tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90034495256812972582024-03-13T00:38:00.561-07:00Deer Runner Bushcraft and Survival, and steel too.Welcome to the revamped blog. Still making knives, but will be mostly sharing my skills and treks as well as adding videos on it.Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-46671093432718888392022-06-02T20:02:00.000-07:002022-06-02T20:02:08.831-07:00Been over a year.<p> Yeah, sorry about that, but good news is I made it out there last year and had an interesting time. Of which, a stream nearby would dry up later morning and not run until next morning, so I had to fill all containers for the day. Luckily it was enough.</p><p><br /></p><p>But here's the videos somewhat of my adventure there;</p><p><br /></p><p>Day 1: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5K2s5FU19I&t=2s">Golden Trout Wilderness Trek Day 1 - YouTube</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Day 2: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojd-oP4Bkyg&t=99s">Golden Trout Wilderness Trek Day 2 - YouTube</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Day 3: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixjmoSNSKQI&t=11s">Golden Trout Wilderness Trek and Father's Day Lament Day 3 - YouTube</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Day4: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rb_ezMzIDg&t=45s">Golden Trout Wilderness Trek Day 4 finding some treasures - YouTube</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Day: 5 <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4rllI6-uqk&t=3s">Golden Trout wilderness day 5 - YouTube</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Day 6 Last Day: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDE3wm1krfw&t=2s">Golden Trout Wilderness Trek Day 6 - YouTube</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And skills I shown. </p><p><br /></p><p>The firelay which is a wonderful way to build a fire: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmjeA96m2IU">Golden Trout Trek Fire lay - YouTube</a></p><p>How I use a sling: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8xwZxrOBcUI">Golden Trout Trek Using a sling - YouTube</a></p><p>Ways I purified water: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__uBdr1Dvbk">Golden Trout Wilderness Trek Ways I purified my water - YouTube</a></p><p>Making a fishing lure: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKWL-4AAY-s">Golden Trout Wilderness Trek Making a fishing lure - YouTube</a></p><p>Modifying my WWII canteen cup: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8ALiwYazJE">Golden Trout Wilderness Trek Modifying a WWII canteen cup - YouTube</a></p>Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-74338772508042373692020-08-11T13:53:00.000-07:002020-08-11T13:53:05.262-07:00Golden Trout Trek Plan<p> Basically, while at first it may seem a lot that I'm bringing, most of it is clothing. What the game plan is, is use my lavvu for the beginning and the end, in-between it will be nearly minimum. What I can carry in my haversack and make my own shelter in the meantime.</p><p>Some of the stuff I have is "back-up" if things went sideways. IE: weather got bad, bad luck, or whatever it may be,</p><p>The game plan is to have fishing line & hooks, cordage, snare-wire, fire kit, coffee can pot, water container, tube tent or heavy mil plastic drop cloth or even an 8x10 tarp. Top it off is I'll be carrying my bed roll system as well. I like to push myself, and if things push back is why I have the backup plan in order.</p>Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-86974243133705804142020-07-14T12:23:00.003-07:002020-07-14T23:19:01.838-07:00The Golden Trout Adventure Plan<br />
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ten years since I moved to Nevada, and even longer in wanting to go to the
Golden Trout Wilderness where the late Ron Hood taught.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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aggravating in trying to get things going. Mostly due to at first not having a reliable
transportation, then came lack of time due to job and vacation time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This year seemed to be no exception. Was originally going to
shoot for May, but due to the Covid19 virus, many places were shut down,
including parks and trails. To even add to that, if you went out of state, the
state health “suggested” you quarantine yourself for 14 days. Needless to say,
the opportunity to go wasn’t there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I got myself a job, and wouldn’t you know it. Things started to reopen two
weeks later.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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is not lost. I can still get to the Golden Trout Wilderness. The plan as of now
is to get there early September. I am planning on being packed in via
horseback. Not cheap, but the best solution with the time constraint.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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want this to be something of a combination of Alone and the Hoods Woods Trek I
was on twenty years ago. God, has it been that long? Anyways, soft survival so
to speak. I want to enjoy what I’m doing for now. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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plan on bringing, I am going to try to go minimal, but there are things I want
to try and do. So it may be a bit more than minimal. If anything, it could end
up being an exploration trip.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44171556">wool, linen, or canvas capote or frock. Weather
depending.</a><br />
- wide brimmed hat (wool) New addition<br />
- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44171589">head rag (spandex cotton blend) </a><br />
- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44171620">long sleeve shirt (wool)</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44171500">BDU
trousers (60/40 blend) Or wool pants; weather permitting, more likely will go
with wool pants unless predicted temps will be warm</a><br />
- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44171644">one (1) pair (Hiking) socks wool blend</a><br />
- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44171678">one (1) pair extra sexy nylon knee highs (used as
liner socks) </a><br />
- boots</span><span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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wool pullover shirt/Or a wool fleece pull over. (Depending on temperatures and
weight)</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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T-shirt, depending on temperatures, may wear over wool underwear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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skivvies <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44170819"><o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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- Swiss Army knife (Rucksack)<br />
- lip balm <br />
- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44171281">one (1) contactor's bag </a><br />
<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk17467041">- Mini-kit (see Volume 3 of the Woodsmaster Series:
"Survival Kits") in water proof container. </a><br />
-<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44171332">Watch</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">-</span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Simonich
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PixproFZ53 5Xwide w/zoom in side pocket of pants <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44170270">2 Nalgene 48oz. wide mouth Nalgene bottle. Water
availability depending (In pack) </a><br />
- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44170605">ass-rag- No TP, will be hanging from pack. </a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk44170605;"></span><b><span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 18.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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can’t be packed in, maybe collapsible trekking pole</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk11628536">1 Quart bag of Hoods Woods Pemmican</a>* <br />
- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44172343">1 baggy of journey bread</a>* <br />
- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44172174">two (2) cups bannock in baggy</a><br />
- 3 packets of coffee/Tea or one baggie of coffee<br />
- <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk44172663">three to seven (3-7) </a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk11628575"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk44172663;">cups oatmeal </span></a><br />
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<br />Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-76380636413556129572020-06-30T14:07:00.002-07:002020-06-30T14:07:57.576-07:00Getting into bushcrafting and/or Wilderness Survival and not break the bank<br />
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bank</span></u></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bushcrafting and Wilderness survival, but all to often many normal folk get
frustrated and discouraged when they see Bushcrafters on youtube or other
videos using and wearing high-end expensive gear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Well I’m here to tell you, you don’t need that high-end
expensive gear, though I will be first to admit that I do have high end
expensive gear. Only because I scrimped and saved for them, or traded for it
for skills that I taught. Quite frankly, this high-end “glamor” “Glamping” bushcraft
that a lot of us see, has come about only recently, maybe in the past ten years
or so, maybe more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>It wasn’t to long ago that many wilderness survival
practitioners and Bushcrafters, either made their own gear, or used surplus
items. Hell, when I first started this I used to get stuff from surplus stores.
Even the late Ron Hood used to go to thrift stores for some of his gear. That
shoulder bag you see him wearing in his videos? He got that at a thrift store.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>So there you have it. You don’t need to spend a large
amount of money to start out in wilderness survival or bushcrafting. I mean,
bushcrafting when broken down into its original form, was making your own gear.
That’s the essence of it all. Should you get top quality gear if you can afford
it? Absolutely… However… I must add is that you get your skills down and know
what you’re doing before getting that high-end gear. It’s heart wrenching to
see someone starting out with a high-end expensive tool break it because they
didn’t know what they’re doing. By starting out simple, if you mess up, its not
the end of the world. And it’s not a big hit in the wallet either.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The four essential items you need, need to cover the main
basics. A knife, water container for drinking and cooking, shelter, and bedding.
Of three of the four, you don’t need to spend a lot of money on your gear. The
one that you will need to take a hit in the wallet on is the bedding.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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what could be called an obsession by some. I call it seeing what works for me.
