Campfire recipes, hunting, and fishing

[Punisher84]

Allright we're talking surviving, but if you have a few things to season up that squirrel you just killed why not use them?

I was trying to think of what kind of campfire recipes one might come up with. What kind of things could you use to season meat or add flavor?

Also, what kind of ideas do you guys have for making a fishing rod or other useful hunting/fishing tools?

[Garufa]

Also, what kind of ideas do you guys have for making a fishing rod or other useful hunting/fishing tools?

Memphis has tons of Cane (or Bamboo), at least in Midtown but most people have gotten rid of it. Makes great fishin' poles. You can make spears out of it. Build huts out of it. Whatever. It's prodigious too. Grows like you wouldn't believe.

Don't know how it got there but it's most versitile. If you want some, my mom has a ton of it in the back yard.

[Guest SUNTZU]

Bullion cubes for flavor.

I've used a Nalgene bottle that is not curved but a cylinder as a reel. Keep fishing gear inside the bottle with the line wrapped around the outside.

My girlfriend just bought me an automatic fishing reel (self reeling) that I'm going to try out next weekend. Backpacking in the winter.....brrrr.

[Punisher84]

Bamboo is good stuff. Bouillon cubes are really good idea! The bottles of the cubes are pretty small and you could use a cube for at least a few meals.

I am going to try out a few different things this spring when we go camping. My buddy and I are planning on taking one weekend and just going hiking and camping with what we can carry in a pack and see how it turns out.

[Guest SUNTZU]

In Memphis? Who's resupplying you with ammo?

[Guest SUNTZU]

My buddy and I are planning on taking one weekend and just going hiking and camping with what we can carry in a pack and see how it turns out.

That's called backpacking. You could probably carry enough for at least a week without foraging.

[Punisher84]

In Memphis? Who's resupplying you with ammo?

Not camping IN Memphis lol

That's called backpacking. You could probably carry enough for at least a week without foraging.

True. What we are wanting to test is just basic skills. Can we start a fire with a flint, can we catch fish with basic tools, clean, cook, and eat them, etc.

Baby steps my good sir.

[Guest SUNTZU]

Are you planning on using real flint and steel or something like Firesteel or Blastmatch? Are you going to use any kind of firestarter? Or are you trying to use nature's kindling?

[Punisher84]

Are you planning on using real flint and steel or something like Firesteel or Blastmatch? Are you going to use any kind of firestarter? Or are you trying to use nature's kindling?

No actual firestarter at first. Just gonna use flint and steel. TRY to use flint and steel.

[Guest Fenris]

Off topic a bit, but this time of year, look for old bird nests. They make great firestarter with the flint and tinder.

[Guest EasilyObsessed]

Pick up a swedish firesteel. Love mine, but I will admit I bring dryer lint from home to make starting a fire easier, I generally fail at starting fires.

As far as fishing, I am about to order one of these for a five day hike at LBL: http://www.emmrodaction.com/products_packer.html Talked to several people who have used them with great success.

For what its worth, doing a weekend with just what is in your pack is incredibly easy. If you want to try really "roughing it," get your pack weight under 7lbs. My pack weight is around 15lbs with food for a overnight hike, but I carry more "comfort" items than I really need. There are some really serious folks who run a ~5lb pack and cover around 30 miles per day.

[Guest SUNTZU]

You carry 15 lbs. in the winter?

[Guest 70below]

Take a sucrets or altoids tin with you and practice making CharCloth, its easy to make, you can put the tin in a ziplock bag after its cooled and you'll always have dry firestarter for your flint and steel that is replenishable.

[Punisher84]

My wife made me proud last night. We were talking about different items and how to make certain things and I was getting kinda complex when she goes "Baby, just take the lint out of the damn dryer."

It took me a second to get it. God bless the farm girls

[Punisher84]

Pick up a swedish firesteel. Love mine, but I will admit I bring dryer lint from home to make starting a fire easier, I generally fail at starting fires.

As far as fishing, I am about to order one of these for a five day hike at LBL: http://www.emmrodaction.com/products_packer.html Talked to several people who have used them with great success.

For what its worth, doing a weekend with just what is in your pack is incredibly easy. If you want to try really "roughing it," get your pack weight under 7lbs. My pack weight is around 15lbs with food for a overnight hike, but I carry more "comfort" items than I really need. There are some really serious folks who run a ~5lb pack and cover around 30 miles per day.

I think we are looking at doing a light load. Basically what we are looking at doing is taking a Friday evening through Monday morning and just trying out different things. Hell, we could survive off of canteen water and a 3 day food bar for that long, but we want to try various things we might run into if we were out for far longer.

Starting fires with just flint and steel.

Catching,cleaning,and cooking fish with just basic items.

Making a weather shelter.

We just want to see what we can do and learn where we need to improve and learn. After doing this a time or two, we'll work on really packing light, covering ground,etc.

[Guest EasilyObsessed]

You carry 15 lbs. in the winter?

For a 20 degree night I'm just a bit over 14.

[bteague2]

Recipes: fresh catfish, wrap in aluminum foil set in/next to fire, enjoy. Easy and delicious.

Cleaning lunch at work:

[Punisher84]

Took me a second to realize that was a tye dye shirt Teague lol. I was like damn man you messy!

[bteague2]

Took me a second to realize that was a tye dye shirt Teague lol. I was like damn man you messy!

ha yeah, we had a tie dye day at work every week. I tried to make mine a bulls eye but it didn't turn out so well, but I still wore it anyways.

[jughead]

one thing i noticed aint likely one will have aluminum foil in a survival situation.

[bteague2]

It is if you pack it. It isn't heavy. But I guess you could just as easily cook it on a stick.

[Guest SUNTZU]

I keep a portion of heavy duty aluminum foil with my gear. Its used as a windbreak for my stove when I'm making coffee in the morning. I keep it in a large enough piece to cook with if needed. Like bteague2 says, its not heavy, and worth carrying.

[Punisher84]

Aluminum foil has many uses, besides just hats.