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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The perfect filter

Backpacking water filters are primarily a gimmick. A marketer’s dream. Take something in nature that is perfectly safe to drink 99.999% of the time and instead have people adopt, en masse, the common belief that they are going to get sick if they drink it without first running it through the contraption you want to sell.

Those of us who grew up drinking water straight from the source, and unfiltered, know better.

A woodsman’s water filter is not necessary nor useful most of the time. The only time they are necessary is when there is contamination close to where you are pulling the water from (if the contamination is not relatively close to where you’re pulling the water from, things in nature are already filtering the water for you).

This simple water filter here is perfection for the one time out of twenty that the water will be iffy and might need filtered. Simple, effective.

They’re selling them on Amazon here:

Delta Emergency Water Filter.... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BQWNPL75?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

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November 09, 2025
Breakfast for Lunch
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Sorghum Grilled Chicken & Taters

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Short: With My Late Dog Bradbury, Foot Travel Through Mountains in Fall
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November 10, 2025

Started around midnight for me, supposed to continue throughout the day. How’s it for you, @GHuns ?

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November 09, 2025

What is even happening here?

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November 09, 2025

I am with Swerth. First snowfall here north of Toronto as well, an hour or so from his place. Local woods was peaceful.

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