Outdoor Reliance

Identifying Deer Scat

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, June 1, 2011 0 comments

This is one of the ingredients for making glue and the hardest of the ingredients to find. You don't want to just start aimlessly looking around the ground and expect to find some.

First, start looking for the edge of a clearing where the trees stop and open up into a meadow. Deer like to travel along the edge of things. Even if your in a pine forest and the trees suddenly turn into hardwoods deer will follow the edges of the two divides. Often you will see them step out into the field which is right next to a forest.

When you find this clearing, start looking for signs of deer. This picture shows a well defined deer track I came across in this field so keep an eye out for this. The main thing your trying to find is a well used game trail which will lead into the forest.

This is another deer sign. These are trees that a buck used to scrape his antlers against so if you come across this you know you are not only still on the trail but that a buck is in the area.

If it takes a little trailing or if you find it right off you'll eventually come across deer scat shown here. You can then use this to make glue.

Keep in mind that you will likely come across rabbit scat in the field or on a game trail as well and this will work just as well for making glue.

How To Make A Slip Knot

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Start with a bowline knot.

Pull string through the bowline loop.

This knot is used to slip tight onto whatever is put through the loop.

Make sure the loop on the bowline knot is as small as you can get it to make the slip knot more effective.

How To Make A Bowline Knot

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This is a load bearing knot. It locks the loop in place and will not slide up and down the rope.

Using The Net Needle

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, May 31, 2011 0 comments

This page is to show how to equip the net needle once you have one made and ready.

Place the end of the string flat against the needle in a loop.

Feed the loop around the peg of the needle.

Tighten the loop.

Fold the string around the back of the needle and flip it over.

Hold the string on this side and make a new loop to fit around the peg.

Repeat this process until you can't put on any more string. You don't need to have a previously cut string. Just feed the string onto the needle without cutting it.