Quick Question For All You Modern Day Survivalist

  • Quick Question For All You Modern Day Survivalist

    Posted by Art on September 13, 2022 at 4:23 am

    Who knows, without doing any research, what the “Mountain Goose” is and why it’s feathers were so important to many of our ancestors?


    Art replied 1 year, 12 months ago 9 Members · 25 Replies
  • 25 Replies
  • Barred-Rock-or-Brahma

    Member
    September 13, 2022 at 7:09 am

    I’ll take “Insulation” for $200, Alex.

    • Art

      Member
      September 13, 2022 at 2:57 pm

      There’s some truth in that but it still doesn’t answer the question of ‘what’ it is. 🙂

  • MoeCoffee

    Member
    September 13, 2022 at 3:06 pm

    I don’t know but I am interested to find out.

  • Sandra

    Member
    September 13, 2022 at 3:17 pm

    without google I have no ideal, so when is the answer being posted, or should I just google it?

  • Barred-Rock-or-Brahma

    Member
    September 13, 2022 at 5:56 pm

    Not all of us were trained by your “Mentors” or yogis or bush-jedi or whatever. If you think that you have something useful to share then why not just share it? The “I know something you don’t know” nonsense is irritating.

    • Art

      Member
      September 13, 2022 at 6:11 pm

      My apologies … not meant to irritate and has nothing to do with my Mentor’s or me. Was meant to merely prompt research to show how people referred to things several hundred years ago based on their understanding. By all means, feel free to have the thread deleted.

      • Barred-Rock-or-Brahma

        Member
        September 13, 2022 at 8:30 pm

        No worries. Nothing is learned when things are deleted, and there is way too much of that these days. I’m always up for learning somthing new, but I interpreted the specific stipulation of “without doing any reseach” to mean that you’d be providing the information. In the future, I’ll try to ask better questions and make fewer assumptions.

      • Art

        Member
        September 14, 2022 at 12:20 pm

        As to the ‘research’ portion … that was just my way of seeing if there just might hap;pen to be someone else here who also studies the past and how things were done.

        I just saw where you provided a link above to some info.

        • This reply was modified 2 years, 2 months ago by  Art.
  • Granny-Hatchet

    Member
    September 13, 2022 at 6:47 pm

    I have to admit. I don’t know what a mountain goose is/was. But I am intrigued to find out. So, yes I am going to go research it.

    Also, jmho Instead of getting irritated with someone for knowing something you don’t..why not look at it as an opportunity to learn. Just because you don’t have mentors or yogis, gurus, or whatever doesn’t make you incapable of learning the same thing as someone who does. In fact, it might give you an advantage. Every mentor knew something that someone didn’t know at one time or another. By researching for yourself you open yourself to a plethora of mentors worldwide. A stockpile of knowledge, both new and old. Being told, and learning are two different things entirely.

    Forgive me for stepping up on my soapbox.. be blessed.

  • DougT

    Member
    September 13, 2022 at 6:58 pm

    Never heard of a “Mountain Goose”. I’m guessing it’s just a subspecies of a normal goose? Probably spotted on lakes and ponds in mountainous regions? I’d guess that their feathers were used for quill pens, fletching and down like other geese. IDK, just a guess.

  • Granny-Hatchet

    Member
    September 13, 2022 at 7:06 pm

    Well, that was an easy find, and pretty interesting lore.

    Thank you for helping me learn something new today. 🥰

    • Art

      Member
      September 13, 2022 at 7:48 pm

      Will be interesting to see what you found. There’s a lot of wrong turns out there. 🙂

      • Art

        Member
        September 13, 2022 at 7:53 pm

        Hint For The Day ….

        Some Native Americans called it Cho-kho-tung


      • Granny-Hatchet

        Member
        September 13, 2022 at 8:49 pm

        Its something used in certain skills today. Or at least those who practice what’s now called bushcraft or primitive survival still use it

      • Art

        Member
        September 14, 2022 at 12:25 pm

        What was the name of the kids game where you guided someone to something by telling them if they were hot or cold while they moved around?

        Granny …You’re so hot it’s uncomfortable. 🙂

      • Art

        Member
        September 14, 2022 at 12:28 pm

        Hint for the day ….

        French-Canadians called it … Sabin

      • Art

        Member
        September 14, 2022 at 12:37 pm

        If you want to save time …. Just read previous posts. Someone has already taken it upon themself to post a link to some information.

        I’m off to read it now myself to see if it coincides with my research.

      • Art

        Member
        September 14, 2022 at 12:45 pm

        Just checked it out. I know exactly where that info came from. He just copied and pasted the information from elsewhere. 🙂

      • SilverLining

        Member
        September 14, 2022 at 12:46 pm

        Art, we called the kids game, “Riddle, riddle Marie. I see something you don’t see.”

      • MoeCoffee

        Member
        September 14, 2022 at 12:50 pm

        I am teaching my 10 year old some Bushcraft. I use it on the farm all the time. 🙂

      • Art

        Member
        September 14, 2022 at 12:56 pm

        Super …. 10 is a great age for learning.

        Hopefully it will be something that really interests them.

  • Spidergardens

    Member
    November 20, 2022 at 1:40 pm

    Mountain Goose??? Hummmm… domestic geese, Canadian geese, and a snow goose ever once in a while…

    No mountain geese that I know of here in south Mississippi!!! I’ve hunted and fished here for 60 years.

    I’ve not researched the question and probably will not… ( Not being disrespectful)

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