City Slicker or Jack Pine Savage?

[joeychitwood]

Here is a little test I've devised to determine if you are 100% City or 100% Country or something in between. Be honest answering the questions. A "Yes" is worth one point, and a "No " is worth zero. If any "Yes" answers involved a paid guide or safari, it doesn't count.

1. Have you ever blown up or otherwise dismantled a beaver dam?
   
2. Have you ever been lost in the woods to the point where friends started searching for you?
   
3. Have you ever said these words to yourself while alone in the woods: "If this doesn't work, I'm literally a dead man."?
   
4. Have you ever unexpectedly encountered any of the following while hiking or hunting? (Each worth one point.) A Mountain Lion? A Timber Wolf? A Bear? (An extra point if it was a female with cubs.)
   
5. Have you ever been told by a manager at a fast food joint that you smelled too bad returning home from a fishing trip to be seated in the restaurant?
   
6. Have you ever been dropped off on an island or in the wilderness with no form of communications and told that the boat will be back in a week?
   
7. Have you ever brought a rifle with you when you go to the outhouse?
   
8. Have you ever used the term "City Slicker?"

A score of 0 points means you're 100% city. 11 points or more mean you're a country boy/girl who's lucky to be alive. 2-10 points means you're something in between.

I score a 13 because some a couple of questions can be answered "Yes" twice. What's your score?

[Grumpy Badger]

Just as I suspected....

I'm a little bit country, a little bit rock n' roll!

[MitchSteel]

1) Twice, in Northern Ontario....is that 2 points
2) Not yet, but it depends on the "deathly solution" I'm drinking
3)Yes, actually, I can count the number on my both hands, all in the high arctic
4)Black bear three times, one of which, the bear actually walked into my cabin where we were dining......still here, he's on my garage wall.
5) No,I think most people are used to that sight around here....eh
6)yes, but not by choice,.....see "deathly solution" comment
7)can't count that high
8)No, I stick to "hipster"

I don't think I need to count to tell you I'm a hillbilly, even my scent of choice is Hoppes No 9.....

[gulfstream69xr7]

That's funny. I lived in the woods growing up. Bow hunted and fished all season long.

Currently live on seven wooded acres lakefront in fairly rural NJ. I fish several times a week in the warm weather and have wild life strolling around my property every day.

Scored a perfect zero.

I'm not sure how that happened.

I had a Barred Owl steal my jitterbug the other night, does that count for a point?

[Presa canary]

1. No
2. Yes
3. Plenty of times free soloing
4. Black bear
5. No
6.nope
7. No, but a hand gun. Obviously for peace of mind. I wasn't hitting anything stumbling my way around...
8. No

Always been a C+ student

[Darlinboy]

1. Have you ever blown up or otherwise dismantled a beaver dam? More than a few times.
   
2. Have you ever been lost in the woods to the point where friends started searching for you? Twice.
   
3. Have you ever said these words to yourself while alone in the woods: "If this doesn't work, I'm literally a dead man."? That's a big No!
   
4. Have you ever unexpectedly encountered any of the following while hiking or hunting? (Each worth one point.) A Mountain Lion? A Timber Wolf? A Bear? (An extra point if it was a female with cubs.) Yes, No, and Yes (plus cubs)
   
5. Have you ever been told by a manager at a fast food joint that you smelled too bad returning home from a fishing trip to be seated in the restaurant? Nope!
   
6. Have you ever been dropped off on an island or in the wilderness with no form of communications and told that the boat will be back in a week? By a boat no, a pontoon plane, yes. Does that count?
   
7. Have you ever brought a rifle with you when you go to the outhouse? No, a pistol is all you really need.
   
8. Have you ever used the term "City Slicker?". No, never.

I've also lived in a highrise in a major metro city center, been mugged, and jaywalked much often than I've blown up beaver dams. And, I was once asked to leave a Waffle House for not smelling bad enough.

I guess points off for those, so I will consider myself in between.

[East Bay Rider]

Close enough. Somewhere in between.

[Cesium133]

In the middle. I will only wear J Crew flannel shirts while blowing up beavers.

[GradyPhilpott]

Well, they say you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy.

My adult life has been spent pretty much in the city, although, somehow, I don't think the word "slicker" fits me very well.

My city life was pretty tough.

When I was a boy, I spent a few years living in rural areas and spent every free moment raoming the woods of southern Mississippi, northeastern Louisiana, and east Texas.

My Boxer, Mack, and I were once completely lost late on a Sunday afternoon and I was, at the ripe old age of 10, getting pretty scared that I wasn't going to make it back home in time for church, when Mack and I were confronted by a wild boar.

Mack did a magnificent job of buying me enough time to get the hell away from that damned thing and we did manage to get back home in time for church and neither my mother nor my father ever heard a word about the happenings of that day.

I herded cattle at the age of eight, in exchange for milk given to my family by the owner of the farm adjacent to the church property, with my yellow dog, Jack, who caused a stampede of something like forty head of cattle and almost got us both killed.

