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Thank you for all the welcomes and good wishes.

I would be happy to answer any questions anybody has about this state. It is a survivalists dream for some, a nightmare for others. It will definitely challange anyone who is not prepared.

Montana is much like some of the more remote areas of Canada in some ways. There are many areas where if you break down on a highway, or go off the road in a blizzard or dust storm you may be there a few days before anyone even drives by.

I live in the west central part of the state, just a couple of miles to the east from the continental divide, but I spend a lot of time in the high country where the goats and the grizzly bears play.

I love the prairie, but there are long stretches of land without potable water. Lots of Alkali.
Very little firewood or shelter. The pioneers here used to burn buffalo chips, (dried patties) for fuel, but now you sometimes can use cow chips.

I was raised in an area where the nearest neighbor was several miles away, and there were times I would go a month or 2 without seeing someone outside the family. I learned to trap for my pocket money as a child, so I learned the psychology of the animals, learned their habits, I dressed the pelts, and spent long times out in the boonies on my snowshoes sleeping in snow caves or tarp shelters. Really brings you into tune with the elements and animals.

In the spring and summer, we collected new greens and berries in season. We would also hunt the grouse also eating the berries.

We canned vegtables from the garden, hunted elk, deer, bear, and processed our own beef, pork and mutton from animals we raised.

As a kid,(and to this day) I detest liver, so my mother would gently tell me to eat it or go find something on my own. So at 8 years old, I learned that Woodchuck, (Yellow Bellied or Hoary Marmot) are pretty good when they are young, cooked over a bed of coals, but don't eat the big ones! Those are NASTY!

Even today, I knap arrowheads and knives for my niece and nephews for fun out of obsidian or even glass, I teach Bowhunting, and have made my own bows and arrows. I teach primitive trapping techniques, and fishing techniques. I am still an avid hunter with all forms of weaponry, and all the meat is what my wife and I live on all year around.

I teach urban survival for natural disasters like earthquake, and what I call "Keep 'em alive" first aid for wilderness situations and when there is no medical equipment available.

This site looks like a great place to pick up some new pointers and information that I can use to help the people I deal with to keep themselves alive.

Outdoor survival for me was a way of life for many years, Now it is more of a hobby as the ground keeps getting harder and the nights colder as I age. However, it is really great when you can take someone that is from an urban setting, and whose main exposure to nature has been the Discover and Natural Geographic channels, and show them what nature is really like. The best part is seeing the confidence build in their own abilities as they learn.

To tell the truth, I really enjoy being in my camp, with meat and other food I have collected myself by my own skills, watching the sun set over the mountains with my campfire, knowing I can not only survive but thrive in an environment that has and does kill people every year.

I look forward to talking to the folks on this site.

Oh yeah, Survivorman is a great show! Wink

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Well we dont share the same country but we sure share the same thoughts on the outdoors and all its greatness Smile

Good to have a well versed person in all things Outdoors.
Im born and raised a west coast boy, lived here 41 years, and all the wild country out here still test's me when ever i think i got it under control Confused

Glad to have you on board Wolfsbane Cool

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WoW mtwolfsbane welcome to the forum. Very Happy

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Welcome to the forum, mtwolfsbane and LaraCroft. Very Happy

Hope you enjoy yourselves. Cool

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wow lots of new faces latley, welcome everyone!

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Thank you for the welcome's flashlightfreak9 and Stu. Cool

hi new to this site looks pretty good still trying to figure out how to post pics

	d wrote:
	hi new to this site looks pretty good still trying to figure out how to post pics

> Welcome " d " Cool

there is a tutorials section. I use imageshack myself. Its pretty strait forward. I think the thread is called Posting Pics, lol. Cheers and Welcome again.

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Click here " D " http://fourseasonssurv.s3.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=72

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Welcome d. Very Happy

The spamware will block you from posting pics for 5 days. Smile

You must wait until then.

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hey D, welcome

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Welcome, mtwolfs, lara, and d. Good to have all of you on board. Very Happy

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Welcome, d Very Happy

eric

welcome d

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Thank you BushRat Cool

And Welcome D. Very Happy