;) But, for starting out go basic and simple. Of which, I suggest the
ubiquitous Mora. Great thing about them; aside from being cheap, they’re actually
quite tough knives. Cody Lundin has had one for well over twenty years. If you
want to be bushcrafty ;) you can buy the blade blank and make the handle
yourself, something I advocate as it becomes very personal to you. Good example is the one on the left in the picture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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late, it seems some experts are now advocating having a steel or metal
container. I see their point, but combined with my cooking pot, I really don’t
need a metal water container. But, for starting out, try using a Gatorade
bottle or some other sports drink bottle, as long as its at least a quart and
wide mouthed. 32 oz wide mouthed will do the trick. Added bonus, you can get
the drink cheap. I’ve seen the on sale for .80 cents. From there you can get a
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mine field subject ;) There are many choices on this, but again I say keep it
simple. I have a Mors Bush Pot that holds 2 quarts, and I like it, but
sometimes I do go to my old stand by which is a coffee can. Ron Hood used to
use this on his treks, and they used to make them in 16 oz, but now you’re
lucky to find one that’s in 14 oz, and metal at that. The coffee can pot can be
beaten up, used to dig holes, and still be ready to used. Add a bailing wire to
it and you’re ready to go.</span></div>
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sometimes its nice to do open sky sleeping, but there are times and places
where this isn’t feasible. Either due to weather, or heavy dew. The shelter I
bring with me is the polish lavvu ponchos buttoned together, but they are
getting ridiculously expensive when at one point they were dirt cheap. Still,
starting out I used a 12x12 </span><span style="font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12pt;">sheet of plastic of heavy mil quality, which is what I
used on my survival trek with Ron Hood. However, the draw back is it’s durable
to a certain point, then holes start forming etc. I found a nice alternative
for this is a 8x10 tarp. You can make this into different shelter, and with
some cord you can make it into a A-Frame shelter. It also packs up easily and
doesn’t take up much weight.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "comic sans ms"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%;">Bedding: For me a good wool
blanket will do the trip. Its warm, even wet. But now we’re to the part where
if you want to keep warm, you’re going to have to spend a good amount. No way
around it, you’re going to be spending quiet a bit for a good wool blanket.
Yes, there are some that aren’t that expensive and are twin size. I for one
like the large wool blankets, queen size is what I have. You can go for the
ones that are twin size, if that’s your preference. However, I HATE drafts. I
don’t like being woken up with a draft creeping up my leg or back, and I have
to flop around to adjust the blanket. With a queen I can even double wrap
myself which will prevent drafts. But, as I said, you’re going to pay a pretty
penny for one of these, unless you get lucky and find one that size in a thrift
store. I for one have never been that fortunate.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-83038998339106851092019-06-17T16:47:00.002-07:002019-06-17T16:47:55.406-07:00What Bushcraft means to me.Truthfully, not even sure where I belong in all this.<br />
I prefer wilderness survival, but I do like to make my own gear, so maybe Bushcrafting is the field I fall into, or maybe not.<br />
Either way, to me, wilderness survival, bushcrafting is the form of ultimate freedom. Making your own gear, knowing how to live anywhere with minimal gear is the truest form of freedom to me.<br />
With that said, I have to shake my head at some bloggers and youtubers when they talk about their gear they have. They show their gear and its nice, well made etc. Then I look up their gear and my jaw drops. For instance, one talked about their boots. Really nice looking, very well made. When I looked up the boots, the price tag and it was well over $300. Granted, if you can afford it, get it. But I started this adventure as a pauper. I had to watch what I spent and save up if I really needed or wanted something. My first boots were the Walmart survivor boots, less than $50. With that said though, I do have a pair of high end boots that are valued over $300, but I got them off of ebay cheap due to the fact I have small feet. ;) I paid $40 anad recently sent them off to be resoled for $87, so the total value of the boot is $127, still cheaper than the high ends, even though my boots are high end.<br />
This goes the same with knives. Yes, I have a couple expensive knives, but I scrimp and saved or traded to get them. But one of the best knives I have is also one of the cheapest. The Mora knife. Those are true work horses and I know wilderness survival teachers and bushcrafters who had a mora and used it for nearly twenty years.<br />
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That's what I do. Bushcrafting to me isn't buying the most expensive gear, but to make do with what you have and able to get.<br />
<br />Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-44560541896229380522019-04-26T10:51:00.002-07:002019-04-26T10:51:41.087-07:00More about me and my skills.Whew! That was a long one, wasn't it? Well I'm not done. ;)<br />
