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A good friend of mine (12 year USMC vet) and I are planning a trip out to a friend of his family’s ranch. We’ve got open access to the ranch. Once I’m back from vacation we’re looking to get out there and maybe bag some critters. Last time we got some rabbit, but I’m holding out for hog or coyote. Gear wise we take our assault packs, water, snackage, et cetera, usually loaded up in my Tacoma. Gun wise I have my G19 and Daniel Defense M4V1 with an Aimpoint Micro H-1. Marine bro usually takes his G21 worn on his hip, with loads of other shit in my truck, including but not limited to a Marlin Guide Gun .45-70, SCAR-16S with a 1-6x scope, 17HMR bolt gun, Benelli M4, and a .454 Casull revolver. We use green lights, but I foresee NVGs becoming a very real possibility this year. He’s also got some suppressors so likely they’ll see some use as well. Still up in the air if we’ll do an overnight trip out there, but I’ll be sure to give an AAR.

I've got a shit tonne of camping gear, but hardly ever go camping.

>>539841

they say I'm too ugly

>>539825

>Have you gone hiking/camping recently? If so, where? And what experiences you've had hiking/camping?

Not recently, but I will do so tomorrow afternoon. Will post pictures, once I return. It's not really perfect weather right now, but if weather has ever held me back I will be damned.

You know the Fulda Gap? I live relatively near by. Pic related. Did a night trip in 2016 and had breakfast on a mountain. This was on the way down.

>What kind of gear you rocking? Any recommended apparel?

Just my old military boots/socks. They require me to keep that stuff in case war breaks out and they need me as cannon fodder, so I might as well get the best out of it.

A good raincoat is also adviseable. Also: no matter what Grandma used to tell you, she was right. Cover your head and wear a scarf when you go out into the cold.

>Any .pdfs on survivalism, farming, leave-no-trace, etc?

Lol no. You best learn this shit from experience. You can read all you need to know to become a good smith in books, but actually being a good smith takes practice, which can not be found in a library.

>Have you traveled anywhere?

Not really.

Also: Bicycles are rad as fuck for small trips. Just pack some water/food and some money, and you can go anywhere with a train station, take as long as you want, explore around, and just take the train back.

>I can post more photos I took if anybody's interested.

Do so.

>>539832

Sounds like a gayood time. I sure hope you have a good idea how to cook all the meat you may or may not haul home. There is nothing worse than having to throw away perfectly good game because it went bad. Prepare some Tupperware.

>>539835

Camping is comfy as fuck. I like to sleep in the open without a tent in summer, and just enjoy the soft breeze. All it takes is a blanket to lay on. Bugs get annoying though, any home remedies against those besides garlic?

>>539844

Why not tomorrow, or even better, right now? Going out at night is hella comfy. You just got to make sure that you know the route, and your emergency phone is charged/in a dry bag.

>>539849

Okay, I'll post them in no particular order.

Last picture is from Sweden (forgot which part, but it was a ferry town), and immediately upon stepping off the ferry my Mom almost got her camera stolen by some sandnigger. We traveled a bit there, sandscript everywhere and trash all over the ground. Unfortunately I forgot to charge my phone, so the last pic is a "parking garage" there.

Don't want to fill the thread with these pics, so I'll stop.

>>539885

I guess the order is fucked, the first pic is Sweden.

>>539959

>Anything not worth hauling out is used as coyote bait.

I hope you burn the meat that is left after the coyote get what they deserve. You don't want to leave coyote bait behind. After all it may feed hungry coyotes.

>>539954

Das ist leidergottes Korrekt. Manchmal will man halt ne Rude raus und das Zelt auspacken wo es einem halt passt, aber alle zwei Meter ein Dorf, alle drei ein Gehöft und jeden Schritt ne Autobahn.

Kann man nichts machen.

>>539849

I am back, bitches!

Reasons caused me to delay the start of my trip to just after dusk, so all of my pics turned out like shite, but I managed 13km in far less than two hours. Feels good mate.