I don't know if that makes me country, but those experiences, even the less exciting ones, helped to form the man I became.

[Grissom]

Geez.....I'm a big fat ZERO......not a surprise, as I grew up in Brentwood (Los Angeles). For goodness sake, I never took a bus until I lived in South America......Really such a different set of life experiences growing up in a big city versus the country. Nice thread, Mark!! Do I get any bonus "City" points for Marilyn Monroe giving me milk and cookies as a kid? For bagging Jacques Cousteau's groceries? For going to a few of Hugh Hefner's parties?

[bayerische]

1. Have you ever blown up or otherwise dismantled a beaver dam?
   
   No
   
2. Have you ever been lost in the woods to the point where friends started searching for you?
   
   No
   
3. Have you ever said these words to yourself while alone in the woods: "If this doesn't work, I'm literally a dead man."?
   
   No
   
4. Have you ever unexpectedly encountered any of the following while hiking or hunting? (Each worth one point.) A Mountain Lion? A Timber Wolf? A Bear? (An extra point if it was a female with cubs.)
   
   No
   
5. Have you ever been told by a manager at a fast food joint that you smelled too bad returning home from a fishing trip to be seated in the restaurant?
   
   No
   
6. Have you ever been dropped off on an island or in the wilderness with no form of communications and told that the boat will be back in a week?
   
   No
   
7. Have you ever brought a rifle with you when you go to the outhouse?
   
   No, but should have
   
8. Have you ever used the term "City Slicker?"
   
   Yes
   

[JasoninDenver]

Proud to say that I am a refined savage.

Lived in the mountains of Colorado for many years and have more adventures out in the backcountry than your average guy but still managed to come out alive and unscathed nearly every time.

I guess it is easier to be a little reckless when you are an ER doc.

[cedargrove]

No to a lot of them, but have seen several bears.

For number 6) I paddled myself to a small remote island and camped there for a week (nothing man made, no water, etc). As I paddled up, a black bear was playing in the water and scurried away. Ate my lunch there but considering the island was at most 10 acres, and my dinner was sardines, I picked another nearby island to camp on (but I'm sure the bear eventually followed me there).

For number 7) when I went to the bathroom in the middle of the night (no outhouse, just a big crack in the rock) I didn't need a gun, just a big sharpened stick.

[Tri-Tip]

0 points for me...100% city.

[dbelle7]

Originally Posted by joeychitwood

Here is a little test I've devised to determine if you are 100% City or 100% Country or something in between. Be honest answering the questions. A "Yes" is worth one point, and a "No " is worth zero. If any "Yes" answers involved a paid guide or safari, it doesn't count.

1. Have you ever blown up or otherwise dismantled a beaver dam? yes
   
2. Have you ever been lost in the woods to the point where friends started searching for you? no
   
3. Have you ever said these words to yourself while alone in the woods: "If this doesn't work, I'm literally a dead man."?no, but I'm a chick
   
4. Have you ever unexpectedly encountered any of the following while hiking or hunting? (Each worth one point.) A Mountain Lion? A Timber Wolf? Yes A Bear? Yes (An extra point if it was a female with cubs.) and yes, extra point! If anyone needs proof there is photographic evidence in my Instagram gallery @happytrailsyall :-)
   
5. Have you ever been told by a manager at a fast food joint that you smelled too bad returning home from a fishing trip to be seated in the restaurant?no, plenty of cold baths in the river
   
6. Have you ever been dropped off on an island or in the wilderness with no form of communications and told that the boat will be back in a week? Yes
   
7. Have you ever brought a rifle with you when you go to the outhouse? no, maybe I should have?
   
8. Have you ever used the term "City Slicker?" yes, but...I do like a little trip to the 'big city' every now and then.

A score of 0 points means you're 100% city. 11 points or more mean you're a country boy/girl who's lucky to be alive. 2-10 points means you're something in between.

I score a 13 because some a couple of questions can be answered "Yes" twice. What's your score?

Girls can play, too, right?

[Hairdude1]

0 points for me as well

[joeychitwood]

Originally Posted by dbelle7

Girls can play, too, right?

Absolutely. Nice score, too.

I added another point last night by attending the annual local hunting stag attended by 300 rednecks. Steak, potatoes, every gun unimaginable and raffle tickets sold by roaming Hooters girls. Last year I won the Grand Prize, a pricey deer rifle and scope which I gave to my son-in-law for Christmas.

[AzPaul]

Originally Posted by joeychitwood

Here is a little test I've devised to determine if you are 100% City or 100% Country or something in between. Be honest answering the questions. A "Yes" is worth one point, and a "No " is worth zero. If any "Yes" answers involved a paid guide or safari, it doesn't count.

1. Have you ever blown up or otherwise dismantled a beaver dam ~ Only accidentally (while fishing)
   
2. Have you ever been lost in the woods to the point where friends started searching for you ~ Not my friends
   
3. Have you ever said these words to yourself while alone in the woods: "If this doesn't work, I'm literally a dead man."?
   
