The Practical Woodsman
Education • Travel • Preparedness
The Practical Woodsman is a way to share love of the wilderness, as well as my observations, thinking, and approach to what folks today are calling 'bushcraft' and 'survival'. The focus is on what is practical, as well as pointing out certain things being demonstrated by 'bushcrafters' today that are not practical at all.
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1st Unofficial Day of Summer Welcome to New Members & Supporters!

Happy 1st unofficial day of summer to all of y’uns around the globe, whether here in the USA or not. I know you folks down there in Australia are in winter now. Happy day to you, too.

New Supporters: Thank you! I’ll try to keep things interesting here and offer exclusive content that I don’t share anywhere else, such as the video you’ll see here.

This was taken fifteen years ago before video quality and audio is what it is today. I’m in the mountains deep in the backcountry on a very wet excursion. My dog Bradbury is still a young pup in training here, and he has woken me up early before sunrise to go out, use the bathroom, and sniff around a bit. It’s a full moon night. I’ve gotten the fire stirred back up and crackling and I decide to try to capture the moment in a brief video - long before I ever had any ideas or plans to share my life as The Practical Woodsman.

These old videos were only originally ever intended as something for my own enjoyment, a way for me to sort of journal certain experiences. I’m happy to go through many of them now and be able to share them with you.

One other thing, Supporters: Be sure to take full advantage of your supporter status here by sharing your own posts, videos, and so forth. Not only will I really enjoy this, but so will all of our other members. If there are things you would like to share with an even smaller, more exclusive and discerning audience, notice that you can mark the content you upload as ‘Supporters Only’. It will then only be visible to other Supporters. If you’d like for it to be visible to all members in our group, you can do that as well.

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An afternoon in the cemetery
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My dog Emerson & the Rancher hat by American Hat Makers

An excuse to show the Rancher hat off a bit more before I begin making my minor alterations to it.

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Clipped, With Music

Will Ye Go, Lassie Go? You will if you’ve got this hat on yer head.

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C.F.F. I don't know why I got fried rice from a Thai place. It might look wimpy but it's got a kick.

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NEW! Ep 188: The Every-Man’s Guide to Fine Outdoor Hats (for Backcountry, BBQs, and Church!)

Ep 188: The Every-Man’s Guide to Fine Outdoor Hats (for Backcountry, BBQs, and Church!)

RELIEF!

This evening’s the evening! Today’s the day! The July heat dome has started to break! Hallelujah! Happy Relief Day, everybody!

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