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67 Skills a Woodsman should have Series:

1) Be able to safely collect water
2) Be able to understand Knife & Tool safety
3) Be able to understand the 10C’s of survivability
4) Be able to understand the 4 W’s of campsite selection
5) Be able to understand the triangle of fire & how to manipulate it
6) Be able to light natural tinder with a ferro rod
7) Be able to make feather sticks
8) Be able to light man made tinder with a ferro rod
9) Be able to make 5 natural tinder fires (each with a different tinder)
a) Birch Bark
b) Milk Thistle
c) Pine Fat Wood
d) Cat Tail
e) Dry Grass
10) Be able to tie 5 basic knots,
a) Bowline
b) Truckers hitch
c) Necklace knot
d) Prussic
e) Taut line hitch
11) Be able to make 5 tarp / poncho shelters
a) Lean to
b) Flat sheet
c) Diamond Fly
d) Plough point
e) Inverted V
12) Be able to make a 5-minute shelter
13) Be able to light a fire using different 5 fire lays,
a) Tipi fire
b) Twig bundle
c) Twig bundle with back brace,
d) Long Fire
e) Swedish Torch
14) Be able to make a split wood wet weather fire
15) Be able to construct a 5-minute fire
16) Be able to complete 15-minute fire / shelter / boil
17) Be able to make charcloth or char
18) Be able to dry your boots
19) Be able to dry your clothes
20) Be able to complete an overnight with 10-piece kit only
21) Be able to cook a meal over a fire
22) Be able to go to the loo outdoors
23) Be able to go on 10 more individual day trips to the woods, & document them
24) Be able to gather a good birds nest
25) Be able to light a solar fire
26) Be able to find direction from the sun
27) Be able to make a tripod
28) Be able to tie another 5 knots
a) Marlin spike hitch

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b) Alpine butterfly knot

c) Clove hitch
d) Rolling hitch or Timber hitch
e) Sheet Bend
29) Be able to stay warm / dry & get a good night’s sleep
30) Be able to make 5 basic cutting techniques
a) Point
b) Chamfer
c) 7 notch
d) V notch
e) Square notch
31) Be able to make a pot hanger
32) Be able to split a log with a saw
33) Be able to make a fire reflector
34) Be able to make a bench
35) Be able to spend 03 individual nights in the woods comfortably, document what
worked & what didn’t.
36) Be able to navigate with a map & compass
37) Be able to make 3 feet of natural cordage
38) Be able to make a debris shelter & bed
39) Be able to make a raised bed
40) Be able to sharpen a knife
41) Be able to sharpen an axe
42) Be able to find direction from the stars
43) Be able to estimate the amount of daylight left
44) Be able to remove an item from your 10-piece kit & spend an overnight in the
woods with it
45) Be able to make a fish trap
46) Be able to make a primitive fish trap
47) Be able to make a beer can lantern
48) Be able to make a buck saw / bow saw in the field (you're allowed a blade)
49) Be able to make a bow drill fire
50) Be able to make a mat
51) Be able to make a whistle
52) Be able to make a signal fire
53) Be able to make a net
54) Be able to make a super shelter
55) Be able to make bannock
56) Be able to remove a tick.
57) Be able to make a fishing net from a mosquito head net
58) Be able to make a basket
59) Be able to identify 5 edible plants & how to prepare them
a) Burdock
b) Rose Hips
c) Pine
d) Nettles
e) Clover
60) Be able to identify 5 medicinal plants & how to prepare them
a) Fever Few XXXXXXX
b) Yarrow XXXXXXX

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c) Plantain Leaves = Nettle Stings

d) Camomile XXXXXXX
e) Yellow Dock Root Tea = Mild Laxative / Nettle Stings
61) Be able to prepare 5 medicinal agents
a) Poultice
b) Tincture
c) Decoction
d) Tea
e) Wash
62) Be able to identify 5 medicinal trees & how to prepare them
a) Willow (White Willow) Inner Bark - Pain
b) Pine Sap = Antiseptic
c) White Oak Bark = Decongestion / Headache
d) XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
e) XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
63) Be able to identify 5 poisonous Plants - & their safe look-alikes
a) Foxglove/Mullen,
b) Yew/Pine,
c) Hemlock/Wild Carrot,
d) Lilly of the Valley/Ransoms,
e) Hogweed
64) Be able to make water safe to drink 5 ways
a) Boiling
b) Solar Still
c) Transpirational Still
d) Coyote Well
e) Commercial Filter
65) Be able to identify 5 useful trees & state their uses
a) Pine - Tinder, Kindling, Fuel extender
b) Silver Birch - Tinder, Kindling
c) XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
d) XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
e) XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
66) Be able to make 5 primitive traps to secure meat
a) Figure 4 deadfall
b) Paiute deadfall
c) Simple snare
d) Dog bone trigger
e) L7 trigger
67) Be able to field dress 5 animals
a) Rabbit
b) Squirrel
c) Pheasant
d) Fish
e) Pigeon

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