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So... What got me started on this path? Hard to say really. Even when I was a young kid, I felt drawn to the outdoors. My earliest recollection is memories of my dad talking me for walk in the parks, reading to me. I also remember when I lived in Arazonia of playing in the drainage ditches (during the dry season of course) and being upset that they wouldn't take me to the "play area" because the mountains were getting rain. Hey, to a little kid it made no sense, It was sunny and dry and the mountains were very far away. I DO remember my parents bringing me to the park that was near the drainage ditches and hearing a roaring sound that instinctively felt was dangerous. My dad brought me near the ditches but not that close and showed me why they didn't want my to play in the ditches when the mountains got rain. What I saw terrified me. The whole ditch was a mass of rushing frothing water, roaring and hissing. I have a feeling my dad showed me this because I must've been a brat when I couldn't play in the ditch a few days back.<br />
But what really put the wild bug in me, was a book I read when I was in the forth grade. For the life of me I don't remember too much about it, much less the title. I do remember it was a badge brother and sister who made their own dens and wanted to throw a party for their friends who weren't able to make it. The brother was sad about that and cooked up some bacon and decided to widen his burrow to take his mind off of being sad. As he dug, he accidently tunneled into his sisters burrow who was having a tea party for her stuffed animals as he friends didn't show up. Long story short, they decided to have a brother and sister party. But what got me was I wanted to make a fort or something like that.<br />
Fast forward a few years later, I discover a book that completely changed my life and set me on the path I walk on today. That book is My Side of The Mountain by Jean Craighead George, but I didn't discover it right away. If anything it was during reading class and had to read short stories. Well, I was bored out of my mind, when we had to read a short story called Sam Gets Started. It was from the second chapter of that book, but I was floored. The skies opened up, light shown down and I wanted this book. I WANTED it bad! So I went to the library and searched naively for a book Sam Get Started, but failed. I looked up the authors name and went to the book section and didn't find it. Instead I found My Side of The Mountain. Ok, this looks cool I thought. I started to read it and I was hooked, and when I got to the second chapter I discovered this was what I was searching for, and got detention for jumping up and down whooping. I WAS in the school library after all.<br />
From there I read it over and over, wanting to know how to live like that. Then one of my friends introduced me to Tom Browns Field Guide to Wilderness Survival. Between those two books I read them and learned and tried out everything I could.<br />
Years later on, after graduation from high school and recovering from a abusive relationship, I decided to take classes from the Tracker school. I took a number of the survival classes, and when I discovered other schools, I took classes from them when I could<br />
I learned what I could and taught when I could. I then helped form the Mid-Atlantic Primitive Skills Group known as MAPS.<br />
Years on, I had the wonderful opportunity to join the late Ron Hood and his wife Karen on a survival trek in the remote area of Idaho and was in their survival camping video. https://survival.instantestore.net/pd_wm_vol_10.cfm<br />
Had a great time, even at my expense. ;)<br />
But this is the basic gest of it all about me and my skills.<br />
Going to see if I can include a about me video in this.<br />
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o-PCLO5_E4&t=5sDeer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-17280157083958027482019-04-26T10:14:00.002-07:002019-04-26T11:43:33.467-07:00About me, and my skills. Well, what can I say. I've always been in love with wanting to live in the wilds. Always have, even when I was a young boy. I've done survival treks numerous amount of times. Some were good, some not so much, but I will tell you this. I found that a bad survival trek is much better day than a bad day back in society.<br />
I guess I find bushcrafting or wilderness survival to be more honest that living in society. In the wilds, rules are quite simple and dare I say, common sense. If you're cold, find a way to get warm and out of the adverse conditions, make a shelter. Thirsty, find a way to get water and purify it if necessary. As to warmth and purifying water, know how to make a fire in a multitude of ways, don't be reliant on one way. Lastly, hungry? Come on! Anyone from Western Civilization, especially if you're American, you have at LEAST a weeks worth of emergency storage. We're just so used to eating 3+ meals a day. Dropping it down to 1-2 meals a day, and unless you have a medical issue, won't hurt you.<br />
If you noticed I have a theme on survival priorities, though they can be flipped around at times. Of which the importance of survival for me goes as: Shelter, Water, Fire, and lastly, Food. Though I HAVE switched things around like Fire than water due to terrain and weather.<br />
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I also follow the priority of 3's.<br />
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You have three seconds of surviving without thinking. (Thought.) If you find yourself in a emergency/survival situation you need to get your thoughts in check otherwise you'll succumb to panic, as we all know that panic will kill.<br />
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You have three minutes without air/oxygen. If you have trouble breathing, find a way top fix that otherwise in approx three minutes you're done. I also like to include this with Thought version, as a way to calm down and control the out of control thoughts (Panic fuel) take deep breaths. If you combine the Thought and Breathing in a emergency/survival situation you're going to be ok.<br />
