Bushman

COURSE DESCRIPTION Long-term sustainable wilderness living requires a multifaceted knowledge base. The Bushman Course combines skill sets from survival and bushcraft to create permanency in a wilderness environment. Going beyond short- and extended-term living, the Bushman Course explores true wilderness long-term sustainability—achieved through securing food from the land, constructing tools and furniture in the wilderness, and understanding how to troubleshoot upcoming issues. Following the traditions of the long hunters and pioneers of the past, the Bushman Course will develop the skills needed to live a self-sustaining lifestyle.

FIELD AND CLASSWORK Modern Trapping Techniques and Tactics Fur Handling Hunting Techniques Large Timber Work Woodland Furniture Building Managing Large Camps Basic Blacksmithing Camp Cooking Large Game Processing REQUIRED KIT Participants must bring the following items to the course.

Primary Gear (This gear must be carried with you throughout the entire course)

Fixed Blade Forest Axe 100’ Paracord 1 lb Roll of #36 Bankline

Flint and Steel Firestarting Kit Secondary Gear ( Items you need to have available, but don't need to carry with you daily)

24” Bow Saw Queen Size Wool Blanket or Sleeping Bag Oilcloth Tarp or Hot Tent Scotch Eye Auger Bit 2 - #11 Double Long Spring Traps 2 - Pennsylvania Legal Cable Restraints 3 in 1 Trapping Tool Dirt Shifter Trapping Pan Covers 4 - Metal Trap Stakes Pennsylvania Furtaker License (Applicable only if you are actively trapping) Notepad and Pencil/Pen ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Students will walk approximately 1 mile each morning and will do physical work throughout the day, including splitting wood, hammering, and chopping with an axe. Students will be required to obtain a Pennsylvania Fur Takers License for the course. Class Location: Ringtown, Pennsylvania Class Start Time: 9:00 am Students will stay on schoo