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Q&A What are some simple tasks to teach knife safety?

Following the footsteps of user5732's post with the Cub Scout check list, their handbook has some suggestions of projects. One that hasn't been mentioned yet is soap carving. Soap is easier to cut...

posted 6mo ago by Michael‭

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Meta It seems odd to have both "bikes" and "biking" as top-level tags

I believe [biking] and [bikes] should be synonymous indeed (or we can probably just remove one tag or the other). I don't think any deeper considerations were made when picking tags and a lot of th...

posted 7mo ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A What are some good games or activities to do on a hike?

Bring Don't Get Got, which has a very small in-play size. Play it as a meta-game over the whole course of the trip. It even works in the vehicles to and from your trip. Or if that game turns your ...

posted 7mo ago by Michael‭  ·  edited 7mo ago by Michael‭

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Meta It seems odd to have both "bikes" and "biking" as top-level tags

Should [biking] and [bikes] be synonymized or perhaps "bikes" made a child of "biking"? I'm not very familiar with Codidact's hierarchical tags and what they imply for cases like this. Do you do s...

2 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by Michael‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Does a softshell/hardshell specific DWR product make a difference?

E.g. Nikwax has different DWR (Durable Water Repellent) treatment products for softshells and hardshells. Are these actually different products (other than in label)? Can one substitute one for t...

0 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by Iizuki‭  ·  edited 7mo ago by Iizuki‭

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Gear Recommendations Is there an app to identify flora and fauna

Seek by iNaturalist is the best offline plant and animal identification app for hiking. It stores reference data offline, making it ideal for use in areas without internet access.

posted 7mo ago by artLover1978‭

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Q&A What are some good games or activities to do on a hike?

Here are three games you can play on a hike: Sushi Go, Scrabble Cards (best played inside a tent), and Liar's Dice. Enjoy your hike!

posted 7mo ago by artLover1978‭

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Q&A Micro-Fractures in Climbing Equipments

Aluminum and other metals undergo microcracking only when stretched beyond its elastic limit. Beyond the elastic limit, permanent deformation will occur. The elastic limit is, therefore, the lowes...

posted 8mo ago by Nick‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by Nick‭

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Q&A Is there a handgun or rifle target practice set-up for the home?

Shooting is one of those things where there's a few basic skills that, if you don't have them, you will get very little value out of training more advanced aspects and it will be very difficult to ...

posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Q&A How effective are Air (1) Pistols and (2) Rifles, bought in Canadian retailers, against dangerous animals?

Air guns have lower energy than firearms. There's obviously a huge variety of them, but usually the strongest ones are a bit weaker than a .22LR round. .22LR is a weak round. It's not that it can'...

posted 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭  ·  edited 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Meta Should posting on Meta affect reputation?

When we launched this community, we did not yet have the ability to set different reputation grants for different categories. We've had this for a while but we failed to follow up before now, sorr...

0 answers  ·  posted 10mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Where's this road, that a car is driving on, beside water and snow capped mountains?

This is Kolgrafafjörður in Iceland. The road is Snæfellsnesvegur (Highway 54), approaching the bridge accross the fjord from the West.

posted 11mo ago by Loong‭

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Q&A How can I attach a BARE (no accessories) flashlight to a rental car, to illuminate the hinterland ahead?

Hire the car you need, and pay the cost. Every rental car agreement I've ever seen says specifically "this vehicle is for public roads only" and that has implications to the insurance. If you ge...

posted 11mo ago by Criggie‭

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Q&A Why do I see rodents out in a gale?

I live in a rural area around 59° north. When driving around I often see rodents darting across the roads during high winds (20-50mph), but very rarely see them when the weather is calm. Rain doesn...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by Pastychomper‭

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Q&A How effective are Air (1) Pistols and (2) Rifles, bought in Canadian retailers, against dangerous animals?

Generally you shouldn't shoot wild animals with air guns since they might cause permanent harm. The non-lethal methods listed in your link are likely to be both more efficient and less harmful for ...

posted 1y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A How effective are Air (1) Pistols and (2) Rifles, bought in Canadian retailers, against dangerous animals?

My family lacks any firearms license or training whatsoever. To what degree can store-bought (Canadian Tire, Home Hardware) Air Pistols Air Rifles fend off wild dangerous animals? Pa...

2 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 10mo ago by matthewsnyder‭

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Gear Recommendations Durable backpack that won't rip if carried on one shoulder

20-25 kg, or 45-55 pounds weight, is too much to expect to carry on your shoulders. That's especially true if only over one shoulder. Not only will that put a lot of stress on the shoulder straps...

posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Gear Recommendations Durable backpack that won't rip if carried on one shoulder

I'm looking for a backpack that I can use to schlepp all my stuff around while hiking and taking buses around the country (and possibly out of it). Every backpack I've used so far has eventually r...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Mithical‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A Where do bald eagles go at night if not in their own nests?

We don't get bald eagles where I live, but I understand that once the chicks are old enough to keep themselves warm, the parents start to leave them alone for increasing periods during the day and ...

posted 2y ago by Pastychomper‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Pastychomper‭

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Q&A To leaf peep in Adirondack Park, how many Scenic ViewPoints can you drive up to?

Adirondack park is large, especially by northeast US standards. There are quite a number of roads, from main paved roads to lesser paved roads, to good dirt roads, etc. There is something for eve...

posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A To leaf peep in Adirondack Park, how many Scenic ViewPoints can you drive up to?

My octogenarian grandma needs walking aids. She's physically unable to hike or rove. But she still pines to leaf peep — known in Japanese as momijigari (紅葉狩) — while seated in the car. Thus we are ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Meta Please temporarily REopen my closed ID questions, just to let me answer? Most of them have been pinpointed.

Let's not. Your questions were closed because the community determined that such questions are off topic on Outdoors Codidact. (You even participated in that discussion yourself, so like much feed...

posted 2y ago by Canina‭

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Meta Please temporarily REopen my closed ID questions, just to let me answer? Most of them have been pinpointed.

I hereby swear and affirm — under the pains of moderators — that I shall not post new questions to identify locations of pictures before June 30 2022. I have located most pics in my closed questio...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by TextKit‭  ·  edited 2y ago by TextKit‭

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Q&A Where do bald eagles go at night if not in their own nests?

I've recently learned of a local eagle cam and have been enjoying watching a pair of bald eagles and their three chicks. While I don't have access to many days of video to check (the site buffers ...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Pastychomper‭

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Gear Recommendations Good, economic watch to follow tracks?

I finally opted for a Garmin Forerunner 245. It works well, it is not very expensive and the UX to follow tracks is quite good. Some insights on my experience after over a year using it: Wris...

posted 2y ago by fedorqui‭

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