thats sounds like an awesome experience mick.. ill head over and read the write ups now!
thats sounds like an awesome experience mick.. ill head over and read the write ups now!
Aye I learned a fair bit on both of them. Well worth the experience. Especially about the no "specialist" clothing part. T-shirt and jeans vs norgie vests and Barbour jackets it's astonishing the difference!
nice one mick.
interesting that you chose to take the 5 x snares.
its almost like you were thinking about food, before you even got there
good one for making the effort.
most people will never try it, but i bet you walked away with more confidence.
Cheers chris!
The snares seemed like a sensible option, if you know how to set them they're a viable option to trap food and I am exceptionally partial to rabbit! That and I trust my skill set as a hunter far more than my incredibly dodgy foraging knowledge (I'm working on it!)
It's a great experience if you have the required skills and knowledge, if not though it's a good way to get yourself into deep you know what quite quickly.
I suggested making it some kind of actual challenge over there but someone who shall remain nameless said it didn't seem in any way challenging... From under his goretex bivi eating an MRE I suspect!
great that you have the skills mate, see lots of people, mainly on youtube, who pack shares or 'cordage for snaring' in bushcraft kits who openly admit to never having done it before.. its something that particularly annoys me, as a gamekeeper snaring is a huge part of my job, keeping rabbits down and also for foxes and i know how hard it can be to snare your target animal... and also see alot of poor animals caught in snares by inexperienced folk and they die a horrible death... i think people who plan trying snaring when out and about should go on a propper snaring course or out with someone who has done it for a long time to get the basics down.. plus once you have the skills down you can get plenty of free meals