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Evening! @forrestdweller I've have the 10 x 25 Vortex monocular. It's the perfect size for my shirt pocket. The glass is very clean and I find the image sharp. I've been using the Vortex monocular in central Canada for a year now and have had no problems. We don't have the heat and...

Sound like you had a fantastic hunt Footsore. I enjoyed your trip report. Thanks for sharing!

Hey! Hibrion, I'm envious! I've wanted to take one of Dave's courses for years. Look like you did everything right. In regards to @janne comments. I think their just jealous! One of the most important activities as bushcrafters is FIRE. With fire we have something to purify...

Hi! C_Claycomb, It wasn't that much paddling seeing the river averages from 10 to 12 kilometers and hour. There was lots of time stopping to sightsee and fish. The three other guys had already spent a week practicing their bushcrafting skills. In the evenings around the fires I did a...

Hey! Leshy, I tried to post the pictures. But I'm just not tech savy. Tried a few thing and it didn't work. If you want to see the pic's. Check out the link in the first post. As to Marc (Valetudoguy) I haven't heard from him since just after we all got home. I'm gonna send him an...

Saturday, June 17th, 2017 Up again at 5am to a beautiful sunny morning. It rain over night and the group tarp was touching the ground filled with water. Got the fire started and the coffee going. Then I untied one side of the tarp and emptied all the water. Everyone was up early for...

Friday, June 16th, 2017 Woke again at 5am to rain and went back to sleep until 6. Still raining. At 7:15 it was still raining. Got up packed and got the fire and coffee going. Dennis, Sabastian and Fabian were at the fire by 7:45, Fabian got breakfast started of scratch pancakes. We...

Thursday, June 15th, 2017 Cold this morning! Up at 5am, stuck my arms out of the sleeping bag to stretch, it was COLD! Stayed in my bag reading until 6:30am. Had to get up couldn’t hold it any longer. Cold, rain and fog. Got the fire and coffee going to warm up. Dennis showed up...

Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 Up again at 5am. Sore all over!! Went back to sleep till 6:30am. Packed up then got the fire and coffee going. Found the basket this time for the percolator. Fabian got to the fire at 7am and started breakfast of Sausage, onions, bacon and eggs in one pot...

Tuesday, June 13th, 2017 Awoke at 5am to RAIN. Packed my gear and left it in my tent. Went to start the fire, but Dennis was already up with the fire going but no coffee on. So got the water on to boil, but couldn’t find the centre for the percolator. So made cowboy coffee using the...

Sunday, June 11th Up at 5 AM to beautiful sunshine and high winds. Breakfast wasn’t until 7:30 so I did a little exploring and made a rack to air out my sleeping bag. The other gentlemen didn’t get back from their hike until late so they were sleeping in. I headed up to Fabian and...

Yukon River Wilderness Canoe Trip I’ve been back from the Yukon Territory in Canada, from a canoe trip down the Yukon River with “Bushcraft Yukon” for a couple of months. But haven’t had a chance to post my trip report. So here it is. Everyone calls Alaska the last frontier. The...

Hi! Everyone, Sorry, it's taken so long to post my trip down the Yukon River with "Bushcraft Yukon". I've tried to upload pictures to this post. But, I'm just not tech savvy enough. So I've added a link to “BushcraftUSA Forum” with the Trip Report. The link follows. One thing for...

Hey! ValeTudoGuy, You might not get to talk bushcraft. Though if there are any backpackers there can always talk about that. Have a good trip over! See you in just over a week. :cool:

Evening! ValeTudoGuy, You might want to check out the C & N Backpackers Hostel. https://ca.hotels.com/ho454079/?q-check-out=2017-06-03&FPQ=1&q-check-in=2017-06-02&WOE=6&WOD=5&q-room-0-children=0&pa=1&tab=description&JHR=1&q-room-0-adults=1&YGF=3&MGT=1&ZSX=0&SYE=3 The price is $ 29.00...