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Anyone remember the outdoor gadgets you loved as a kid?
Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:45 pm
Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:45 pm
Small things that you were certain were the secret to survival, and outdoor dominance when you were 12 y/o or younger?
ex.
The Rambo survival knife.
folding saw
compass
other suggestions?
ex.
The Rambo survival knife.
folding saw
compass
other suggestions?
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Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:47 pm to Bleeding purple
the bow I made out of vine and fishing line
spoiler, wouldn't group for shite
spoiler, wouldn't group for shite
Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:48 pm to Bleeding purple
quote:
The Rambo survival knife.
Absolutely, even if they were actually the crappiest knife ever made.
I liked surplus Army stuff. A kid could find all kinds of cool stuff for the clubhouse, playing Army, etc...
Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:49 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
quote:Pecan saplings. Horrible stored energy.
the bow I made out of vine and fishing line
Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:51 pm to Bleeding purple
as a kid any of that stuff was gold.
rambo knife
compass
bb gun
binoculars
paracord
canteen
rambo knife
compass
bb gun
binoculars
paracord
canteen
Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:52 pm to wickowick
quote:
The Rambo survival knife.
Absolutely, even if they were actually the crappiest knife ever made.
Wouldn't cut butter if you heated it. And the water proof matches that came in the handle weren't't water proof. I know cause I dipped them in water then tried to light them. Still loved that thing though...
Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:53 pm to AlxTgr
nandina's don't offer much either
Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:53 pm to LSUballs
The wire saw would break on the first stick. No worries...
Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:53 pm to Bleeding purple
Swiss Army/multitool knifes. The more gadgets/crap on them the more prepared you where. If it had a toothpick odds are you'd never have to leave the woods again.
Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:54 pm to Bleeding purple
And...
Nudy mags I stole from my Dad's collection
Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:56 pm to Tdot_RiverDawg
A guy in my neighborhood had that rifle. He would wait until the Benjamin guys had their limit of robins/grackles/woodpeckers/cardinals, then ask to borrow one of the Benjamines.
Posted on 12/14/15 at 2:56 pm to Tdot_RiverDawg
quote:
Nudy mags I stole from my Dad's collection
Now the world is handed to them at their fingertips. We used to have to work to get a glimpse of boobs...
Posted on 12/14/15 at 3:01 pm to Bleeding purple
Red Ryder with a compass in the stock
Posted on 12/14/15 at 3:01 pm to Bleeding purple
Had a lot of fun with my blow gun.
RIP to many squirrels and lizards.
RIP to many squirrels and lizards.
Posted on 12/14/15 at 3:10 pm to LSUtigers111
Sling frickin shot. With the right size rock, I was damn near lethal.
Posted on 12/14/15 at 3:10 pm to wickowick
Yep, my wife and I had this discussion the other night about my 11 year old. She thinks he's looking at porn on his ipad because he's been deleting his history. I told her when we were kids, all we had to look at was a stack of playboys stashed out in the woods that all the neighborhood boys knew where they were at.
Posted on 12/14/15 at 3:12 pm to Tdot_RiverDawg
Is that a Crossman 760? That's what I had.
quote:I had to steel mine at a construction site behind the neighborhood where we stole clubhouse wood. When my dad found them, I said they weren't mine and whoever built our house must have left them there. I never realized the issue date was right on the cover til that moment....
Nudy mags
Posted on 12/14/15 at 3:17 pm to VernonPLSUfan
VernonP you right about that sling shot......surgical tubing was tough to come by when i was a kid!!!
Posted on 12/14/15 at 3:19 pm to LSUtigers111
quote:The kind with the bead and wire for darts? Those were amazing. OTOH, I had fun using the tubing from a bike banana seat and making darts out of large stick pins. Glued cotton to the ball end.
Had a lot of fun with my blow gun.
Posted on 12/14/15 at 3:26 pm to OleBallCoach
Surgical tubing! We didn't need no stinking surgical tubing. We had the old rubber band slings. After about a hundred shots they would snap.
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