4. Have you ever unexpectedly encountered any of the following while hiking or hunting? (Each worth one point.) A Mountain Lion? A Timber Wolf? A Bear? ML and Bear ~ (An extra point if it was a female with cubs.)
   
5. Have you ever been told by a manager at a fast food joint that you smelled too bad returning home from a fishing trip to be seated in the restaurant ~ Does being told not to come in the house till you clean up outside count?
   
6. Have you ever been dropped off on an island or in the wilderness with no form of communications and told that the boat will be back in a week ~ Only five days and it's always a truck
   
7. Have you ever brought a rifle with you when you go to the outhouse ~ Do that at home
   
8. Have you ever used the term "City Slicker?"

A score of 0 points means you're 100% city. 11 points or more mean you're a country boy/girl who's lucky to be alive. 2-10 points means you're something in between.

I score a 13 because some a couple of questions can be answered "Yes" twice. What's your score?

No city boy here :)

[Rags]

Scored a perfect 0. Born & raised in the garden spot of America. Brooklyn NY. Forgetaboutit.

[jpl20]

Proud New Yawka got a 0.....you got a problem with that?

LOL!

:)

[skypilot]

I thought I grew up country but apparently not. A gravel road went past our house and I walked that road to a one room school with 8 grades where my 8th grade graduating class was myself and one other pupil. There were 13 pupils in all 8 grades of whom 2 were girls and I'm still afraid of girls. I carried a --- thing that goes bang -- to school and often shot supper on the way home.
I milked the cows and gathered the eggs after school and every Saturday morning we went to town to sell eggs and cream and on Sunday morning we cleaned the chicken house. I hunted raccoons at night while the townies did whatever townies do.
I took the test and am apparently a city slicker.

[lig]

1 point. Definitely a city boy.

[dbelle7]

Originally Posted by skypilot

I thought I grew up country but apparently not. A gravel road went past our house and I walked that road to a one room school with 8 grades where my 8th grade graduating class was myself and one other pupil. There were 13 pupils in all 8 grades of whom 2 were girls and I'm still afraid of girls. I carried a --- thing that goes bang -- to school and often shot supper on the way home.
I milked the cows and gathered the eggs after school and every Saturday morning we went to town to sell eggs and cream and on Sunday morning we cleaned the chicken house. I hunted raccoons at night while the townies did whatever townies do.
I took the test and am apparently a city slicker.

Pretty sure you are not a city slicker.

[joeychitwood]

Originally Posted by skypilot

I thought I grew up country but apparently not. A gravel road went past our house and I walked that road to a one room school with 8 grades where my 8th grade graduating class was myself and one other pupil. There were 13 pupils in all 8 grades of whom 2 were girls and I'm still afraid of girls. I carried a --- thing that goes bang -- to school and often shot supper on the way home.
I milked the cows and gathered the eggs after school and every Saturday morning we went to town to sell eggs and cream and on Sunday morning we cleaned the chicken house. I hunted raccoons at night while the townies did whatever townies do.
I took the test and am apparently a city slicker.

Not a city slicker or a Jack Pine Savage. You fall into the "farm kid" category. In Billings where I grew up, those were the guys who joined the rodeo club and rode a bull one day after breaking an arm falling off the previous bull. Toughest kids I've ever met.

[cop414]

I'm a 1. Had a bear chase me out of a campsite years ago... Otherwise I guess I'm more city than country.

[Alcan]

I scored 1 if seeing a bear eating garbage at a county dump counts.

[Demosthene]

Not many Beavers, Mountain Lions, Timber Wolves and Bears around these parts...

[r-sj-lex]

Have you ever blown up or otherwise dismantled a beaver dam?
No ... if you are lucky you'll see 1 beaver in 20 years

Have you ever been lost in the woods to the point where friends started searching for you?
No, the biggest wood in Holland is the size of a footballfield

Have you ever said these words to yourself while alone in the woods: "If this doesn't work, I'm literally a dead man."?
No, just walk a mile and your back in the city

Have you ever unexpectedly encountered any of the following while hiking or hunting? (Each worth one point.) A Mountain Lion? A Timber Wolf? A Bear? (An extra point if it was a female with cubs.)
No, no such animals here. if you're lucky you see a dog

Have you ever been told by a manager at a fast food joint that you smelled too bad returning home from a fishing trip to be seated in the restaurant?
No

Have you ever been dropped off on an island or in the wilderness with no form of communications and told that the boat will be back in a week?
No islands here bigger then a few yards

Have you ever brought a rifle with you when you go to the outhouse?
No, guns/rifles are not allowed in Holland

Have you ever used the term "City Slicker?"
No


Luckaly you can legally buy marijuana on every corner in Holland to have some fun

[joeychitwood]

A friend in Marin County questioned my upbringing this weekend when he heard that I rationalized pheasant hunting in -40 degree F weather by saying, "Once it gets below -25 F, you really can't tell the difference." He called me a redneck, which is probably true.