Bushcraft, wilderness, and outdoor skills for living or spending time in the back country.
Well it’s official. The President of the United States has declared June as National Outdoors Month. There are a whole lot of “Official” days, weeks, and months for a lot of different causes…so many I could not begin to name them all, or even a few. But I guess the Read more…
I’m going to assume you’re like me, that when you get out into the woods there are those times when you’d really like to get a close up look at wildlife. Some of us like birds (like the bald eagle I saw close up the other day while kayaking) or Read more…
I would bet that some of you, like me, are into backpacking and back country camping with minimal gear. Sometimes getting out into the woods with only what is on your back, rather than a truck load of gear and coolers, is great fun! I remember when we’d go camping Read more…
I’ve been rather frustrated with finding really good quality foraging books, wild edibles books, or wild harvesting books. I thought I would do a review of my top two favorites, [amazon_link id=”0976626608″ target=”_blank” locale=”US” ]The Forager’s Harvest [/amazon_link]and [amazon_link id=”0976626616″ target=”_blank” locale=”US” ]Nature’s Garden[/amazon_link], both by Samuel Thayer. If you’re Read more…
Image by PAgent via Flickr Hi Gang, I ran across these Les Stroud videos on Youtube. Les Stroud is a survivalist and videographer of Survivorman fame. Les Stroud practices what he preaches, and this video series is one he made earlier on, well before the television show. He and his Read more…