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Hello All!! Had an interesting trip this weekend and I thought I would give a quick overview. So our local Search and Rescue group was doing an overnight training trip and I was asked to come along. There are a few rules on these trips that are designed to simulate an unplanned overnight...

I was going to ask this on my earlier thread, however I thought it warranted it's own discussion. As I stated in the spices post, I am trying to add a few creature comforts into my sub 15 pound bushcraft pack. I have allotted myself 3 ounces for alcohol (not to be used for dis-infect ant if...

Hello All, I am sure this has already been discussed however I did a quick search and didn't find anything. I am trying to get my pack under 15 pounds but still have everything I need not just to survive, but to enjoy my time in the bush. My wife is often with me and she doesn't appreciate...

Hello All, This monday will likely find me out moose hunting. I am making the transition from gun to crossbow. Anybody have any advice for me? I have hunted for years, but pretty much no experience with crossbow hunting. If I have any luck I'll try to take some vid or pics.

Hello All!! I am looking for suggestions for proven material that resists abrading and breaking when being used with the bow drill. When I am teaching classes to light bowdrill fires, I find that the average material will heat up and often break before a student with poor technique can achieve...

Hey Folks, Wanted to get your opinions on something I have encountered tons when trying to teach primitive fire lighting skills. There is almost always an interested individual or two in any given crowd. As often however, there seems to be an accompanying self styled comedian who takes it...

So we folks here in Northwestern B.C. Canada are in the middle of our salmon fishing season. This morning I was out trying my luck, and while I passed the time waiting for a strike a friend and I practiced friction fire skills. No sooner had we started a bow drill fire than I looked up and saw...

Hello All, Up until a couple of years ago my go to material for friction fire was red cedar. Then I came across a book that recounted the local first nations (Indian) oral history. The history is told as a story and contains little tidbits of local knowledge. One of the things I noticed...

Hello All, First post from a newbie!! Anyway, I have noticed that more than a few bush craft enthusiasts have difficulty sleeping soundly "in the field". The source of the trouble seems to be uncertainty in a new environment. Perhaps the idea of becoming so vulnerable in the presence of...

Hello All!! Looking forward to exchanging ideas on bushcraft!!