Any of you guys ever watch MAN Vs. WILD. I think his name is Bear and he goes out in nature with a knife and survives for a week and finds his way off ice glaciers and out of jungles. I really like that show he does some unbelieveable things and it is very interesting to watch. I have learned alot just watching the show. I also like I Shouldn't be Alive. Amazing survival stories. Lady Di
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IF IT DOESN'T GET HOT..IT DOESN'T HAVE ENOUGH FIREPOWER....DBL TAPP IS NOT DANCING..
Miss Sharpshooter...No doubt there's a couple of members or more here who could provide really great first hand stories for Man VS Wild...but not me. Unfortunately, I'm a city boy. I won't name them but one lives in Australia and the other in NZ. Well...maybe there's a few others here who could have interesting short stories of wild life adventures they've had.
I have. Good show, except the guy that is doing it seems to enjoy making his job harder. I'd not stand beside a river and eat bugs when I could easily take a bug and catch a fish....
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This guy is getting quite the reputation over on a few Survival forums - it's considered he'll eventually get someone killed trying to copy his ill-thought antics. Much of the 'information' he gives out is WRONG. Okay entertainment in this day of "reality TV", but please don't try to learn from this guy. He's NOT a true survivalist.
One should never lose sight of the fact that, TV, is first and foremost, entertainment. 99% of what you see is either scripted or staged. Not that there`s anything wrong with that, goodness gracious no, but we should`nt lose sight of the fact.
My personal favourite TV presenter in the ` survivalist` vein, would undoubtedly be, Major Les Hiddens. Les is known as the ` bush tucker man ` ... Tucker means food in Australian. Les` brief in the army, he is actually a Vietnam vet too, was to travel about the outback meeting with and liasing with aboriginal`s to find out about what they ate. Bush tucker.. What a job, eh??
A typical Bush Tucker man show would go something like, Les is crazy about the early explorers, So he`d trace their footsteps while collecting and identiying stuff you can eat. It`s always interesting if he is following the trail of an illfated journey taken by explorers who ` perished` ( you don`t just die in the outback, you `perish` ..
He`ll identify stuff they could have eaten right there where they died. Or he`ll note they encountered hostile natives, or perhaps repelled freindly ones who could have helped them.
If you see it, ` The Bushtucker Man ` and you have an interest in survival, or even Australia, grab it with both hands you won`t be disappointed.
This guy is getting quite the reputation over on a few Survival forums - it's considered he'll eventually get someone killed trying to copy his ill-thought antics. Much of the 'information' he gives out is WRONG. Okay entertainment in this day of "reality TV", but please don't try to learn from this guy. He's NOT a true survivalist.
I watched one episode of survivorman, he reached down, picked up a mushroom, looked at it for a couple seconds, and then ate it. Then said "Gee, I hope that was one of the non-poisonous mushrooms." then, he offered a little chuckle.
For one, anybody who has ever had even the most minimal survival training knows, if you are not 100% sure it is what you need it to be, don't eat it, don't think about it, and try not to handle it too much unless required to ID it as good or bad. In a "I'm stranded situation" being off your feet sick as a dawg because you ate something that was bad can be a deathblow, especially if the temps are expected to drop, and you need to build a fire, only you are too busy being sick.
I am by no means a survival expert, but I do know that "when in doubt, tough it out". It is known far and wide, hungry and healthy is better than full and sick!
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Thats what I love about Les Hiddens. He offers real advice on such things: if you are in the bush and starving what to look for, what to avoid. What `may` be okay, how to find out like rub it under your arm and see if it irritates the skin, then try a little bit it passes a few tests.
There are a number of plants and things the aborigine`s ate, that had to be prepared in a special way or it`ll make you, at best, sick, or worse killl you. There are some plants that are fine to eat except for a certain time of year.
Les was paid by the army to go find out this stuff, his experinece in the field is golden.
