I went back to Spenceville Wildlife Area with my father in law, Harl, and we spent the day hiking and prospecting for gold.
https://youtu.be/Eg3c-maDRDk
This is Part One, Part Two will be available next Monday at 3:00pm Pacific!
My first solo day hike at Spenceville: https://youtu.be/w_mYih7Hw5o
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Monday, July 15, 2019
Monday, July 8, 2019
Testing Outdoor Tips: Can you REALLY collect DRINKING WATER from TREES?
Most of us have read in various bushcraft, hiking, and survival manuals
that you can collect water by sealing tree leaves in a plastic bag, and
letting the tree's natural transpiration process do the hard work. Is
this true? Find out in this video!
Thursday, July 4, 2019
Testing Outdoor Tips: preview
So, there's no video in this post. I'm just giving you a taste of another series of videos I'm putting together. It's called "Outdoor Tips Tested," and the name says most of what you need to know!
Testing Outdoor Tips: trying out tips, tricks, and myths from bushcraft books, survival manuals, and more! Think of it as a bushcraft Mythbusters!
If you have a tip you've always heard about, but never seen, send me an email and I'll try and test it out! badgerdoesbushcraft@gmail.com
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Testing Outdoor Tips: trying out tips, tricks, and myths from bushcraft books, survival manuals, and more! Think of it as a bushcraft Mythbusters!
If you have a tip you've always heard about, but never seen, send me an email and I'll try and test it out! badgerdoesbushcraft@gmail.com
Don't forget to subscribe to my channel!
Monday, July 1, 2019
Video: Canoeing with Sprocket
Sprocket comes with me down to the pond to collect cattail leaves to
make primitive cordage for an upcoming project. Thanks to my wife for
the video from the bank!
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Friday, June 28, 2019
Monday, June 24, 2019
Backyard Bushcraft: How ANYONE can pan for GOLD at home in your BACKYARD!
In this video, I teach basic gold panning technique. While it's focused
on panning in the backyard, this is the same technique you would use in
the field, by the river.
Why would you want to pan at home? Maybe you don't have time to get to the river regularly, but want to practice your skills. Or perhaps you have a health condition that keeps you from being able to kneel by the water or scramble up and down bedrock looking for paydirt. Whatever the case, here you will learn how to pan gold, starting with a pan full of dirt and cleaning it down to the black sand and gold.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to practice wilderness living skills and other outdoor skills, but thought you couldn't because you can't make time to get out to the woods? In this series, I'll show you how you can learn and practice bushcraft at home, in your own backyard!
Why would you want to pan at home? Maybe you don't have time to get to the river regularly, but want to practice your skills. Or perhaps you have a health condition that keeps you from being able to kneel by the water or scramble up and down bedrock looking for paydirt. Whatever the case, here you will learn how to pan gold, starting with a pan full of dirt and cleaning it down to the black sand and gold.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to practice wilderness living skills and other outdoor skills, but thought you couldn't because you can't make time to get out to the woods? In this series, I'll show you how you can learn and practice bushcraft at home, in your own backyard!
Don't forget to subscribe to my channel!
Friday, June 21, 2019
Monday videos and Backyard Bushcraft
Hey everyone,
I've been working hard, recording videos on the properties I take care of, as well as areas I can hike and prospect for gold. I'm happy to say that I am going to start posting videos regularly. My plan is to release a video every Monday at 3:00pm Pacific time.
As a way to be sure to have time available to film these videos, I am starting a series called Backyard Bushcraft. Have you ever wanted to learn how to practice wilderness living skills and other outdoor skills, but thought you couldn't because you can't make time to get out to the woods? In this series, I'll show you how you can learn and practice bushcraft at home, in your own backyard!
The first video, How to Pan for Gold in your Backyard, will be posted Monday, June 24. Make sure you subscribe to my channel, Badger Does Bushcraft, so you don't miss it!
I've been working hard, recording videos on the properties I take care of, as well as areas I can hike and prospect for gold. I'm happy to say that I am going to start posting videos regularly. My plan is to release a video every Monday at 3:00pm Pacific time.
As a way to be sure to have time available to film these videos, I am starting a series called Backyard Bushcraft. Have you ever wanted to learn how to practice wilderness living skills and other outdoor skills, but thought you couldn't because you can't make time to get out to the woods? In this series, I'll show you how you can learn and practice bushcraft at home, in your own backyard!
The first video, How to Pan for Gold in your Backyard, will be posted Monday, June 24. Make sure you subscribe to my channel, Badger Does Bushcraft, so you don't miss it!
Monday, March 25, 2019
New Video: Solo bushcraft hammock overnight
In this video, I set up a tarp shelter over my Yukon Outfitters hammock,
catch a couple of fish for dinner, and spend the night under the stars
for my Bushclass Basic Overnight outing.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Day Hike: Spenceville Wildlife Area
I took a solo hike at Spenceville Wilderness Area. BCUSA Bushclass Basic outing #4. Also a bit of an experiment with setting up shots and creatively unskilled videography.
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Saturday, February 16, 2019
Cheap, easy camp meal
Due to some new food intolerances, I need to be very careful about what's in the food that I eat. Instead of buying expensive, gluten-free freeze dried meals, I have opted to make my own. In this post, I will demonstrate how to make one of these easy meals. This also makes a pretty good side dish with dinner at home, or add some grilled chicken and make it an entree!
Items you'll need:
Here's where you get creative, and where you should probably experiment a bit at home before taking with you on the trail. Get out your spices and add a bit of this and that. I used 1/4 of a Knorr "extra large" chicken flavor bullion cube. Bullion contains a lot of sodium, I know, but remember that you'll likely lose a lot of sodium in your sweat on the trail.
