2012 Winter Mock Bugout Contest "Chat Tread"

[Woods Walker]

This is what you can win so get out there!

Looking good.

[mmaiolo81]

This is what you can win so get out there!

sweetness

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[Privateer73]

There are some fine entries so far and very good photography.
Here are a couple of my best shots from my trip.







Lets see your best shots.

[Woods Walker]

Some photos from my trips in the entry thread.









We have some great prizes so get out there. An entry in the Winter Bugout Contest = instant street cred....

[Privateer73]

Lol

If only we had some of that white stuff to play in pretty much unheard of down here hell I had to wear shorts to keep from sweating during my outing.

[xxxDarksidexxx]

nice photos guys. one thing i really enjoy doing while out in the woods is taking photos.

im going out this weekend again for some small game hunting and an overnighter. i hope i can get a critter for the fire. if all goes well ill have a little pig cooking over some oak. i think im gonna swap up some gear for this trip and use some stuff that been collecting dust for a while, gonna practice some skills for bushclass too. im also going to try some different foods... no MH beef stew. i hope the oranges have not been picked over. also i wonder if that big ass bee hive is still there... maybe i can pull a DC and cover myself in a blanket while holding a big smoldering clump of grass so i can collect some honey! what could go wrong?

i wanna try some bannock, anyone have a recipe they wanna share?

a couple photos from the last trip...

[0122358]

Hey Woods...is that bannock up there?

[Canadian Guy]

Some photos from my trips in the entry thread.

Bannock + SS Swedish mess kit + open fire= win!

[Woods Walker]

It was a win. I have some director's cutting room floor pics and stuff that should have been added to my entries but got overlooked if anyone wants to see them. Guessing the chat thread is the best place.

[Privateer73]

I took over 150 photos during the trip so culling them was a real chore. Although I left out a lot of the stuff I should have included I'll post them up at some point.

[mmaiolo81]

nice photos guys. one thing i really enjoy doing while out in the woods is taking photos.

im going out this weekend again for some small game hunting and an overnighter. i hope i can get a critter for the fire. if all goes well ill have a little pig cooking over some oak. i think im gonna swap up some gear for this trip and use some stuff that been collecting dust for a while, gonna practice some skills for bushclass too. im also going to try some different foods... no MH beef stew. i hope the oranges have not been picked over. also i wonder if that big ass bee hive is still there... maybe i can pull a DC and cover myself in a blanket while holding a big smoldering clump of grass so i can collect some honey! what could go wrong?

i wanna try some bannock, anyone have a recipe they wanna share?

a couple photos from the last trip...

Bannock
1 cup flour
2 Tbsp butter
2Tbsp baking powder
2Tbsp sugar

Ww makes it often... He should have AV good recipe too

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[Woods Walker]

I added some more to the heated shelter 101 part of my last "not counting" entry in the main thread. Now so more photos from those trips that didn't make the cut.

Golden brown bannock cooked to perfection.



After I used my heck knife to baton very hard black birch to the point of nearly bending it the knife still shaved. So much for anti SS claims of no edge retention and inability to sharpen.



Why I like single battery headlamps and flashlights. Easy to change cells in the dark.



Snow!





Looks like a turkey feather.



Tac Air added to his entry and Flying lead just posted his own trip.

[omega_man]

South Crakalaki will be showing up in force next weekend for the WMBO! Hopefully, winter will be here by then (it was 70 today, WTF?)

[the_alias]

It is around 6f here currently. But I can't get out this weekend due to a gig and I think the avalanche risk in the hills/mountains might be too much to risk.

Next weekend will be out - even if it is just the local woods.

[0122358]

Looks like i wont be able to make it out for this MBO...but hell ill just go during spring break and post it up...theres still snow up there whare i go in march...

[Dirty Bill]

I seem to have missed when the beginning and ending date are. I hope I didn't' miss the bug out contest.Looks like fun.

[Takaaco78]

I seem to have missed when the beginning and ending date are. I hope I didn't' miss the bug out contest.Looks like fun.

you have untill the last day of Feb to post up

[xxxDarksidexxx]

going through gear now. ill be heading out early in the morning. ill pretty much be carrying most of the same stuff as on my last trip, but changing out my stove and cook pot. oh yeah, ill have a rifle this time... there is a hand pump just outside of camp in this area, but i cant count on it being able to produce water so guess ill be loaded up with the H20 again.

cut and pasted from weatherunderground.com this is the weather for okeechobee, ill be about 30 miles north of lake okeechobee for this trip.

Saturday
Considerable cloudiness with a slight chance of showers. Highs around 80. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Saturday Night
Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds around 5 mph.

Sunday
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

[slannesh]

We've got a SAR excersize this weekend for winter survival so if there's still enough snow we'll be doing a snow cave shelter. Been looking forward to this one for a while since our fall overnight was cancelled. (Ironically it was -20C in November and is hovering around 0C now in February very backward weather for Northern BC) But i'm in! Leaving tomorrow morning just after 6am and will return early afternoon Sunday if all goes according to plan.

[Woods Walker]

Yea I am heading out as well. I think the high will be around 40 with a low of 23. Darn near Florida type weather for winter camping in my view.

[xxxDarksidexxx]

just finished packing up. 52 pounds inc water. there is a pump/well near camp, i just wish i knew for sure it was pumping water cause i could easily drop a gallon water water from my back...ug!

if all goes well will be back in a couple of days, hopefully with a real nice trip report.

[omega_man]

just finished packing up. 52 pounds inc water. there is a pump/well near camp, i just wish i knew for sure it was pumping water cause i could easily drop a gallon water water from my back...ug!

if all goes well will be back in a couple of days, hopefully with a real nice trip report.

52 lbs! In Florida! I hope you're packing a keg

[Mister Dark]

Just finished building a new antenna for my ham rig, hoping I can work the 6 meter band while out on the SCWMBO, if nothing else, it will be fun trying to pull fishing line and light-gauge wire down out of the trees!

[TacAir]

going through gear now. ill be heading out early in the morning. ill pretty much be carrying most of the same stuff as on my last trip, but changing out my stove and cook pot. oh yeah, ill have a rifle this time... there is a hand pump just outside of camp in this area, but i cant count on it being able to produce water so guess ill be loaded up with the H20 again.

cut and pasted from weatherunderground.com this is the weather for okeechobee, ill be about 30 miles north of lake okeechobee for this trip.

Saturday
Considerable cloudiness with a slight chance of showers. Highs around 80. East winds 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

Saturday Night
Partly cloudy. Patchy fog after midnight. Lows in the lower 60s. East winds around 5 mph.

Sunday
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of showers. Highs in the lower 80s. Southeast winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 20 percent.

You are breaking my heart.
It got up to just over 20F and dumped 18 inches of snow in the last 12 hours.

Thank goodness the wind has dropped.

(Just jealous of your warm weather.)