swimmin fireworks beer barbeques small radios coffee and bacon and eggs in the morning canoeing hikes fresh raspberries boardgames beer big ass fires beach volleyball fishing horseshoes suntanning water tubing sitting in the lake in an a lawn chair corn on the cob beer sunsets full moons islands hockey games comfortable place to rest your brain. eating whatever junk you want bugspray jumping off of a raft that's my camping.

05-09-2010, 09:29 PM	#20 (permalink)
Mercury Special Delivery Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: The States Posts: 8,150 Thanks: 294 Thanked 801 Times in 539 Posts	No, you can't camp in a cabin. But but you can camp in a trailer. It's legit to use a camper especially if you're doing it for a prolonged period of time.

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