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Fauna Food / Re: age of roadkill
« on: February 22, 2008, 12:16:15 AM »
i like the hair pull test on the belly. anything sitting in warm temps for more than 12 hours i'd leave it. i can be pick in my area. a rule i go by... spring summer and fall i won't take stuff after 1 pm due to heat. another good thing to check is to push on the animals belly a bit. if blood comes out the anus this usually means the guts have busted. aside from tainting the meat this also effects the amount of work needed in order to obtain the meat. with busted guts you might need to cut out and not eat a little bit or a lot of the meat. the tenderloins are right near a lot of organs so these are out usually. it can also get messier and real stinky. tanning can be effected too with all those juices working on the hide.
just some stuff i've done.
i've usually avoided maggots for fear of rot but i guess i'v been wrong. where were the maggots? how many? was the meat already exposed when you got to the animal?
thanks
just some stuff i've done.
i've usually avoided maggots for fear of rot but i guess i'v been wrong. where were the maggots? how many? was the meat already exposed when you got to the animal?
thanks
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Rewilding Mind & Heart / Re: Is there a place for spirit?
« on: February 22, 2008, 12:01:01 AM »
there is only place for spirit! i find it really too easy for me to gloss over my spirit and then become disenchanted with most of my life. i have too work hard at consistently showing gratitude. but i think spirit work should be hard, especially with all the conditioning that we animals have gone through. we have been lead to believe that our souls are to be fostered and maintained in monasteries, temples and churches. and then only on sundays or saturdays or holidays when banks close.
its unconditioning this stuff that makes my spiritual work hard. i practice yoga cause the funny bendy stuff makes me giggle but the idea of vegetarianism further separates me from the deer and elk rather than connect me to them.
i dunno, i went on a bit of a rant. anyways, i think spirit is all that fits. when it is a crushed and defeated spirit, the world collapses around it and further suffocates an already drowning being. when the spirit is glowing and grinning nature expands around it giving the proper space for growth.
i am going to go stand on one leg and fall over when the sparrows come by again
its unconditioning this stuff that makes my spiritual work hard. i practice yoga cause the funny bendy stuff makes me giggle but the idea of vegetarianism further separates me from the deer and elk rather than connect me to them.
i dunno, i went on a bit of a rant. anyways, i think spirit is all that fits. when it is a crushed and defeated spirit, the world collapses around it and further suffocates an already drowning being. when the spirit is glowing and grinning nature expands around it giving the proper space for growth.
i am going to go stand on one leg and fall over when the sparrows come by again
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Rewilding Mind & Heart / Re: buddhism
« on: August 26, 2007, 10:59:24 AM »Buddhism has always seemed to me like nihilism taken to the cosmic level: the attainment of Nirvana is release from the wheel of reincarnation, so you no longer have to exist, because existence is suffering.
but then you have the idea of the bodhisattva whom upon attaining enlightenment refuses nirvana in order to reborn and spread the teachings.
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Fauna Food / Re: Deadfalls
« on: August 26, 2007, 10:53:57 AM »
i've caught a fair bit of rodents. mainly pack rats and grasshopper mice. little stuff. i heard somewhere that rabbits don't like to eat under anything, whether its true or not i don't know but i have never caught a rabbit in a deadfall, though i have tried. i live in the desert so rodents don't bother me. in a city though.... i ate a fried rat in bangkok a few years ago, ecchhh.
