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I seriously don't know how people in grizzly country can get to sleep in a tent at night... Apparently this 1300 pound bear was coming at a couple Alberta elk hunters like they were gonna be lunch.

I just read that RM will be teaching a course here in Ontario next June, somewhere north of Toronto. It's a five day course and the cost is, get this, FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS! Tell me I'm wrong; is this a mistake? Reserve your spot now before they're all gone...:lmao:

So how ridiculous would it be to use cedar for a knife handle? Anyone ever tried it?

I have never been to the UK; most of my knowledge of it's geography is from reading this forum, and it seems that the areas of proper wilderness are few. So does anyone ever get lost in the bush and require a search and rescue effort? Or could you, say, get lost on purpose to employ your...

I found this dude on youtube...If you want to see a real view of running a trapline this is it. I trapped for several years so I can really relate to these videos. He talks about his circuit being 30 miles long; my trapline was under ten miles and at that I was busy trying to keep up with the...

I don't find it easy selecting a tasteful gift for my wife. I've done the usual jewellery and perfume thing many times, but I thought maybe this season I could find something with a bushcraft theme, seeing as how we spend a lot of time doing wilderness trips. Unlike myself, she does appreciate...

I just got an email from a buddy of mine who organizes an annual week-long canoe trip. We missed the trip this year due to family visits, etc., but he is already talking about next year's route...He advertizes on the Mountain Equipment website each year for people to join him and ends up with...

Well we never got too far from home this summer but my wife and I managed to take most of the month of july off work ..just poking around lake to lake, catching some fish for dinner and falling to sleep in the tent listening to the frogs. It was a hot humid month, humidex in the forties a...

A friend of mine was telling me about something that happened to a couple local guys last winter... While driving one of the backroads around here they had a wolf jump out in front of the truck and they hit it. They stopped and examined the carcass which seemed to have no damage so one of the...

Part 1 The topo map of our area shows dozens of small lakes with no roads or portage trails leading to them. Our curiosity made us decide to do an exploration weekend so we loaded up the truck and drove to the end of one of the bush roads to a boat launch. From there we paddled an hour or...

I went on a weekend fishing trip with the wee nephews and their dad. A grand time was had by all; lots and lots o fish...throwing back some real biggies! It's a great little lake way back in the bush, about a one mile portage from our hunt camp. The weather was hot and humid, even early in...

Right in our backyard is a great little wilderness park accessible to only canoeists and hikers. This weekend was our first time exploring it because to be honest we just assumed because it was so small it wasn't worth checking out. We had such a pleasant surprise. This place is a gem. Only...

Went on a hike with my brother in law and 2 nephews to make the most of the best day of the year so far. We took an old portage route that goes to a small lake, then on to a large one. Didn't know what ice conditions to expect because the weather has been all over the place this year. Two...

This spot is pretty hard to get to, but some good fishing...http://vimeo.com/4092407

Somewhere on the forum recently I saw a picture of a knife described as a Mora Classic, which looks pretty much the same as my knife...except...the blade on mine seems to be noticeably smaller in depth. I'm thinking it's a result of years of sharpening, but would anyone know the exact depth...

My nephews were asking me a question I couldn't really answer... of the 2 main types of sport fishing reels, spinning and spincasting, does one have any advantage over the other or are they just two different designs performing the same function? Personally I use a spincasting...

Just for kicks I did a google video search of the word 'Bushcraft', then sifted through the first twenty or so pages of results. I was especially entertained by the several home-made tutorials hosted by people who seemed to have virtually no bushcraft knowledge or skills whatsoever. And the...

This past weekend I saw a couple threads on axes, and the prices of new axes ...made me wonder what the replacement cost would be if mine got lost. I got this axe from my dad about 30 years ago when I started up my first trapline; he doesn't know where he got it but it wasn't new at that...

Well today was the first day in a while that I could take the camera out for more than 10 minutes without it freezing up, so I decided to head out into the bush for a walk. We have a fair bit of snow down...my shoes are full-size Hurons and they were sinking a good few inches with each step...

Found a cool movie from Alaska...http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpag e&v=WIzrw0jsAJw