Post by artificer on Dec 22, 2020 19:31:54 GMT -7
I loved Keith's list!
I do have one more skill I believe essential to survival and that is being able to move around anywhere at night without a light of any kind. I'm talking in fields, the woods, swampy areas, etc., etc. I learned this while Racoon hunting at night during my last three years in High School. The ONLY time we fired up carbide lanterns or used plastic lanterns with the now "antique" large batteries in them, was when we were in the process of shooting the Coon/s out of the tree and then skinning them. The test to know when you are good at it is when you can move around easily when there is no moon and the clouds cover the stars.
You even develop an instinct on what dark patches on the ground are hiding holes or mud or other obstructions, so sometimes you don't care about the dark spots and step in them while other times you walk around them. I guess there is some sensory perception that is still going on when you can do that, but I don't know exactly what it is.
I would bet this is a skill many people had on the farms or frontier during the time period of this forum.
Gus
I do have one more skill I believe essential to survival and that is being able to move around anywhere at night without a light of any kind. I'm talking in fields, the woods, swampy areas, etc., etc. I learned this while Racoon hunting at night during my last three years in High School. The ONLY time we fired up carbide lanterns or used plastic lanterns with the now "antique" large batteries in them, was when we were in the process of shooting the Coon/s out of the tree and then skinning them. The test to know when you are good at it is when you can move around easily when there is no moon and the clouds cover the stars.
You even develop an instinct on what dark patches on the ground are hiding holes or mud or other obstructions, so sometimes you don't care about the dark spots and step in them while other times you walk around them. I guess there is some sensory perception that is still going on when you can do that, but I don't know exactly what it is.
I would bet this is a skill many people had on the farms or frontier during the time period of this forum.
Gus
