What bushcraft skills are you learning/practicing at the moment?
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yup same here mate, so much to learn, I find it a tricky subject to make stick
as im not really that way inclined, but its such a vital skill it needs to be in the bag. I have spent a lot of the winter evening increasing my knot
knowledge via our friend youtube also some para cord weaves I find pretty therapeutic and takes me away from the evil that is TV
Greenwood work. I'm going to make a Lord of the Rings themed utensil when I next find suitable greenwood. Then I'm starting on bowls and cups. I'm currently identifying and researching whenever I walk in the woods. I plan to start leather work sometime this year too.
as always, i'm practicing reading sign on the ground and in the sky...its a lifelong pursuit and never ends...woods
Spring is on the way so I'm back into identifying everything in sight mode, although currently I am working at learning to identify ferns.
On the skills side, just getting out overnight occasionally would be nice.
On the skills side, just getting out overnight occasionally would be nice.
Not much on this end except to try my hand at flint and steel. My wife bought me a flint/steel charcloth tin for Christmas and I've only just got around to it. I'm also brushing up on my weather prediction just from cloud observations.
Everything for me.
I've got a fair bit of working knowledge around knives and carving as I've been doing it a long time. But that's something I'm always doing and working on.
The main skill I'm working towards at the moment is learning what everything is. I know my oaks from my pines, but there are plenty of trees I don't know. And plants I'm useless at.
Hunting and accuracy is another thing I like to improve on. Spear, stone and catapult mainly.
Knotts is another I am actively learning at the moment.
I've got a fair bit of working knowledge around knives and carving as I've been doing it a long time. But that's something I'm always doing and working on.
The main skill I'm working towards at the moment is learning what everything is. I know my oaks from my pines, but there are plenty of trees I don't know. And plants I'm useless at.
Hunting and accuracy is another thing I like to improve on. Spear, stone and catapult mainly.
Knotts is another I am actively learning at the moment.
This winter i was pretty quiet. Kept my hand in bowdrill fires and some sewing of a wool anorak but i have some things planned for May in terms of edible plants, and natural cordage. Bill
I have just started getting intrested in bushcraft could anyone suggest some basic areas to start leaning.imm learning some knots at the minute
Fire - flint and steel in wet with natural finds
Plant ident
Tracking with a tracking stick
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Plant ident
Tracking with a tracking stick
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As an attentive hunter-gatherer, I'm working out the cold water (relative to my locale) habits and effective techniques of catching ole Micropterus salmoides! 
I'm trying to perfect my sharpening and honing. I knocked up my first full sized stropping board yesterday and a managed to get a wicked edge on a hultafors with some tormek paste. I never seem to get a consistently good edge when sharpening so a lot more practice is needed.
Plant i.d. and fire lighting are the main two at the moment but pretty much everything gets practised at some point or other!
Willow bark is at its best for cordage at the moment - it peels off the wood sooo easily
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