$125.00
Next Class: September 17 & 18, 2022
Join us for an in-depth 2-day workshop with experienced outdoorsman, 'Bushcraft Kelso' where you'll learn the essentials of BUSHCRAFT. This hands-on course will teach you foundational woodland skills like making primitive tools, important wilderness knowledge on plant and animal life as well as other basic self-reliant education.
This course will be broken down in to four areas:
Clam Shell Spoons
Pot Hooks
Pack Saw
Pack Frames
Cordage Making
Wood Carving Techniques
Frog Gigs
Primitive Fishing Implements
Sling Shots
Local Tree and Plant Identification
Knot Tying
$175.00 – Sold Out
RIVER BUSHCRAFT ADVENTURE | MAY 13-15, 2022
Join Joe Flowers, International Knife Designer / Jungle Survival Guide & Instructor / Writer / Zoologist / Wilderness First Responder (Bushcraft Global) & Oconee Joe, local historian and tour guide out on the open water in this new bushcraft expedition!
We will be providing the kayaks, knowledge, history and fun as we make our way down the Oconee River May 13-15th. We will be paddling while talking and demonstrating bushcraft skills. Participants will then camp out at specific spots along the river through the Oconee National Forest.
In the afternoons, while enjoying a fun, informative, and skill centric atmosphere with multiple outdoor instructors.
-Improvise bushcraft and campcraft skills with natural material.
-Help clean up the Oconee River and improvise Maguyver style with the refuse you find along the way.
-Learn Big knife skills and machete skills for clearing out camp sites, making crafts, and obtaining food!
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE RIVER AND AREA PICK UP ONE OF THESE BOOKS: CLICK HERE TO ORDER
$250.00
Amazon best-selling author and certified Master Naturalist, Craig Caudill (Owner/Director of Nature Reliance School)
BEYOND THE BASICS will dig deep into the natural world and how to use it effectively for our needs in survival and bushcraft.
This intermediate course will cover the following topics:
-Animal Tracks
-Bird Language
-Forest Ecology
-Plant Systematics & ID
-Topics Covered:
-Tree Identification
Each participant will get hands experience utilizing these practical skills. Craig loves sharing these skills with others and will ensure you have a good time and learn a lot that you can take away and use on your own!
$125.00
Join us for a weekend of Firecraft with experienced outdoorsman, 'Bushcraft Kelso'!
Firecraft is the art of creating and sustaining a fire for the purposes of survival or daily use. This craft is one of the oldest human skills that is quickly disappearing in our society today. Less than a century ago, starting a fire was a daily task.
During this hands on 2-day course you will learn several forms of Firecraft including primitive friction fire techniques, charring natural and man-made materials, solar reflectivity, sourcing local natural materials and so much more!
-Proper Ferro Rod Techniques
-Home Made Tinder Options
-Solar Reflectors
-Flint & Steel
-Charring Natural & Man-Made Materials
-Primitive Fire Starting Techniques - Bow Drill & Hand Drill
-Finding Natural Fire Starting Materials
Much more!
