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    ID please

    Doesn’t look like the usual wasp. Sting was incredible! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Two Dogs Ventile and Wool

    I’ve been really lucky to be back and forth to Ontario in the last couple of months and wanted to report on the Two Dogs Ventile and Wool Smock that Cliff made for me. When I came over at the end of November to hunt Whitetail it suddenly turned unseasonably cold. I hadn’t packed for this and...
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    Firesteel from Bushmoot Charity Auction

    Hope everyone is having an amazing Christmas! At this years Bushmoot there was a charity auction and I bought a promise to make me a custom fire steel. I’ve not heard from the chap involved from that day to this and wondered if anyone could remind me who it was? I’m off to Canada at the end of...
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    Free Bushcraft Show next weekend

    Guys I have an Adult ticket for the Bushcraft Show next weekend but I really need a weekend at home. I haven’t stopped for weeks now and my list of jobs is off the hook. Can anyone use it? Face value £105 I think. Be nice if someone stuck something in the Help for Heroes pot for it. Ping me a...
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    The Bushmoot Songbook

    The idea of this thread is to create a songbook of songs we all know and love to murder around the campfire. I'm after lyrics and a chord list for the guitar so that those with the skill can play along. I will happily print out some for next year so that we don't all keep choking past the...
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    Inert Brass Cases

    I have amassed rather a lot of unshootable brass cartridge cases in various calibres. I know several people on here like making cuff links, fire starters and other crafts out of them. There is a good few kilos here. This includes .303 British, 308 Winchester, 7.62, 38 Special (some in Nickel)...
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    Stove in a Land Rover Tent

    Bit of idle head scratching going here ahead of delivery of my Land Rover Tent. This tent is designed to have a small camp fire in the porch area anyway so I was thinking about a fire pit with the side open and that then brought me on to thinking about having a stove in there instead. Now...
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    Fire on the Ice

    I've been very lucky this January to spend some time in the colder climes with the Czechs and Canucks. We have just driven back from Lake Nosbonsing in Ontario where I and my buddies spent a weekend ice fishing. These guys are all outdoorsmen- hunting, shooting and fishing types. I'd...
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    Mad at myself! Lost a knife, like a bereavement

    I'm so annoyed at myself. After the Moot my car was filthy so I thought I would be smart and drop it off at the Eastern Euro' Hand Car Wash that has finally got planning in the hamlet where I work. It's only about 50 yards from me so they said they would drop it round when done. I'd cleared my...
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    Autumn Foraging Course

    Can someone recommend me a Dad and Daughter (13) weekend Foraging course in September somewhere within 100 miles of Bath? Delighted my daughter wants to do this!!!! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Tripod Leather and Wood Stool

    I have to admit my kit gets more retro with every purchase. In January I was hunting in the snow in the Czech Republic and after about 8 hours in the line my legs and back were feeling it. A lovely fella on the next peg offered me a sit on his stool. It was really cool, light, portable and...
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    Urban survival grill and cooler

    I was so moved by the Urban Survival Umbrella thread that I thought this would be a contribution to our collective knowledge in the same vein. So here we have the Urban Survival Cooler and Grill. The utility this creation is perhaps obvious in that it allows you to both grill the small game...
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    Arrows

    I'm after a few authentic looking arrows for my longbow. Does anyone make arrows on here or have any suitable available. I'm in no rush. I wanted to give my bow an outing at Bushmoot this year and what I have to shoot is disappointing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Vango Force 10 canvas tent

    Looking for one of these classic tents in the Mk3 Standard variant probably- V shape frame at front and back. Must be complete and in excellent condition. Dosh waiting. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    Canada

    Being largely oil based Canada's economy is in a pretty poor state and as Western Canada's oilfields are shutting up shop the value of the Canadian Dollar is really low. Ontario Tourism sent me a mail today with a list of adventurous outdoor holidays taking advantage of $2 to the £. Link here...
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    Retro tent- cool or not cool

    Amid much pleading I succumbed to the will of my kids and bought this old frame tent at the Church fete. I shoved it to one side and then last week a friend in the village who saw me buy it called to say she had a further part for it. Over the weekend my eldest had planned a sleep out with her...
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    Craft me an Axe

    This August marks the 30th Anniversary of a very real but little known survival story on Helvellyn in the Lake District. I and a big ginger bloke dragged 4 other ill equipped mates and a surprised French hiker off the hill under overwhelming conditions that were not conducive to life, all of us...
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    Vacuum Packing

    Well I've started dehydrating food so the next thing is storage. What Vacuum Packing machines are you guys using? Are the silvered pouches worthwhile? I can see that the dehydrator is going to help with the executable gluts we get as small holders. What's the next step? Sent from my...
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    Starting out in Dehydration

    I received a Charles Jacobs food dehydrator for Christmas. I know a lot of people on here dry food. What would you start with? Any favourite recipes to share? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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    All set for winter

    Its the end of a busy period on our Smallholding. Over the last few weeks I disassembled, moved and re-erected a 12x12' field shelter that some local friends no longer needed. Thank goodness for local farming friends and friends generally. I hadn't looked too closely at this one and the sides...