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Bushcraft Survival Skills

CHECKLIST
When it's time for your to prepare for your wilderness adventure or if you get
lost or need help when hiking, camping, backpacking or climbing mountains
you will need to develop and practice essential Bushcraft survival skills. Pick
one, learn it, practice and master it!

BASIC PREPARATIONS
Having Clear camping, hiking, backpacking, and wilderness plans
Building your Bushcraft Survival kit or Bug Out Bag
Dressing for the wilderness
Knowing the different knife types
How to properly use a knife for different chores
How to make an emergency bone knife
How to build your own Survival Bucksaw
Axe - how to use one, maintain it, and sharpen it
Self-defense in the wilderness
Learn how to tie survival knots

SURVIVAL SHELTERS
Picking the right location for shelter
Learn how to make a basic shelter - Lean-To, A-frame, DIY tarp tent
Making yourself at home in the jungle
Surviving the desert

WATER IN THE WILD


How to find, collect, dig and harvest water in the jungle
Purifying your water - filtering and disinfecting
Purchasing the right filter and water purifying tablets

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Bushcraft Survival Skills

CHECKLIST
When it's time for your to prepare for your wilderness adventure or if you get
lost or need help when hiking, camping, backpacking or climbing mountains
you will need to develop and practice essential Bushcraft survival skills. Pick
one, learn it, practice and master it!

COMMUNICATION AND SIGNALLING


Basic navigations skills
How to use a map and compass
Primitive navigation techniques
Picking the right path to travel on
Building a signal and rescue fire
Marking your surroundings to make yourself obvious to others

FIRE MAKING
Finding a safe fire site
Understand what fire needs - learn the right formula
Gathering the right tinder
Getting the right kindling - and how to prepare it
Finding the right fuel types
Make your own waterproof matches
Primitive firestarting - flint and steel, hand drill, bow drill, fire plough

WILD PLANTS AND FOODS


Foraging safely for wild edibles
Know what to eat, and what not to eat
Know your berries, nuts, acorns, roots and mushrooms
How to avoid poisonous plants
How to process wild edibles

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Bushcraft Survival Skills
CHECKLIST
When it's time for your to prepare for your wilderness adventure or if you get
lost or need help when hiking, camping, backpacking or climbing mountains
you will need to develop and practice essential Bushcraft survival skills. Pick
one, learn it, practice, and master it!

HUNTING AND FISHING


Making animal traps and snares
Reading animal tracks
How to make and use a slingshot
Know the regulations in your area
Avoiding your own traps and snares
Carefully finding your bait for hunting or fishing
Building your own Survival Fishing kit
Using your hands and improvised spears to hunt and fish
How to butcher and cut your game properly
Cleaning out your fish

COOKING IN THE WILD


Staying safe by your campsite's fire
Using natural grills - greenwood grill
Setting your spits and skewers
How to roast on coals
Use flat rocks as frying pans
How to create your own Tripod
Natural cooking ovens - stone oven, earth oven, dutch ovens, steam
pits

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Bushcraft Survival Skills

CHECKLIST
When it's time for your to prepare for your wilderness adventure or if you get
lost or need help when hiking, camping, backpacking or climbing mountains
you will need to develop and practice essential Bushcraft survival skills. Pick
one, learn it, practice and master it!

DIY'S IN THE WILDERNESS


How to weave a basket
How to chop and carve out a bowl
Knowing how to use shape and use a soapstone
Peeling bark and making bark troughs
Stitching up a bag
How to make a clay pot
Prepping animal hides

PRIMITIVE SKILLS
Make your own string and rope using tree bark
How to make stone blades
How to brew some pitch glue
Make a fat and grease lamp
Rendering animal fat into lard
Track people in the wilderness
How to use primitive and natural land navigation techniques

HEALTH AND HYGIENE


Building a Wilderness First Aid Kit
Treating wounds and stopping catastrophic bleeding
Dental care in the wild, hygiene, sanitation

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