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Will be hopping a bus to Southern Oregon the frist of May. Am loking for some good spots up in the mountains, at least 5 miles or more from any road or trail. Plan on staying up in the mountains, growing fod, making a little shelter cabin, ect. Have herd alot of hippies in southern Oregon, and...

. I'm dropping off the grid.

So as spring approaches and I am evidently not going to be on the road this season, I've decided that I'd do some gardening. I've begun assembling my boxes and doing some preliminary planning. I have also been very interested in growing mushrooms; the edible kind I mean. Though some trippy...

So I'm curios if anyone has had luck squatting an abandoned cabin in the mountains. I was thinking about exploring appalachia for a remote abandoned cabin. Getting tired of this rat race, and want to get away. I enjoy bushcraft and being ex-military feel like I've acquired a good foundation of...

Neatoooooo! How to Build a Plant Xylem Water Filter Cheap, simple water filters made of plant xylem could dramatically reduce the incidence of water-borne diseases in places without access to clean drinking water, say engineers. One useful tip to avoid food poisoning while travelling is...

So, I'm about to be homeless/on the road again, which is pretty exciting, but wholly unplanned this time. I have a bit of stuff, like my bike and tools, that I want to be kept safe, but I don't have the $ or desire to rent a storage locker. Most of my friends live in apartments or squats, so I...

Im looking to find or form a small group of nomadic foragers in a remote wilderness area. I worked as an archaeological instructor for 7 years specializing in primitive technology and subsistence strategies of hunter gatherers. I spent the past 6 months working as a commercial fisherman, and...

These are pretty neat http://www.viralnovelty.com/amazing-photos-reveal-world-people-living-outside-system/# Amazing Photos Reveal the World of People Living Outside the System Eric Valli typically pays his bills by working for the likes of Hermes and Vuitton. But the most stunning photos...

http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/04/10/police-discover-kansas-city-homeless-living-in-subterranean-city-and-the-images-are-amazing/# A homeless camp in Kansas City was broken up by police and volunteers hoping to help them last week. It wasn’t just your usual tent city though, as it had a...

A woman from Cape Coral, Florida is being forced out of her home after local code enforcement teams found out she was “living off the grid.” The women, Robin Speronis, told her story to WFTX-TV who featured her lifestyle on the local news. The day after her story aired, where they talked about...

Last year i tried to build an igloo with some other people. After 7 hours of trying to get the angles right we gave up and dug snow caves instead. Has anyone else tried to build an igloo? Was it successful? And was it comfortable? The snow caves were comfortable enough, but getting in and...

after seeing a picture of someone holding a western cottonmouth in a bare hand just hangin out on there arm for a picture. I saw this here on the forum too... OMG! :O my jaw dropped and thought they are lucky to be alive because a cottonmouth has enough venom to kill several humans. most of us...

Hi guys not sure if this is in the right section of the forum so forgive me if its not and forgive me if its a stupid question. I have a scenario for you, you are walking along a long stretch of road miles and miles from any towns or truck stops its a warm day so you have been drinking plenty of...

So you've never made a fire before, and it's cold, and you're in the middle of nowhere. Thankfully, you have some matches or a lighter (Or at least I hope you do, or this post will be useless for you). Okay. Get some little shit together: dry leaves (nothing green), little sticks, even wadded...

Mountain Man Arrested For Trying To Feed Himself, Owns Judge ... AMAZING MUST WATCH November 21, 2013 In a packed courtroom, 52-year-old Ernie Tertelgte told the judge \u201CI am a living man protected by natural law and I have the right to forage for food when I am hungry… You are trying to...

Has anyone ever tried/successfully used a bow drill in making a fire? I always thought that it would be such a big hassle but the guy in this video gets this thing going super easily! I guess anything comes with practice.

Giving away my extra copies of these books. Both are great for basic wilderness survival skills in any climate. Pick em up in Toledo before I move out in the next week or so. Wont accept any money or barter for them. Just don't want to lug them around anymore since I've read the shit out of...

So stoked. The first frost in Alaska means it's time to start harvesting the rose hips. Yesterday, my friend handed me a jar and told me to smell the contents. It smelled so good. "Rose hips," he told me. Then, my flatmate did the same thing to me today. I knew I had to start gathering some...

Hey i found myself in the sonnora desert on my travels in a town called wickenburg outside of pheonix. Ive seen a ton of these prickly pear cactus around and know how to get to the fruit just wondering if anyone knows a cool way to cook em. Also if anyone with some desert knowledge knows some...

