Hunter Gatherer Challenge- Wilderness Survival Skills (may want to grab a brew first)
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Aye I s'pose a couple of extra kit items here or there could change the whole ethos of the course, plus the safty factor too
Besides, I'm biased. An axe or other chopping tool has been part of my woodland kit since I was old enough to swing one
Axe has been in my kit list since cubs and always gets missed when it's not taken.
one the other chaos had taken his normal days bimble kit to test how he would fare with just that.
I was in some ways very envious of his extras. Specially the water bottle and poncho. In others I wasnt as it made me really think about what I was doing kr could do with what I had
one the other chaos had taken his normal days bimble kit to test how he would fare with just that.
I was in some ways very envious of his extras. Specially the water bottle and poncho. In others I wasnt as it made me really think about what I was doing kr could do with what I had
Slight de-rail of you're thread here mate
i'v only been using bushcraft forums for six months or so and I think the biggest thing i'v noticed about my own skill set/activities since joining here is how stuck in my ways i'v become
My parents house is set in a three acre wood which I pretty much lived in as a kid so I started early with this lark and there's stuff I see on here that I haven't tried since I was a small boy
Birch bark containers for instance. I remember spending the best part of a summer holiday obsessively collecting birch bark and making stuff. but i bet i'v done it two or three times at most since
Same with this course of yours. my first reaction was. bugger the kit restrictions I know what I like to carry....but that kinda misses the point don't it. DOH!
I reckon I could stand being moved out my comfort zone a bit (no axe would still be a hard choice though lol)
I'v done the bimble bag thing.....but tbh the stuff in my bag is just a scaled down version of a "standard bushcrafters" weekend kit. so its 90% of everything you need to be comfy
i'v only been using bushcraft forums for six months or so and I think the biggest thing i'v noticed about my own skill set/activities since joining here is how stuck in my ways i'v become
My parents house is set in a three acre wood which I pretty much lived in as a kid so I started early with this lark and there's stuff I see on here that I haven't tried since I was a small boy
Birch bark containers for instance. I remember spending the best part of a summer holiday obsessively collecting birch bark and making stuff. but i bet i'v done it two or three times at most since
Same with this course of yours. my first reaction was. bugger the kit restrictions I know what I like to carry....but that kinda misses the point don't it. DOH!
I reckon I could stand being moved out my comfort zone a bit (no axe would still be a hard choice though lol)
I'v done the bimble bag thing.....but tbh the stuff in my bag is just a scaled down version of a "standard bushcrafters" weekend kit. so its 90% of everything you need to be comfy
Julia. The flemsih dart I made is a very simple hunting tool as I discovered. Anyone can make one (exhibit A me) and anyone can quickly pick up using it (I refer you to the previous exhibit A)
effectively its a thin straight piece of wood measuring the length from your fingertip to your arm pit (or longer but after a bit more its just an Atlatl) you measure the distance you want the fletching to cover then add a notch in front of the fletching. To throw it you take a piece of cordage of your choice. Tie a knot in one end of the cordage. This is laid over the notch and the rest of the cordage is locked over the knot in a half hitch type thingy and held tight along the length of the dart before you secure the excess in your hand.
mine was made from hazel,the tips sharpened to points and hardened in the embers of the fire (Tim used a badger tooth for his dart's point). I fletched mine with inner paracord and rhododendron leaves l. It worked effectively but by the end of "The Hunt" it and I was knackered although only the dart had snapped in half
It was an insight into the most efficient hunting tool as all the power comes from tbe individual with a flemish dart whereas a bow which was the choice of most others. The bow holds more energy for less effort and is also more accurate.
I'm going to be playing more with flemish darts as they are great fun when you arent reliant on them to win you a snickers bar........
sunndog I reckon everyone gegets set in their wayways I use the same woods whenever I go camping and its all so well established I don't have to think about where to camp within it nor produce any camp equipment etc.
its nice to exit comfort zones be it with kit or what you are doing.
this last weeks definitely given me new areas to persue within the broad umbrella term "bushcraft"
effectively its a thin straight piece of wood measuring the length from your fingertip to your arm pit (or longer but after a bit more its just an Atlatl) you measure the distance you want the fletching to cover then add a notch in front of the fletching. To throw it you take a piece of cordage of your choice. Tie a knot in one end of the cordage. This is laid over the notch and the rest of the cordage is locked over the knot in a half hitch type thingy and held tight along the length of the dart before you secure the excess in your hand.
mine was made from hazel,the tips sharpened to points and hardened in the embers of the fire (Tim used a badger tooth for his dart's point). I fletched mine with inner paracord and rhododendron leaves l. It worked effectively but by the end of "The Hunt" it and I was knackered although only the dart had snapped in half
It was an insight into the most efficient hunting tool as all the power comes from tbe individual with a flemish dart whereas a bow which was the choice of most others. The bow holds more energy for less effort and is also more accurate.
I'm going to be playing more with flemish darts as they are great fun when you arent reliant on them to win you a snickers bar........
sunndog I reckon everyone gegets set in their wayways I use the same woods whenever I go camping and its all so well established I don't have to think about where to camp within it nor produce any camp equipment etc.
its nice to exit comfort zones be it with kit or what you are doing.
this last weeks definitely given me new areas to persue within the broad umbrella term "bushcraft"
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Great write up Sam and I am glad it has given new insights as to what you want to do next with your bushcraft.
I have done a couple of challenges over the years including full E&E exercises with the military, you certainly find out what and where you lack things and it brings things to mind.
Even when I am out and about even in the streets there are somethings that I always take which most find wierd (a swiis army knife or other folder, ways of making fire, bin bags, bits of cord and even oven bags and lots of other things ) most people think I am slightly made but after having been on a inspection parade and then be told get on the back on that 4 tonner and you'll be back in a couple of weeks.... we did a week of being taught and then a week on pratcising the skills whilst being on the run...it was not fun but I did learn a lot.
I have done a couple of challenges over the years including full E&E exercises with the military, you certainly find out what and where you lack things and it brings things to mind.
Even when I am out and about even in the streets there are somethings that I always take which most find wierd (a swiis army knife or other folder, ways of making fire, bin bags, bits of cord and even oven bags and lots of other things
) most people think I am slightly made but after having been on a inspection parade and then be told get on the back on that 4 tonner and you'll be back in a couple of weeks.... we did a week of being taught and then a week on pratcising the skills whilst being on the run...it was not fun but I did learn a lot.
Thanks Gents.
first time I used the billbank bag. Top job
It definitely got me out of a rut thats for sure.
now to start playing some more
first time I used the billbank bag. Top job
It definitely got me out of a rut thats for sure.
now to start playing some more
Great write up Sam thanks for give your time up for our enjoyment, I look forward to doing the winter one next year.
Thanks for that once again Sam
Thanks for that once again Sam
Doing it again this october
After a shed load of courses last year and a lot of practice i think it'll be a different experience this time
After a shed load of courses last year and a lot of practice i think it'll be a different experience this time
Ive knocked sugar on the head
But still need coffee
Prior to this years go around i'll take a brief pause in my love affair with fresh coffee
But still need coffee
Prior to this years go around i'll take a brief pause in my love affair with fresh coffee
Hopefully Man Of Tanith won't mind if I stick a link to the same course and write up that I attended here for others to benefit from.
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/co...er-Bushcraft-Course-Review-(-Pic-Intensive.-)
http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/co...er-Bushcraft-Course-Review-(-Pic-Intensive.-)
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