Roughing it.....

[SgtMojo67]

So does anyone actually rough it? Meaning go on overnight hikes with just a backpack, a little food, and water. Having to make your own shelter, primitive means of making fire, etc....Like Dual Survival, or Man Woman Wild.

Just curious. My oldest son and I are wanting to give it a whirl. I've been really looking at getting a .44 magnum or .357 before hand though.

If any of you do, where do you go?

 

[JB Books]

Ritz-Carlton or the Little Nell, that's how I rough it in Colorado.

 

[VitruvianDoc]

I have done it a few times. I went down to the witchitas with the boy scouts in December and did winter survival. We had what we could pack in a backpack minus a tent. For shelter, we had tarp, rope, and whatever we could scrounge up. We did a 4 day thing. We did cheat a little and bring in eggs and meat though since we couldn't hunt.

I've also done survival camping up in wyoming and actually did hunting to survive along with the things we could bring in.

 

[sesh]

I do some backpacking but I've never gone as far as to make my own shelter or trap my own food. I take a small tent, sleeping bag if it's cold enough, a little food, and a water filter. There's some pretty good stretches on the Ouachita trail or the Ozark Highland Trail. This time of year I think there's more water on the Ozark Highland than the Ouachita and you have to worry about it being hunting season in both areas. I did some geocaching with the family on a little of the Ozark Highland last weekend but didn't go too far, lots of hunters in the woods right now.

 

[AKguy1985]

yep i've done that overnight but its been a few years

 

[Sanjuro82]

I've done quite a few overnights. Most have been in Big Bend National Park, which is my favorite hiking location.

 

[twotonevert]

We did several times with our boy scout troop, had to make our own shelter and beds. It was really warmer than most tents and sleeping bags. LOL Its fun, just take some food and water to wash your pits and your good to go.

 

[SMS]

Backpacking with a small tent. As far as the making shelter thing, did it a lot as a scout and in the .mil....so my philosophy now is the old saying: "You don't have to eat S*** to know what it tastes like." Or I guess that would be modified to "Once you have eaten enough s***, you don't have to keep eating it to remember what it tastes like."

 

[Old Fart]

Ozark Highland Trail

This right here.
I've hiked the whole thing and it is a great trail.
Some rough spots.
But the scenery is top shelf.
Take a hunter orange hat with you during hunting season.

 

[angsniper]

Backpacking with a small tent. As far as the making shelter thing, did it a lot as a scout and in the .mil....so my philosophy now is the old saying: "You don't have to eat S*** to know what it tastes like." Or I guess that would be modified to "Once you eaten enough s***, you don't have to keep eating it to remember what it tastes like."

Exactly!