Any back woods campers in the forum

[Rcam1977]

Well I just got back from my first outing for the year, I belong to a forum called www.hammockforums.com and this past weekend was are annual Hoosier hang, we had a great time, it was a fairly easy 1.5-2 mile hike into the valley and there were between 25-35 people that attended, and even a couple tent campers as well, the majority of us are hammock campers. The event was held on the north edge of the Hoosier National Forrest in the Charles Deam Wilderness area and people came from as far north as Jackson Michigan and as far south as Louisville KY, there at least one person from Ohio and I think somebody from Illinois as well, well anyway was just curious if there were any rustic campers here as well, I love the outdoors, its like meditation for the soul for me.

[BigClouds1021]

I am definitely a rustic camper. I have be a survivalist for about 10yrs now. Sometime when I head out to the woods I bring my marmot tent or my 2 person

jungle hammock, but most of the time I like to just take my sling bag with minimal gear( tarp, blade, metal match, SOG double bit tomahawk, a little foodanf water, machete, bow, wire for snares, ect) and build my own shelter, catch my own food, and purify my own water. IMHO that's the best way to camp. Get back to nature.

[Compenstine]

Seems most people in Michigan don't know how to camp LOL No Offense to those that do mind you, Spent my childhood camping in the Rockies and my youth camping in Northern Minnesota. I come here to Michigan and their idea of Camping here is in a farmers field around the watering hole pond. LOL

[bcartervol98]

I rarely camp but spend almost every Saturday night and Sunday on our boat and 1-2 full weekends a month. I am a Scout Leader so I camp some but its Cub Scouts so the back country outings are a little advanced for these guys haha. We have our Spring Camporee the last weekend of this month and then I am done till next fall (whew). Before we got into boating we used to tent camp a lot but mainly at campgrounds with bathhouses and electricity. I am a country boy that has been citified!

Edited April 14, 2014 by bcartervol98

[Rcam1977]

I did very little camping growing up and no back country camping until a year ago, and I'm 36, so its never to late to start. I decided a little over a year ago I wanted to try and do some hiking to loose some weight and to get out into the woods and one thing lead to another, I stumbled onto a video on YouTube Shug hiking the SHT and hammock camping and then learned about hammock forums and the rest is history, if anybody is curious about hammocks www.hammockforums.net is an amazing forum, reminds me of VT, everybody is very helpful friendly to the noobs. And have made some of the best friends of my life by venturing into the woods with a bunch of total strangers.

[grailhunter78]

Seems most people in Michigan don't know how to camp LOL No Offense to those that do mind you, Spent my childhood camping in the Rockies and my youth camping in Northern Minnesota. I come here to Michigan and their idea of Camping here is in a farmers field around the watering hole pond. LOL

For sure. I hit silver lake sand dunes every year and pay the 20$ a night to camp on a 20 by 20. That's how we camp in Michigan lol. Although I do like drummond island its a little more rustic.