Gary


About Gary

Lead Instructor at Jack Raven Bushcraft, teaching bushcraft, wilderness and survival skills to groups and individuals.

Track traps

Finding tracks can be difficult when you first start out.  So looking for places where the tracks will be more visible can be useful.  Think of sandy ground, muddy ground, or even snow.  These places are known as track traps. You can also make your own track traps, sometimes by just clearing leaf litter out […]

track traps | methods of locomotion

How to prepare mackerel | bushcraft | Kent | London | south east

How to prepare mackerel

Our hunter gatherer ancestors in the British Isles consumed plenty of fish, taking advantage of streams, rivers, coastal areas and lakes.  In fact some studies have concluded that up to 60% of a hunter gatherer’s diet was made up of fish. So in this short video I show how to gut and fillet a mackerel, a […]


Venison tagine

This recipe for venison tagine is Nicola’s take on the classic Moroccan dish and it’s delicious. Ingredients Serves 4 500g of diced venison 1 butternut squash, cubed 1 onion, finely chopped 2 carrots, diced 100g of apricots 1 tin of chopped tomatoes 1 tin of chickpeas 2 gloves of garlic, finely chopped Chopped parsley 1 […]

venison tagine | wild foods | bushcraft | Kent

number of toes | methods of locomotion | Jack raven Bushcraft in BBC Wildlife Magazine

Number of toes

The table below shows the number of toes for common mammal species in the British Isles.  The list includes plantigrades and digitigrades but not ungulates.  Take a look at this post for more detail on different methods of locomotion in mammals. Species Fore foot Hind foot Badgers 5 5 Hedgehogs 5 5 Mice 4 5 […]