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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Experiments

I enjoy experimenting with a low budget and simplicity. Here are some pictures from nearly ten years ago of this. I got the idea in my head to see if I could use a 99¢ aluminum cook pan from the Dollar Tree store as a makeshift skillet for use in the wilderness. They weigh absolutely nothing, can double as a plate, and as long as you’ve got a pair of needle-nose pliers or similar tool with you, you’ve got a handle.

Honestly, it didn’t turn out so bad. After performing this experiment, I was talking to somebody about it one day, and they told me the Waffle House (or some similar diner chain) used to cook all of their eggs on little disposable aluminum pans just like this.

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Videos
Posts
February 13, 2026
Appalachian trash can tutorial

This could be a video of any one of my aunts from 1992

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January 20, 2026
How To Turn an Easy 2-Mile Hike into a Pointless 6-Mile Hike
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January 03, 2026
The Lonesome Holler Chronicle (Short)
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20 hours ago

Hey @PracticalWoods check this can out. I got it this weekend. Word was the 4 girls sent Dick Yuengling down to the Phillies spring training in 1999 in Florida and he bought the Tampa brewery. I figured you would appreciate this can.

I have no tools!

Started the process of updating all of my electronics last weekend, and it has been such a mess that I’m still completely without the tools I use to do Practical Woodsman stuff. All I have currently is my phone, and it can’t really handle the heavier tasks.

Hopefully all will be worked out before next week gets too long in the tooth!

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