Bushcraft & Country Skills – the Exhaustive List

Ay everybody! Becoming a capable human who can safely walk the earth is simple, but takes a wee bit of work and patience. There is a buncha country skills we all need, whether we are city folk or mountain folk. Luckily it’s all easy and makes perfect sense to the human brain. Working on bushcraft will make your body feel good, because we’re designed for the outdoors! Get yer’ ass out the house and God’s green earth will neutralize that anxiety which is caused by the demands of the 21st century lifestyle. So anyway, I made an exhaustive list for yinz as a starting point, in a recommended order for both fun, ease and trapping that knowledge!!

Here is some terrific music to listen while you read: The Pressley Girls – Morning Concert

This might sound anti-tech, but naw! I like using a power drill, but I don’t drill through my skull to scratch an itch. It’s all about using tech and tools to make you stronger and happier, not weaker and addicted.

Look, I’m an advanced tech user. To prove it, here’s what happens when you ask A.I. to make AI art of bushcraft. Looks accurate to me!

Don’t be fooled – anyone can learn wilderness, bushcraft and country skills. Ya don’t need to be in special forces or grow up on a farm!

The way I order things is very different than most bushcraft folks, but it will stick!

A Big ol’ List of Country Skills

• Handy Guy
  • Knots, ropes and cordage
  • Wood, stone and earth
  • Avoiding & 1st aid for injury and infection
  • Tools and blades
• Bushcraft Brave
  • Basic and add-on gear
  • Fire master
  • Water gatherer
  • Shelter builder
  • Fat & forage getter
  • Wayfinding fool
  • Camp gadgets and lazy boy systems
  • Get hard to the elements, and get humble before God and nature – humility & patience will keep yer ass alive!
• Itty bitty Farmer
  • Building a 200 year house and farm-structures
  • Raising big fat animals
  • Raising big juicy crops
  • Amish technological supremacy
  • Preserving food long term
  • Clothing, farm gadgets, Tools and blades part deux
  • Self-reliant systems to make life easier
  • Family teamwork, togetherness, fun, worship and traditions
  • Small town teamwork, worship, fun, trade, traditions, togetherness

I truly believe that all of the above – especially the spiritual and communal – are critical to flourishing in a world where even a drop of self-reliance is needed.

It’s not truly an exhaustive list…

Ayup! I have to admit. It’s more a bunch of categories! But no fear, I’ll break it all down for yooz guyz! Next post will be in gnats-ass detail with 4k video knot walkthroughs. We got loops, hitches, stoppers, shortenings and mo’

NEXT STOP… KNOTS!!!

Man… I’m tellin ya’! REAL LIFE is fun. God’s holy creation is where the fun is! God made Earth for us! Get off the dern internet and GITCHOAZZOUTSIDE!!!

Check my first article out for a lil background!