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Rewilding Mind & Heart / Re: buddhism
« on: July 19, 2007, 05:52:58 AM »
willem
when buddhism came to china for the first time, it was brought over by bodhidharma, a buddhist master whose teachings were very unorthodox at the time and which developed into buddhism. this was around 500 or 600 ad. the earliest zen scriptures are dated to about 1029 ad.
to make it short, there existed a very particulary chinese mentality on spirituality and politics thanks to confucius and lao tzu. not until buddhism melded with tao did what we now call zen (ch'an in chinese) come to fruition. the main difference with zen is that contemplating the sutras and the thinking that meditating is the key to liberation are not necessarily of major importance in zen. bodhidharmas quotes "seeing into ones nature" has become the core of zen.
some scholars go so far to say that zen cannot be considered truly buddhist.
i like to turn this thread is taking
when buddhism came to china for the first time, it was brought over by bodhidharma, a buddhist master whose teachings were very unorthodox at the time and which developed into buddhism. this was around 500 or 600 ad. the earliest zen scriptures are dated to about 1029 ad.
to make it short, there existed a very particulary chinese mentality on spirituality and politics thanks to confucius and lao tzu. not until buddhism melded with tao did what we now call zen (ch'an in chinese) come to fruition. the main difference with zen is that contemplating the sutras and the thinking that meditating is the key to liberation are not necessarily of major importance in zen. bodhidharmas quotes "seeing into ones nature" has become the core of zen.
some scholars go so far to say that zen cannot be considered truly buddhist.
i like to turn this thread is taking
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Rewilding Mind & Heart / Re: buddhism
« on: July 16, 2007, 07:48:23 AM »
whew, i am glad i asked. the non-sentient/sentient duality is what first pushed me away from buddhism. it set up a hierarchy of existence that i couldn't understand.
and the violent murders committed by the monks and other buddhist figures, such as ashoka, convinced me that my decision was good for me.
but recently i have felt that killing in the name of religion is an excuse to kill whoever is in the way of some political agenda. and i would go so far to say those zen monks and buddhist kings were no more buddhist than the letters used to spell buddhist, but thats another spot.
i've simply been seeing lots of synchronicities with rewilding and taoism (massively influential in the cration of ch'an or zen) and buddhism
awakening through the use of hallucinogens has done very little for me so far as i can tell so i no longer partake in them.
and the violent murders committed by the monks and other buddhist figures, such as ashoka, convinced me that my decision was good for me.
but recently i have felt that killing in the name of religion is an excuse to kill whoever is in the way of some political agenda. and i would go so far to say those zen monks and buddhist kings were no more buddhist than the letters used to spell buddhist, but thats another spot.
i've simply been seeing lots of synchronicities with rewilding and taoism (massively influential in the cration of ch'an or zen) and buddhism
awakening through the use of hallucinogens has done very little for me so far as i can tell so i no longer partake in them.
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Rewilding Mind & Heart / Re: buddhism
« on: July 15, 2007, 01:46:28 PM »
some background info..
i spent a year studying buddhism in nepal, s africa, france and the u.s. back in 2001. i thought it was the thing for me. it wasn't. i purposely avoided zen due to its trendiness here in the west. now though buddhism, and zen in particular, is constantly coming up in my life.
i am finding a lot of buddhist princilples that apply to rewilding.
am i missing something?
i spent a year studying buddhism in nepal, s africa, france and the u.s. back in 2001. i thought it was the thing for me. it wasn't. i purposely avoided zen due to its trendiness here in the west. now though buddhism, and zen in particular, is constantly coming up in my life.
i am finding a lot of buddhist princilples that apply to rewilding.
am i missing something?
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Rewilding Mind & Heart / buddhism
« on: July 15, 2007, 01:41:01 PM »
there is quite a bit of anti buddhist sentiment on this site and i am curious as to where it comes from. any ideas?
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Rewilding Mind & Heart / Re: My Rewilding Log.
