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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Hilarious. Mostly true.
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Heart of the Beast

I enjoyed it. I have a few gripes about the screenwriter - but I have complaints about all of today’s screenwriters. Overall the movie was really enjoyable, and I think it’ll be a big hit with people who follow Practical Woodsman.

I also think a kagillion people are going to be going out and buying German shepherds after this.

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September 18, 2026
My Aunt Ruby

…the myth, the legend.

#AppalachianLegend #AuntRuby #BackwoodsBars
#ThePracticalWoodsman #AppalachianCampfireStories

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What You’d Like to See

How's about some help preparin' for an upcoming weeklong river kayak adventure. What would you be more interested in seeing?

It'll be peak fall/autumn. Brilliant scenery. Frigid nights, warm or even hot days. Long days on water, evenings and nights finding places to create camps, and various activities there in evenings and mornings.

1: Complex, lots of interesting gear, tarp shelter, elaborate cooking, all-out comfort approach

2. Simplicity, bare bones, traveling as light as possible, making do with little.

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September 25, 2026
TONIGHT

How many of y’uns intend to see this? I’m really looking forward to it.

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September 22, 2026
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