In addition to the bullion, I used about 1/8 teaspoon each of chili powder, garlic powder, and onion powder. 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper.
Once you're happy with your spice mix, you can mix the spices with the rice and lentils and put it in a ziplock bag or even a vacuum seal pouch. I use ziplocks because I generally make these the night before I leave for the trip.
COOKING THE MEAL:
Add about 3/4 cup of water to your billy can and boil. I ran out of fuel for my backpacking stove, so I had to cheat and cook on my hot plate instead.
Once your water boils, dump the baggie into the water and stir thoroughly. Cover, and cook until all the water has been absorbed. Be sure to stir frequently, so it doesn't burn.
Voila, the finished product! ...It tastes better than it looks, I promise. It ain't pretty, but it'll keep your ribs apart. It's pretty light in the pack, about 2 oz per meal, plus water.
Items you'll need:
- Rice - Any variety is fine. For this post I used standard white rice, but brown or wild rice is great as well.
- Lentils - Make sure to wash them, and DRY THOROUGHLY before packaging for a hiking trip. It may be best to wash the lentils and allow to dry overnight before continuing.
- Miscellaneous spices - For this particular demo I used chili powder, garlic powder, California style onion powder, chicken bullion, and black pepper. I have also made this dish using only salt and pepper and some Tony's.
- Billy can, mess kit, soup can, or similar - Whatever you are using to boil water in your cook kit. I used my DIY Billy Pot .
- Heat source - The weather is too rainy today to do a campfire, so I'm planning on cooking this over my backpacking stove.
Here's where you get creative, and where you should probably experiment a bit at home before taking with you on the trail. Get out your spices and add a bit of this and that. I used 1/4 of a Knorr "extra large" chicken flavor bullion cube. Bullion contains a lot of sodium, I know, but remember that you'll likely lose a lot of sodium in your sweat on the trail.
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| Don't use the whole cube. Trust me. |
Once you're happy with your spice mix, you can mix the spices with the rice and lentils and put it in a ziplock bag or even a vacuum seal pouch. I use ziplocks because I generally make these the night before I leave for the trip.
COOKING THE MEAL:
Add about 3/4 cup of water to your billy can and boil. I ran out of fuel for my backpacking stove, so I had to cheat and cook on my hot plate instead.
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| Is it still bushcraft if you use a hot plate? |
Once your water boils, dump the baggie into the water and stir thoroughly. Cover, and cook until all the water has been absorbed. Be sure to stir frequently, so it doesn't burn.
Friday, February 15, 2019
New YouTube video posted!
Harl and I had a hike at Spenceville planned for last weekend, but we got rained out. So, instead, we went down to Crowbait and built a fire, cooked some lunch, and got soaked. It was raining pretty bad. But still a good afternoon.
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If you like what you see, please subscribe and share!
Sunday, February 10, 2019
YouTube channel
So I’m working on putting together a YouTube channel. It’ll be videos of outings, skills practice, gold prospecting, and all sorts of other fun stuff! Here’s a little trailer:
Sunday, January 20, 2019
DIY Billy Pot
I needed a new billy pot, as my ol' trusty coffee can finally burned itself out. I couldn't afford $40 for a Mors pot, so I went around to the local drugstores to find a tin of Piroulines or Pirouettes. I can't eat the cookies, as I have some kind of wheat intolerance, but the container would be perfect for my billy pot.
At my local CVS I found both Piroulines and Pirouettes, at $6 each. But, for only $4, I found this:
So for $2 cheaper, I got exactly what I needed, and I didn't have to waste any perfectly good (and delicious!) cookies! It's painted, and has a plastic handle, but that's easily fixed.
I started off by removing the handle and paint from the container and lid (which I forgot to take a picture of). You can do this by sanding, using some kind of chemical paint stripper, or you could toss it into your campfire and burn it off. That's what I opted for. After the paint was burned off, I washed the pot and lid and scrubbed it hard with a scrub pad. Satisfied with the cleanliness of the pot, I made a bail out of a piece of fence wire.
The little step on the bottom of the bail is to space the side of the bail away from the lid, so it can easily be removed while the pot is hanging. I punched a couple of holes in the pot with a nail, inserted the ends of the bail wire, and bent the ends in order to pin the bail in place.
After this, I made a wire handle for the lid.
The long end was inserted through the hole in the lid and bent over.
The finished pot:
And finally, in use:
At my local CVS I found both Piroulines and Pirouettes, at $6 each. But, for only $4, I found this:
So for $2 cheaper, I got exactly what I needed, and I didn't have to waste any perfectly good (and delicious!) cookies! It's painted, and has a plastic handle, but that's easily fixed.
I started off by removing the handle and paint from the container and lid (which I forgot to take a picture of). You can do this by sanding, using some kind of chemical paint stripper, or you could toss it into your campfire and burn it off. That's what I opted for. After the paint was burned off, I washed the pot and lid and scrubbed it hard with a scrub pad. Satisfied with the cleanliness of the pot, I made a bail out of a piece of fence wire.
The little step on the bottom of the bail is to space the side of the bail away from the lid, so it can easily be removed while the pot is hanging. I punched a couple of holes in the pot with a nail, inserted the ends of the bail wire, and bent the ends in order to pin the bail in place.
After this, I made a wire handle for the lid.
The long end was inserted through the hole in the lid and bent over.
The finished pot:
And finally, in use:
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