« on: July 15, 2007, 01:33:17 PM »
hey joker
wood type is a huge factor...where are you and what woods are available? as for the two rocks method...not all rocks spark. so good luck. (river rocks make a quick, usable knife though)
take the wood you're using and push your thumbnail into it. easily marked? with a bit pressure you should get a mark. if it marks too easy the wood may be too soft, too hard and, well, it may be too hard. any wood can work but oaks, hckory, aspen, etc, are kinda difficult. juniper, cedar and willows are pretty good. cottonwood is very easy. if possible, dry out and use a root for the hearth, spindle too if its not too thin. coniferous woods are very hard to use.
myspace.com/feralize
thats myspace page with a bowdrill primer
good luck
wood type is a huge factor...where are you and what woods are available? as for the two rocks method...not all rocks spark. so good luck. (river rocks make a quick, usable knife though)
take the wood you're using and push your thumbnail into it. easily marked? with a bit pressure you should get a mark. if it marks too easy the wood may be too soft, too hard and, well, it may be too hard. any wood can work but oaks, hckory, aspen, etc, are kinda difficult. juniper, cedar and willows are pretty good. cottonwood is very easy. if possible, dry out and use a root for the hearth, spindle too if its not too thin. coniferous woods are very hard to use.
myspace.com/feralize
thats myspace page with a bowdrill primer
good luck
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Rewilding Mind & Heart / Re: What is the most difficult enviroment to survive in?
« on: July 15, 2007, 01:22:50 PM »
most difficult environment to survive in???
with all the traffic, bills, errands, concrete, sewage, noise, emotional disorders, unhealthy food options, lack of community, inundation of laws, lack of unaltered nature, plastic, asphalt, anger, frustration i would put inner cities up there.
with all the traffic, bills, errands, concrete, sewage, noise, emotional disorders, unhealthy food options, lack of community, inundation of laws, lack of unaltered nature, plastic, asphalt, anger, frustration i would put inner cities up there.
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Misc. / anyone ever tanned with...
« on: July 15, 2007, 12:12:19 PM »
soap and oil? i hear it works good
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Fauna Food / Re: age of roadkill
« on: July 15, 2007, 12:07:59 PM »
the hair pull test is pretty reliable. i pull the belly hair cause thats where the skin is thinnest and rot is likely to show up there first.
i tend to only eat roadkill that i find earlier in the day. it gets hot where i live and anything after noon has usually started funk a bit this time of year.
also, if the organs burst on impact there can be a lot of nasty stuff marinating the meat, the hide is usually still good though.
i found this one last week at about 5 pm. she'd been out for about 11 hours. i was on the road that morning and saw nothing. (by the way, this is in new hampshire, i am here for a month or so). it was a cool, cloudy day with lots of rain. rshe had been hit on her left rump and under the hide the bruising was massive. it was really clean skinning her until i got to the bruise. she spilled about a gallon or so of blood, some on my camera, when i pulled the hide off.
i took the sinew and the backstraps and the hide. the meat was good and the hide is salted right now. going to tan it tomorrow or the next day.
i tend to only eat roadkill that i find earlier in the day. it gets hot where i live and anything after noon has usually started funk a bit this time of year.
also, if the organs burst on impact there can be a lot of nasty stuff marinating the meat, the hide is usually still good though.
i found this one last week at about 5 pm. she'd been out for about 11 hours. i was on the road that morning and saw nothing. (by the way, this is in new hampshire, i am here for a month or so). it was a cool, cloudy day with lots of rain. rshe had been hit on her left rump and under the hide the bruising was massive. it was really clean skinning her until i got to the bruise. she spilled about a gallon or so of blood, some on my camera, when i pulled the hide off.
i took the sinew and the backstraps and the hide. the meat was good and the hide is salted right now. going to tan it tomorrow or the next day.
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Rewilding Mind & Heart / Re: The Cages That Bind Us
« on: July 02, 2007, 08:53:26 AM »
if we see a dichotomy between 'domesticated' and 'wild', we are already domesticated.
i owe a lot of money, but i am not in debt.
i owe a lot of money, but i am not in debt.
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Wood-working / Re: bows
« on: July 02, 2007, 08:25:27 AM »
to split a sapling... split it in the middle not on the ends. elm has an interlocking grain that likes to meander from the ends
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Fauna Food / Re: Ants
« on: April 20, 2007, 10:08:50 PM »
ants are a very potent and revered yang source in chinese herbalism. awesome