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You have three hours without adequate shelter. This can be varied, but at certain terrains, times of the year, even weather, you can have only three hours to live. Lot of people would liken this to hypothermia, and in a way they're right, but they also forget its polar opposite. Hyperthermia, sounds similar, but they not, but will affect you the same way, make you dead. HyPOthermia is where your body core temperature drops and you start shivering. HyPERthermia is the exact opposite. Its where your body core gets dangerously high, which occurs in the desert. Yes, you CAN die in a matter of hours in the desert. High heat, very dry air, and intense sun can bring you down fast before you know it.<br />
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Hypothermia is a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature. Normal body temperature is around 98.6 F (37 C). Hypothermia (hi-poe-THUR-me-uh) occurs as your body temperature falls below 95 F (35 C).</div>
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You have three weeks without food. This can be of some debate. It depends on body mass, how survival muscle (Fat) you have on you, the environmental conditions, the amount of physical exertion, the over all physical condition of your body, and medical condition. I might also add in the training you have done with your body. IE: you fast at least a day or two or more every so often. This will train your body not to freak out when the food stops and start consuming itself. Over all, the general consensus is approx. three weeks without food before you start having issues.<br />
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Lastly, and this is of some debate, you have Three months with out Companionship or hope. Basically, this means three weeks without Love, Companionship, and especially Hope, you will just give up out of despair and give up the ghost or at the very least stop trying to live. If you're a very social person and like being sociable, this can be shorter, but if you have hope you can use that. For some, people who can be alone with themselves, they can last longer. But in the end, as human, we are social animals, we have to have some form of communication otherwise depression and despair starts to set in.<br />
I'll use the show Alone. You have skilled experts being dropped off in the wilds to live out there as long as they can and can tap out at any time. Yes, accidents do happen and they have to tap out, but in the end, what most tapped out was due to the fact they missed their family, they got lonely.<br />
People NEED some form of communication. Even the mountain men of old who liked being by themselves sought out communication from time to time. Those on Alone that lasted to the end, had a key ingredient on lasting to the end, and that was Hope. Hope to keep pushing to bring something back to the family, a ways to help them. That is what gets them though the lonely times is the hope of making it to the end and doing them proud.Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-76881703442218149712019-04-26T09:19:00.000-07:002019-04-26T09:19:12.762-07:00Revamping the blog soonHey all, been awhile. Life and such. Going to change things around. Still making knives and such, but going to turn this into more of a Bushcraft and Wilderness Survival blog soon as that is what I primarily do, oh, and knives will still be included. Stay tuned for upcoming stuff.Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-58175962860405690822016-06-28T12:19:00.001-07:002016-06-28T12:19:08.126-07:00Not so new knife.I made this for myself as something small to carry. Its a stacked handled knife, something I've been wanting to learn how to do properly for a couple years. At the last Rabbitstick, I took a class on this and learned what I was doing wrong. So, got back home fired up the forge and hammered a rat tailed knife out and stacked bone, wood and leather pieces on the handle with brass spacers. Here is the finished product.<br />
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I loved how it turned out and use it a lot when I'm out and about.Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-57285772370579329342016-06-28T12:11:00.002-07:002016-06-28T12:11:44.878-07:00New stuff.Hey guys! Worked out the neck strikers. Going to include two types. A flat hammer striker, and a worked handle one that goes into a hoop. Also, have two types of bags to choose from. A faux buckskin cinch bag, and a open leather bag. Both can have fringe on request.<br />
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The faux buckskin cinch bag with the flat hammer striker and tin containing flint and char cloth.<br />
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A little short vid of me demonstrating how I use my hammer striker and how well it works.Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-31107887435975125762015-12-27T19:54:00.002-08:002015-12-27T19:54:12.190-08:00It's been awhile...Hey all, sorry been away fro a bit, actually a long bit. Life, new job, crazy hours have distracted me.<br />
Anyho, haven't gotten away from smithing, and made a few things.<br />
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Here I made a mountain man style knife with steel guard. Handle is leather micarta.<br />
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My newest things is making flint and steel strikers that I call hammer strikers. They throw off great sparks either way you strike it. They contain a small tin with flint and char cloth in a faux buckskin bag. They will cost $35, and your choice of faux buckskin or standard leather. AND, you can have it in the cinching style or a pocket on like in the prototype photo below.<br />
