Why possibles?

[Timco]

Scanned the topics but did not see an answer. Why possibles? Where does this term come from?

Tim :hmm:

 

[gus13]

"Anything you could possibly need"
at least thats what I've always been told!

 

[necchi]

It's a historical term used during the fur trade era,
here's a list for ya ole coon so's ya won't git buffaloed,, Waugh!
http://www.xmission.com/~drudy/amm/gloss.html

 

[Timco]

Great, thanks. Cool list.

 

[Tkendrick]

Because if it can possibly disappear from the bag, it will. :grin:

 

[ohio ramrod]

So true I don't carry a possibles bag. I carry an impossibles bag. It is impossible to find what I put in it! :hmm: :hmm: . Which is why in addition to my impossibles bag, I wear a belt pouch with what I expect to need while hunting or target shooting. :yakyak:

 

[bkovire]

i second that and resemble that as well, one is my shot bag, the other is, well, give me ten min's or 5 feet of room and i just might have it :rotf:bag :thumbsup:

 

[nchawkeye]

Actually when Lewis and Clark ran into a bit of trouble with the Indians I balieve they called it a shooting bag...

 

[gus13]

I was always under the impression the shooting bag is completely different from a possibles bag. the shooting bag being only things needed for shooting while the possibles bag was more or less what we in the east would call a haversack. carrying all necessary items for eating etc. etc.

 

[necchi]

Lewis an clark where straight Military,,and so was the haversack

"possibles" was Mountain Man, so all are correct in the proper context, but all are not the same :grin:

are they taters, spud's or potato's ?

 

[zampilot]

Potatoes!

 

[Claude Mathis]

I was always under the impression the shooting bag is completely different from a possibles bag. the shooting bag being only things needed for shooting while the possibles bag was more or less what we in the east would call a haversack. carrying all necessary items for eating etc. etc.

My impression as well...

http://www.muzzleloadingforum.com/fusionbb/showtopic.php?tid/231945

 

[Hammerhead]

taters