First pic: View on my home town from nearby hill.

Second pic: An abandoned water reservoir from 1936, nice place as SHTF bunker.

Third pic: Half way up the mountain, I had not expected there to be any snow left.

Fourth pic: My destination. You can look it up on google maps/open street map if you want to. Nice place, I like to hike there and have a beer/some food on top. I had not expected there to be THAT much snow, I could hear the sound of the water running down the hill, it was melting even at night.

Back from my vacation. Getting settled back in at home, catching up on sleep, et cetera. Have work to do this Saturday, so whether I go to my buddy’s hunting spot this weekend or next is yet to be determined. In the meantime, I figured I’d hit the points in the OP.

>Have you gone hiking/camping recently? If so, where? And what experiences you've had hiking/camping?

Last time I went camping was when I took the wife, kid, and the dogs to a local campground. I have a large six person tent so that we can set up our sleeping area and have plenty of room for our folding table and camp chairs with space left over for our gear and moving around. Also brought a metal pen for the dogs which formed a nice “porch” in front of the tent. I wanted to set up a tarp overhead to provide some shade and cover for said “porch” but the layout of the campground didn’t lend itself very well to doing so. We did do some light hiking as well, just a small pack for my kid’s food, snacks and water for the rest of us.

Back in ‘12 my brother and I did an overnighter the day after Christmas in 17F weather. That sucked something awesome.

>What kind of gear you rocking? Any recommended apparel?

I used to use my Kelty MAP3500 before a rat destroyed it trying to get to a Clif Bar. Nowadays I use either my Kelty Peregrine daypack or my Eberlestock Halftrack for longer durations. Clothing wise, I usually go with Carharrt, BDU, Vertx, or 5.11 pants, a polypro undershirt, Exo Ficcio boxer briefs, and Under Armour socks (Wolverine or Darn Tough Vermont merino wool anytime the temp drops.) Tops depend on the weather. Sometimes I’ll add a Magellan or Wrangler lightweight shirt to cover my arms from sun, or a warmer shirt jacket with a Columbia rain jacket over that for shittier weather. I’ve worn and still wear a Wolverine work jacket, Condor Summit, or North Face softshell in cold weather. Cotton kills, but I don’t worry about that in my South Texas summers. Winter time rolls around, and it starts raining every other day, I change my mind on that. I’m looking to get a set of nice merino wool long underwear for when things get really fucking cold.

>Have you traveled anywhere?

I’ve been to Colorado, California, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Illinois, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana, Oklahoma Arkansas, Missouri, and England.

Tibet 2017. Notice how the high alt areas lack trees and only have grass. Some areas are also badlands although that's ~4000m above sea level. Can post more but need to find pictures. Some water is teal colored due to high mineral concentration.

I can't find the pic I took with the local Tibetan.

I can also post pictures of other places outdoors in China that used to look good that I've been to if interested.

>>541130

cont.

Contribooting

Poorfags: you all want to get /out there, but no lurk fans of pic related adventure riding?? Just got my KLR 650 (digi camo bc ACU worked out so well) this year, currently using the winter to build it up a bit.

Fuck, at least IFF is easy, the skinwalkers will have to acquire their own bikes to blend.

And on the opposite end of the spectrum, other pic related is the cool leather bushycraft alternate lyfe I want to live when I’m not rubbing penis against the bike seat through my gorka suit

>>542303

I should go take some more

>>542585

>Had a pretty spooky campout that I hiked out of in the Middle of the night beacuse of a strange guy, what I suspect may have been bears and some other factors.

Explain.

Me chilling out innatown by the side of a road and a McDonald's

>>549026

They literally are. You however are a nigger, cheddar man.

>>549026

easy there schlomo

Thread has been rather quiet lately, so I'll contribute some pictures from a recent short camp.

Have another overnight camp planned for next month, hopefully with more pictures.

>>558809

Lean to is meant for rain, not sleeping. But it always rains when I set up and not after.

>nigger or dayak

malayan

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