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Minnesota Bushcraft: March 2013

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A Place To Share Adventures In Bushcraft With Friends. Walk in Peace. Learn from Nature. Find Yourself. Sunday, March 31, 2013. On The Sounds And Sights Of Spring. It started out being a very rain filled morning, but by 9am it had begun to tamper off and all the birds started to become very active. I decided on making it more of a hiking and exploring kind of day, rather than a bushcraft skills practice kind of day. It was good to get out and enjoy the sights and sounds of spring. I am looking forwar...

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Minnesota Bushcraft: December 2012

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A Place To Share Adventures In Bushcraft With Friends. Walk in Peace. Learn from Nature. Find Yourself. Monday, December 31, 2012. On Minnesota Bushcraft's 2012 Adventure Highlights. As it is the last day of the year, I thought it fitting to look back at a few of this years bushcraft adventures by sharing some of the highlights with some chosen videos. With April, came my commitment to meeting up with some friends who were interested in learning bushcraft. On April 2nd, we would begin meeting every S...

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Minnesota Bushcraft: A Simple Sheath For The SAK Farmer

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A Place To Share Adventures In Bushcraft With Friends. Walk in Peace. Learn from Nature. Find Yourself. Monday, August 5, 2013. A Simple Sheath For The SAK Farmer. It is not very often that I get the chance to blog about a project that really adds to the utilitarian nature of my kit, but recently I put together a knife sheath based on a design presented by IA Woodsman on the BushcraftUSA forum site. Here is a link to that post and the video of his DIY-SAK-Farmer-Pouch-Sheath. The SAK Farmer has been a lo...

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Minnesota Bushcraft: On Craftin' Some Spoons

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A Place To Share Adventures In Bushcraft With Friends. Walk in Peace. Learn from Nature. Find Yourself. Wednesday, September 18, 2013. On Craftin' Some Spoons. Well here it is, September already, and actually the bushcraft adventures have continued, I have just not slowed down long enough to blog about them. A few Saturdays ago, I decided to leave my usual Saturday 9AM meet up at the Minneopa State Park, and head up to the twin cities to see just what kind of activity my friend had going on up there.

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Minnesota Bushcraft: October 2013

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A Place To Share Adventures In Bushcraft With Friends. Walk in Peace. Learn from Nature. Find Yourself. Monday, October 28, 2013. Reflections On Passing Into Fall. In a curious turn, as I hiked pass on this occasion, the prairie was ablaze again only this time by the changing colors of the sumac plants that had recovered enough from the July fire and were now turning their glorious fall colors. Truly the prairie was starting to recover. As fall was fast approaching, my thoughts turned to continuing to di...

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Minnesota Bushcraft: June 2013

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A Place To Share Adventures In Bushcraft With Friends. Walk in Peace. Learn from Nature. Find Yourself. Monday, June 24, 2013. Some Good Minnesota Dirt Time: On Natural Cordage, Land Nav And Cooking Kabobs. On June 22nd, it was my turn to host a meetup and Sho came down from the cities to see where we have our regular meetings. We had a great day of it, and hiked about 4.5 miles, with temps in the low 80's by midday. We drank lots of water and worked on several skill sets along the way. We finished our d...

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Minnesota Bushcraft: On Lessons In Knife Sharpening: The Mora Flat Scandi Grind

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A Place To Share Adventures In Bushcraft With Friends. Walk in Peace. Learn from Nature. Find Yourself. Monday, August 12, 2013. On Lessons In Knife Sharpening: The Mora Flat Scandi Grind. If you have followed my blog as of late, you will know that I have recently been attending a few meetups at the Hyland Lake Park Reserve in Bloomington, MN hosted by my good friend and brother in bushcraft, fellow BushcraftUSA member, Shonuffisthemaster. As you can guess, most of the skills practice was about knife sha...

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Minnesota Bushcraft: April 2013

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A Place To Share Adventures In Bushcraft With Friends. Walk in Peace. Learn from Nature. Find Yourself. Friday, April 26, 2013. Even More Adventure In The Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest. So here is part two of our adventure and it is a little longer, but shows we had a lot of fun and practiced a few good skills. Improvised flint and steel. Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest. Wednesday, April 24, 2013. A Recon Of The Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest. The establ...

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Journey of Bush Craft: Trees of Nova Scotia (Part 6)

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Journey of Bush Craft. Journey of Bush Craft is a journey of one man, that strives to learn all things bush craft. Trees of Nova Scotia (Part 6). Posted by Bushman Joe. On Thursday, January 21, 2010. Although we now regard hemlock as an important lumber tree, early lumberman passed it by for more valuable white pine. Eastern hemlock is found from Nova Scotia westward to Minnesota and south to Tennessee. Elements of the Hemlock. Dark, shiny green and flattened, with two white lines below. Mungo Says Bah *...