I have just recently launched a new website and trying to get it off the ground. Working on registering the domain, right now its just: www.trekkingbuddha.blogspot.com Will be posting a lot of how-to tutorials about backpacking and alt. forms of living/travel. Already some information on...

so a few friends and i have this idea to establish a permanent residence and small farm in a local state park. i was just wondering if anyone can point me to some info or maybe share some anecdotes on state park squattting. the specific park we're looking at is double trouble state park. if...

Hey Kin, So the tribal nomadic collective/wilderness squatting project is moving back down to Southern Oregon. We will be spending Fall-Spring in and around Ashland, OR specifically in the wilderness areas 45 minutes outside of Ashland in the mountains and (when snowfall gets harsher) moving...

So I have heard a lot from rewilder folks about how much they love this zine! There's an old thread about it on here too. It is super awesome not only for newbie rewilders but also for more the experienced. Lots of great knowledge and skills and some fun theory to get into. I figured I should...

A tribe of semi-nomadic wilderness travelers is forming in Portland. We will be departing for our first journey on the 27th of this month (August). Anyone interested in permanently or temporarily living off of the land and training ourselves in self-reliance while forming a tight-knit tribal...

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Did that squat ever take shape? Been trying to find the post, but I think it was deleted. Very much interested in a wilderness commune or island squat atm. http://squattheplanet.com/threads/apr-1-2012-squat-the-island-work-week-grand-junction-colorado.12088/

HELLO and let me apologize beforehand if this is in the wrong section. i recently got screwed over and booted out of my residence, but life goes on. i've had a lot of help along the way, but at the moment i've got three days under a friend's roof (and using that beautiful wifi and free...

Hey, I worked for 7 years at an archaeological school teaching foraging skills of the archaic Chihuahuan Desert hunters and historic Coahuilteco. I never made much money doing this, so in between programs I travelled a lot (Mexico, Texas, New Mexico, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, Wisconsin, British...

ima start a rural squat none to far from an urban area preety soon, i would be able to hunt things like birds or squirrels and stuff. What are some methods for cleaning the meat properly and some recipes for small game like that or even possums and such?

So I'm going to be doing the primitive deal real soon. I'm in Houston right now and I'm not sure of any good close spots for camping. I have a few small spots picked out in urban areas but I'm still looking for better, more remote spots. I have most of the gear I need, have to go buy a few...

awesome website and video on butchering pig how to. as a homesteader great resourse. http://www.farmsteadmeatsmith.com/

I'm pretty sure there are some laws against catching a turkey without a license, but the most easy and simple method involves a 50 gallon drum. Without a gun or traps of course. Not that I carry one with me but they are everywhere along the rails where I am at. So are the birds. I go to the...

Morel mushrooms are the bomb.. Perfect time to start looking for these in your travels. They are easy to identify and awesome eats. They only have one vaguely similar shroom that can cause u issues but its easy to tell them apart. The easiest way to tell the false from the true variety, is to...

ok, the chat will scroll away so after this big rant no one saw on chatbox i decided to copy and paste it here. you may laugh and say "dumbass" you may take one tidbit i blathered about and save your life... up to you. 33 minutes ago - travelin: out west in the mountains. fire. watch out for...

Have you ever tried living at a camp in the woods and hiding your vehicles near the road so they can't be seen. I need some ideas.

Recently I have thought about creating my own wilderness retreat or commune for anarcho primitivists. Of course I am only looking for dedicated individuals as the spots we make camp in are going to be pretty remote and isolated where it could take ten days or longer just to get back to...

This morning as i sat in my tent out in the woods slowly waking up, drinking instant coffee, and talking with my dog about how she needs to put some hustle in her game if were gonna bag a few local squirrles.. It hit me! Talkin bout a capital number 2. Then i got to thinking about a practice...

A friend of mine just told me about wilderness squatting in the forests around Olympia, WA. Apparently camping out in the woods is common among students at Evergreen. Can anyone corroborate this statement, and/or provide some more information? I'm planning on going up there, and I'm thinking...

Here where I'm at there is a bunch of small islands surrounded by marsh and shit. Some on creeks. I've been thinking of getting a small plastic raft thing or build some sort of half ass raft barge thing to go down the creek to the lil island. Anyone doing something like this? Would be str8 I...