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This is my newest creation. A rattail stacked handled knife. Again, it seems there's nothing I cant do if given enough time and thought.<br />
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<br />Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-61090221945352969092013-08-06T17:10:00.001-07:002013-08-06T17:10:05.523-07:00Hide FleshersHere's two hide fleshers I made for anyone who buckskins.<br />
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Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-85440428885910534212013-08-06T16:32:00.001-07:002013-08-06T16:32:35.407-07:00Neck KnifeThis one is unique as it has leather handle micarta. Have to say, I am very proud of this.<br />
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Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-65047821751829164872013-08-06T16:29:00.000-07:002013-08-06T16:29:28.849-07:00And last twoGoing to send this to a Zombie specialist. ;)<br />
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Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-13672947328947699262013-08-06T16:25:00.000-07:002013-08-06T16:25:34.584-07:00And More knives<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Two bush knives I made. One with micarta the other Maple wood.</div>
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A small push dagger I made that I call teh Yellow Jackete</div>
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A Tracker styled knife I made for the Comic Author of Wandering Ones</div>
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My own version of a Tracker Knife. The Handle is LEATHER micarta. Want this style of handle? It'll be Pricey. Seriously. Its expensive to make</div>
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<br />Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-40550464086271732662013-08-06T15:57:00.003-07:002013-08-06T15:57:52.556-07:00Contacting me.Ya know, noticed that probably a reason why I havent gotten an orders is because no one knows how to get to me, unless they know me or know someone who knows me.<br />
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If you wish to place an order, you can email me deerrunnerknifeworks(at)gmail.comDeer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-36190303580714327652013-08-06T15:56:00.000-07:002013-08-06T15:56:06.553-07:00Yikes! Been awhile!Yeah, yeah, thankfully this isn't my job. LOL!<br />
Been awhile, AGAIN! Got myself a full time job so that took time away from making knives, and havent gotten any orders. :( <br />
But, getting ready for rabbit stick and have 4 hide scrappers, two fleshers, up to six neck knives, four root daggers or digging knives.<br />
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My neck knives while small, really get the job done. I used my root daggers to dig up a sprinkler with minimal damage to the lawn and was able to get the sprinkler out with no effort.<br />
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So yeah, order something. Seriously. ;)<br />
Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-15103090631066371562012-09-04T20:37:00.000-07:002012-09-04T20:39:34.020-07:00Hide ScrapersYup! You heard correctly! I recently made some hide scrapers for buckskinning since I found out that no body really makes them, or if they do its very expensive.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Neither is the same and has slight variations.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">They all are 4 inches long, and range from 1.5 inch to 2.5 inches.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Prices are $35 for the regular size one and $20 for the smaller ones.</span><br />
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Will Be planning on making hide fleshers in the near future.Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-71227443987721247792012-09-04T20:06:00.002-07:002012-09-04T20:06:35.682-07:00More knivesWelp, two more to post up.<br />
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This one is a large chopper I made for myself and gave it one hell of a work out, did very nicely.<br />
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Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-92140090668266150562012-09-04T18:12:00.001-07:002012-09-04T20:14:56.984-07:00New KnivesWell, its been awhile, so here's some knives that I've made and sold recently.<br />
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This one I made for myself I call Desert Sunset in a bush knife form. I really worked this knife, and I'm very pleased with it. Skinned out a deer, carved tools I needed, split logs, its a great camp knife.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It's OAL is 10.5 inches, double edged.</span><br />
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<br />Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-36584944279967256522012-09-04T17:52:00.001-07:002012-09-04T17:52:25.908-07:00Been awayHey all, sorry for being away. Getting a buisness going sucks, especially with using a blog to get it going.<br />
Anyways. will have new pics up and knife samples soon.Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9003449525681297258.post-8576356061514434502012-03-13T15:56:00.002-07:002012-03-13T15:56:32.022-07:00March DiscountHey all, I have an advertisement, and I'll take 20% off any knife providing you tell me what page and in what magazine my add is in.Deer Runner Bushcraft, Survival, and Steelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07468017113066620720noreply@blogger.com0