Bushcraft; Getting started

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In this video I talk about how to get started in Bushcraft and give you some ideas on how to start your own learning journey in the outdoors!

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hi guys first I've been asked a lot recently is how to get started in prosper so I wanted to give you just letting people in new to it just give you a little bit the tour and go through some things that I did but I was first starting out now I'd like to say what I am going to give information limiting today isn't necessarily this is how to get started you know people might prefer to do things in a different way that I've done people might prefer different methods of learning but here is how to get started in my perspective so the most important thing to do is you don't need to go straight out into the wild you can start the home the Internet is a fantastic resource for look at things get online look out for those internet communities things like that YouTube channels were brilliant way to start it up at the basic things I've got a lot of basic information on my channel as well as some slightly more advanced stuff there's a guy called black powell outdoors you last hit the link book here he's got an absolutely brilliant brilliant you to tell i've learned an awful lot from him that I call Creek but over the US with really good guy fantastic method of teaching once you've learned a bit of stock and you kind of figure out what direction you want to tell your boss about what kind of stuff you learn at that point you need to start thinking like the gear and things you want to get so I start I bought some books first I didn't go straight up I gear so one of the books I've got here is I've got Ray Mears wild food book man I've got this one on me today simply because I'm out being a little bit of foraging I've got my Collins gem wildflower guide as well put some links Ray Mears box brilliant they're really small they're white clean very clear concise information is essential bushcraft I use a lot when I will starts now and I still refer to it nowadays but I don't like to carry around quite respond to me what rain is if you notice in his programs really what so perhaps seconds on guy really have stopped these once you've got a bit of research and a bit reading at that point at this point you want to start will put some equipment now you don't need to go out and buy the most expensive equipment on the market that can come later on where you want to start by knife so one of the knives I splashed out on a couple years back my sister would do super nice and would do what army that was really really expensive nice gold wouldn't handle bone things don't need to go straightaway well as I got my first started one of these more of companions though really brilliant the nice and portable you can pick one up in the UK for anything between 10 and 15 pounds it comes in stainless steel version a carbon steel one I would possibly recommend the stainless steel style this is the carbon and the reason I suggest the stainless going to start with is stainless steel lose its edge a little bit quicker but it's much easier to sharpen maintain if you just learn to maintain your tools because it's a softer Maps a little easier well these moral companions actually absolutely fantastic really advised so I recommend getting yourself on them they're nice and for the other piece of equipment you're going to want to look at that in is a nice axe so this is a brand suppose Brooks wildlife hatchet the quite pricey I think at the moment these I bought mine is about forty five pounds but I think at the moment about sixty pounds and not sure what that is of dollars guys I'm afraid you don't need to go out and buy one of these straightway

in fact what I would recommend doing is go down to your local hardware store so buy a basic hatchet they're not very good get used to using it once you must using a tool that isn't amazing then go out and buy yourself a really nice one so that you're not going to damage in ice axe but then once you've got used to using a kind of machine tool when you get a decent - all a nice tool you realize that you actually have developed a lot of really good skills for uses it's not especially appropriate now the other thing that I would recommend getting haven't got it with me zone ports or wall things in this video I'll stick the link up to review I did of it it's the bottle under folding sauce kind of routing saw they're about 10 to 15 pounds again online shop around and get themself the best deal I recommend going for the cycle more expensive for myself begin with because there's simple gardening saws aren't very good and they tend to bend a great really easy so spend a little bit more money on once you've acquired your tools equipment you'll start looking at things like tarpaulin for divatox again at the box reviews those I'll stick the link in the video here for you have a look at them they're nice and portable they're gonna master pretty much a lifetime get so call them or learn to make natural shelters which brings me to the next point don't start off learning by going to some farfel place in the middle of nowhere especially if you're really new to this adult a bunch of said no you're doing go to somewhere nice and comfortable work you know what you still in your comfort zone where you can practice law schools and learn once you've learned those skills you can then take yourself a little bit further away but you're safe in the knowledge that you know what you're doing

if you jump straight in at the deep end that is when your bushcraft skills become really survival skills and you don't want to do that you want to avoid survival situation it's poor craft it's all about using skills that can be used in survival but in a controlled safe environment so you don't get yourself into a suit find it simple and keep yourself alive you don't need to get into situation that it's just silly there's a lot of things on television that show please survival situation people going straight out into these remotely dangerous places trying to survive there's no need there's really no need that keep yourself safe and that's pretty much hard to get started one thing that I would like to say is watching reviews and how to's and things I mean set is all well and good you can learn a lot of reasons for still mad obviously I want people to look at things on the internet because I promote my channel I enjoy doing it enjoy the sport but realistically you cannot beat having face-to-face tuition from somebody who really knows what they're doing so have a look around get yourself on for bushcraft cause they can be pretty pricey so moving to quite cheap some of them are brilliant some of them not so good try them you out you will eventually form you come across somebody who is a real expert in a particular field and that person will be able to give you really good information and actually being shown firsthand by something is unbeatable that is the best way of learning anything because they will use the interest third teaching style scene or learning style so that is quite far the best way to learn and the most important thing to remember is get out there enjoy the outdoors have fun and stay safe thank you for watching guys