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Post by Paws on Nov 15, 2006 2:54:42 GMT 12.75
I like backpacking to get away from the main roads and get a little more exercise. I love to get into the woods alone with my rod and reel and a 22LR or 410 during squirrel season and stay out for several days augmenting what I catch or kill with the goodies stashed on my back. For me the fun is that when I pick up and move so does everything I own at the time.
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Post by Bro. Freddie on Nov 15, 2006 10:00:36 GMT 12.75
About the most I backpack is from my truck to the deer stand and back. But I carry a little bit of everything so I guess that would be considered backpacking
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Post by Carter Northcutt on Jan 1, 2007 11:22:16 GMT 12.75
Most of my backpacking is limited to trails with the Boy Scouts. I am one of the Assistant Scoutmasters for my boys' troop.
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Post by Toby Benoit on Jan 1, 2007 12:41:09 GMT 12.75
I've done all of the above and enjoyed it thoroughly. My favorite is long weekend trips like Paws described. Fishing line and fixin's in the pack. I cut a pole out there and set up camp and eat hwat I catch and a few fixins in the pack.
I haven't been able to do that in a long time, but it was good!
Now, I just use my pack to and from my stand. Like Freddie, I carry a little bit of everything, so that I don't ever get caught in need!
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Post by Mars on Jan 1, 2007 12:41:24 GMT 12.75
The only backpack I wore was goverment issued during the years I was also goverment issued.
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Post by OLKoot on Jan 1, 2007 14:23:01 GMT 12.75
Like Bros.Freddie said...from the truck to the stand or blind.....along with plenty of nourishing goodies too.....
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Post by Paws on Jan 1, 2007 15:57:37 GMT 12.75
I was looking at my fanny pack today and checking what needed replenished. The gizmos on the fanny pack take a total of 17 "AA" batteries. So I start them all out fresh and add a set of backups. Then I have a 1.2 liter water bottle and two pint thermos bottles. One is filled with boiling hot water for soup and the other is fresh hot coffee. Then there is a 22 revolver with a box of hollow points. Two very well appointed first aid kits, a set of survival gear, a couple knives, fuel for the mini stove, mini stove, fire starting gear, four space blankets, 2 ponchos, 1 man mess kit with pot, fry pan, plate, cup, folding glass, knife fork and spoon. camera, weather radio, 3 lights, 2 garbage bags, small bottle of alcohol, field glasses, bug spray, hatchet, bow saw, ammo pack, and food pack (usually dehydrated soup and dried meat for about a three day supply). You know by the time I add a back pack with shelter gear, clothes, more water and food I'm in pretty good shape! (|||Except of course for the truss!)
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Post by Toby Benoit on Jan 2, 2007 6:47:18 GMT 12.75
You should invest in a donkey to tote al of that for you Phil.
One of the better know outdoor writers, I think Dwight Schuh, raises llamas for pack animals and takes extended trips into the wilderness with his pack animal.
I always admired that and wanted to tru it myself. Just him and his llama for weeks on end.
Except, I'd want a donkey or a small 8-)ish mule.
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Post by Bro. Freddie on Jan 2, 2007 7:42:44 GMT 12.75
Toby and a donkey in the woods for an extended period?? Does anyone else see anything strange in that???
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Post by Paws on Jan 2, 2007 8:34:10 GMT 12.75
I sure do! Llamas have much cuter eyes! "Kush kush" I think is Farsi for "kneel on the cushion baby!"
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Post by OLKoot on Jan 2, 2007 9:24:19 GMT 12.75
They also tend to spit if theyre harr - assed!!! ;D
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Post by Toby Benoit on Jan 2, 2007 9:41:40 GMT 12.75
They'll stop spittin' if ya cut off their Copenhagen supply. I don't have the patience to stump train no llama. Besides, their butts are too high and they kick!
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Post by Bro. Freddie on Jan 2, 2007 9:53:02 GMT 12.75
Sounds like toby has personal experence in this matter to me ;D
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Post by Toby Benoit on Jan 2, 2007 10:08:45 GMT 12.75
Ain't sayin' I have and ain't sayin' I ain't, but I will say this...I've been to Arkysaw before!
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Post by Bro. Freddie on Jan 2, 2007 10:25:13 GMT 12.75
That musta been the time you were trying get a little culture in your life ;D ;D
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Post by Paws on Jan 2, 2007 12:56:31 GMT 12.75
Did Pastor say Toby got a yeast infection in Arkysaw?
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Post by Mars on Jan 3, 2007 2:34:15 GMT 12.75
I took it to mean Toby hooked up with Boy George in arkysauce.
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Post by Paws on Jan 3, 2007 5:02:33 GMT 12.75
Oh Mars; " Do You Really Want To Hurt Me?"
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Post by Toby Benoit on Jan 3, 2007 6:29:28 GMT 12.75
Only thing I ever hooked up with in Arkysaw was a couple of UGLY girls in a tonk just north of LA. They was so ugly, that they was catch and release. Once I had them on the line, I turned em loose and went back to the motel ALONE! They got some of that hillbilly blood up there and I didn't wanna wake up with no shotgun pointed at me! Besides, the next morning I had planned a turkey hunt and as I recall, I didn't score with the turkeys either.
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Post by Bro. Freddie on Jan 3, 2007 12:01:47 GMT 12.75
I think the key phrase here is just north of La. See that was Tobys problem. He was down there with them Cajun hillbillies instead of up here with the good looking girls.
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