Introduce Yourself Here

welcome

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Maybe there is no actual place called hell. Maybe hell is just having to listen to our grandparents breathe through their noses when they're eating sandwiches

Welcome, qpl. Very Happy

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The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. - Psalms 53:1

Hey Everyone. My name is lara I'm from Florida. Some of y'all might reconize Me from Les's forum. Cool

hey lara welcome! I've read many of your posts and enjoy reading.

Hope you like it here,
and dont be shy Smile

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

Hey Thanks for the Welcome Trooper, I've enjoyed reading yours too from there. Cool

Hello and welcome Lara Smile

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A Knifeless Man is a Lifeless Man
Canadian To The Core
Carry Less by Knowing More
Knowledge Weighs Nothing

Hi.

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Hey, welcome, well sounds like you are off to a good start if you come from Les' forum. Enjoy your stay Very Happy

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We only have one Earth, take care of her and she will take care of you. ~ probably someone else

hey lara I know you from Les's Forum I am kim39 there great to have you here.love your posts Very Happy

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I just heard something big crack�.. holy crap!-Les Stroud

better to fail at something you love then to succeed in something you hate.

Hello All,
I am Mtwolfsbane from the sub arctic state of Montana. This is the first Survivor board I have visited, but I belong to several others.
I am an outdoorsman first, but living in Montana you can be put into a survival situation at any time in a multitude of environments from the alpine to near desert conditions, from swamps and flood plains, to badlands with very little water or vegetation, and not leave the state.

Our weather can swing from 40 below zero, ( celsius or real scale) to 70F in hours, or back. Winds of over 120 miles an hour can and do hit regularly, Heavy snowfalls of several feet, to 120f days dropping to freezing at night.

The land here makes for a survival situation without putting yourself into a situation, but the wildlife and the land can make even a quiet fishing trip into something life threatening quickly.

I enjoy learing about anything that can help me stay alive, as I keep going to places that you have to be a little crazy to go.

I hope to be able to share a lot of my hard won experience with the board members here, and learn even more. Very Happy

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All gave some, Some gave all.

Nice to meat you. It's great to have a new person from a different part of the country. Montana is definitely a state I would like to know more about. Welcome to the forum. Smile

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Great introduction sounds like your going to have some interesting info to share.

Hope you like this place

welcome Smile

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"There dosen't look like there's much shelter over in those mountains, but that's the only choice I got right now, this is gonna be a long week" - Les Stroud Arctic

Welcome wolfsbane Cool

Glad to see you on board. Cheers

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A Knifeless Man is a Lifeless Man
Canadian To The Core
Carry Less by Knowing More
Knowledge Weighs Nothing

	Drummer Dave wrote:
	Hello and welcome Lara

Thank you Dave Cool

	linsleyk wrote:
	hey lara I know you from Les's Forum I am kim39 there great to have you here.love your posts

Cool Kim.Thanks for the Welcome. Cool

	Mystik Spiral wrote:
	Hi.

Hello

	Brian wrote:
	Hey, welcome, well sounds like you are off to a good start if you come from Les' forum. Enjoy your stay

Hello and Thank You Brian Cool

Hello mtwolfsbane Cool

Hi mtwolfsbane, welcome to the forum, As with others, I would like to learn more about Montana as well, so hope you enjoy your stay and learn and share much Very Happy

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We only have one Earth, take care of her and she will take care of you. ~ probably someone else

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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All gave some, Some gave all.