Food acquisition is a big part of bushcraft and some of that food will be from wild game. But it’s unwise to consume any animal that isn’t healthy. So, here’s a few pointers on disease in rabbits (although much the same would apply to a hare or other small mammal). Before consuming a rabbit or […]
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 trout. We […]
Tracking isn’t just about finding the tracks that an animal leaves behind, it’s also about the other clues that they leave that can inform us of their presence. These clues are often refereed to as ‘sign’. Here I’ll briefly describe some of those different types of animal sign. Scat Scat is the term used in […]
When we run our Axe Workshop we teach our students batoning with an axe onto a stump. So last time around I kept a couple of logs to one side and made this short video where I discuss some key considerations around batoning with an axe. We teach batoning with an axe, and much more, […]
I prefer sleeping under a tarp when I’m in the woods, so here I look at one popular option – a ‘lean to’ tarp set up. I also explain why I’m not a big fan of it! A ‘Lean to’ tarp set up is one of a few different configurations we look at on our […]
A short video going over the main design principles for a lean to debris shelter. I’ve seen lots of photos and posts online where people tie the ridge pole to trees or even put the ridge pole on the wrong side of the trees, so I thought I’d do a brief video showing how I […]
