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05-24-2020, 07:10 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Leduc
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Bushcraft
Anybody into bushcraft?
First got interested in from watching videos about blinds and tree stands.
I much prefer using nature instead of store bought things.
There are some cool videos on you tube.
I've always wanted to build a little camp back in the bush but none of my hunting partners are really into it.
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05-24-2020, 07:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2013
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Yup. I was a bushcrafter before it was cool lol
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05-25-2020, 12:59 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2020
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Ya my hunting partners are more into RV-craft. Bushcraft not so much. If you hang a rain tarp they stare mesmerized like you're Bear Grylls!
I'd like to know if anyone has actual experience with things like primitive windlass or tripod for hoisting meat. How about a travois for hauling game out? I've got plenty of armchair experience but you know how that works out in the real world.
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05-25-2020, 05:13 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Leduc
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Quote:
Originally Posted by WaterJam
Ya my hunting partners are more into RV-craft. Bushcraft not so much. If you hang a rain tarp they stare mesmerized like you're Bear Grylls!
I'd like to know if anyone has actual experience with things like primitive windlass or tripod for hoisting meat. How about a travois for hauling game out? I've got plenty of armchair experience but you know how that works out in the real world.
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Where you from?
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05-25-2020, 08:22 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Morinville
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My brother and I still dabble with bushcraft to this day when we hunt.
I got the bug back in grade 6 when we read My Side of the Mountain in class.
I read that book after about a dozen times. Then came Wildwood Wisdom. Another fantastic book.
I spent the better part of March watching YouTube guys doing their thing.
Greg Ovens Bushcraft 30 day Challenge was a hoot.
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05-25-2020, 08:23 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Leduc
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Huntsman
My brother and I still dabble with bushcraft to this day when we hunt.
I got the bug back in grade 6 when we read My Side of the Mountain in class.
I read that book after about a dozen times. Then came Wildwood Wisdom. Another fantastic book.
I spent the better part of March watching YouTube guys doing their thing.
Greg Ovens Bushcraft 30 day Challenge was a hoot.
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I need to find someone to do this with.
Sounds like so much fun!
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05-25-2020, 08:44 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Morinville
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Originally Posted by Xiph0id
I need to find someone to do this with.
Sounds like so much fun!
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Solo it man! Lol. Best way to learn.
I can’t help. Posted to Mb this summer 
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05-25-2020, 11:30 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2020
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Originally Posted by Xiph0id
Where you from?
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Calgary. Years ago friends and I actually scouted spots west of here for building a camping shelter, but got busy, got schooled, got moved away, got married, got back.
It would be fun to build but not practical for my hunting/fishing use since I tend to get wanderlust and you gotta be mobile for elk.
I suggest throw a comment in the hunting partner thread
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05-28-2020, 04:59 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Parkland County, AB
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There is a book .. BushCraft, by Mors Korchansky, an Alberta resident, that would be invaluable to someone interested in learning some very useful info.
It costs about $20.00.
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01-31-2021, 08:42 PM
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I just ordered Mors' book, can't wait. He seemed like such a humble, interesting renaissance type.
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01-31-2021, 08:46 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
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It’s difficult to be a hunter/camper without using a modicum of bushcraft skills.
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01-31-2021, 10:14 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Edmonton Alberta
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Get an idea in your head of building a little shelter
Go and do it. Figure it out as you go. You will teach yourself.
Go slow, think your way through it.
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02-01-2021, 08:36 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Central Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowdog2112
I just ordered Mors' book, can't wait. He seemed like such a humble, interesting renaissance type.
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I think Kochanski is good if you want to be a pioneer in the vein of Dick Proeneke, but not really for the Weekend Warrior.
Grizz
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02-01-2021, 09:32 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Far Enough From The City, AB
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowdog2112
I just ordered Mors' book, can't wait. He seemed like such a humble, interesting renaissance type.
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He had a wealth of knowledge. I did a weekend bushcraft camp with him in the early 90's on his property NE of Edson. He knew some pretty amazing things about survival/shelter building and was an interesting guy that would think "outside the box". Sadly I heard he passed away in December 2019....
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02-01-2021, 11:18 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2017
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Originally Posted by WaterJam
Ya my hunting partners are more into RV-craft. Bushcraft not so much. If you hang a rain tarp they stare mesmerized like you're Bear Grylls!
I'd like to know if anyone has actual experience with things like primitive windlass or tripod for hoisting meat. How about a travois for hauling game out? I've got plenty of armchair experience but you know how that works out in the real world.
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As a youngster, I bought Harding’s Deadfalls and snares book. Over a few years I was able to take four skunks and a fox using a couple of deadfalls built with fence poles and rocks. Would have died from hunger if that was my food source.
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02-01-2021, 05:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Cold Lake
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If you guys want some good YouTube videos, check out Joe Robinet or Doug Linker.
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08-17-2021, 07:00 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Edmonton
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Xiph0id
I've always wanted to build a little camp back in the bush but none of my hunting partners are really into it.
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That’s fair, they want to hunt. You should head out for a few days over Christmas or something.
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08-17-2021, 08:23 AM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Alberta
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