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Offline sleek

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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #15 on: March 08, 2016, 12:14:48 pm »
True point. I doubt the show cares though. There was a line in the email that stated, must have legitimate primitive survival skills. Maybe they would take a kid depending on knowledge and competency.
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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #16 on: March 08, 2016, 02:01:02 pm »
Just received a call back from Alanna. Gave a short interview and said they would let me know if my application was selected.

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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2016, 03:01:57 pm »
I hope you get picked Scott.
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Offline Aaron H

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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #18 on: March 08, 2016, 03:49:39 pm »
Best of luck Scott

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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #19 on: March 08, 2016, 03:56:02 pm »
I'd like the email as well.  Thanks.

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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #20 on: March 08, 2016, 09:49:42 pm »
Good luck to you Scott, you gonna get naked like Billy? I was emailing them on the last one and backed off when you couldn't kill and eat everything you saw. I'm not into bugs when I could eat a monkey.
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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #21 on: March 09, 2016, 03:26:33 am »
Hope you get in Scott and inject some real bow savvy into the proceedings.... if I was a bit younger... and over there... and had some survival skills I'd be all over it like a rash ::)
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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #22 on: March 09, 2016, 08:48:18 am »
Hey Marc,
Im interested in seeing this email, you mind sending it my way?

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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #23 on: March 09, 2016, 09:51:16 am »
Good luck to you Scott, you gonna get naked like Billy? I was emailing them on the last one and backed off when you couldn't kill and eat everything you saw. I'm not into bugs when I could eat a monkey.

You are a braver man than I. I think I would resort to eating monkeys only after the bugs were gone.
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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #24 on: March 09, 2016, 09:53:28 am »
If any of you guys do get accepted, let us know so we can watch your misadventures.

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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #25 on: March 09, 2016, 10:19:37 am »
Anybody ever walk out in the woods and live for two days with nothing? Ever start a hand drill fire? A bow drill fire? Built a brush shelter that actually kept you warm enough to survive? I think sometimes primitive skills and survival skills are mixed together. The two may intermingle, but survival is altogether different.
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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #26 on: March 09, 2016, 10:27:12 am »
Anybody ever walk out in the woods and live for two days with nothing? Ever start a hand drill fire? A bow drill fire? Built a brush shelter that actually kept you warm enough to survive? I think sometimes primitive skills and survival skills are mixed together. The two may intermingle, but survival is altogether different.

Not in about 20 years. When I was a High school kid I did all the time, not since.
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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #27 on: March 09, 2016, 11:43:41 am »
Anybody ever walk out in the woods and live for two days with nothing? Ever start a hand drill fire? A bow drill fire? Built a brush shelter that actually kept you warm enough to survive? I think sometimes primitive skills and survival skills are mixed together. The two may intermingle, but survival is altogether different.

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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #28 on: March 09, 2016, 12:00:37 pm »
Just asking man. I'm a bit of a survival enthusiast, maybe more than a bit. I've never walked out with zero in my pockets. I have done a few very minimalistic ventures. Its tough, fun and humbling. Friction fire is a bit**!!! Earlier this winter I grabbed a bow drill kit I had proven many times over. Rolled out a big ember on the basement floor and headed for the woods. That tiny change in humidity stopped the train. I couldn't make an ember to save my butt. I've done the same with a hand drill.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.

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Re: Survivalists wanted
« Reply #29 on: March 09, 2016, 12:04:17 pm »
I have done it with a fire saw using bamboo.... talk about a work out!
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