spirit shield

Another project i got up to this winter...

didgeridoo

ive been playing for a few years now..this piece is for healing etc,its played with my first ever bamboo didgeridoo..enjoy..

winter update 2

just a video to show a few things i spoke of in winter update 1.

winter update

well its been a while...
im still not sure whether to continue the youtube videos..
what have i been up to?....
well most of my bushcraft has involved hunting techniques used by the san bushman and australian aboriginals....
ive worked on spear throwers,and boomerangs,non returning...
ive been making small detachable arrow heads as the san bushmen do..
ive also have a winter campsite which im currently working on.
i hope to get a camera of my own so i can add more pics etc..
i enjoyed the winter snow we had,staying out in it is no big deal if you have good shelter and a fire..
i opted to buy a good trapper hat,i got fed up with a damp soggy woolly hat,i even attached a fox tail on the back for extra warmth.
i dont know when i will post again...
it depends really when i feel in the mood,i dont want to make this sort of thing a have to do...
hopefully i will post some pics,or even a video or two...

summer

well my computer broke,ive been off line for ages,but now im sitting here with it in bits but working........./
Well what have i been up to..Ive spent alot of the summer tracking and stalking roe deer.i managed to identify families and spent alot of time very near them,i witness bucks chasing bucks out of territories,and was also threatened by a buck early one morning,he was really fired up.good fun..now its all died down and they have all faded...
ive been practicing stalking with a small yew bow,and practiced firing it from sitting kneeling etc,this way seems more realistic to me...ive been foriging,and making acorn coffees,ive also been collecting nettles and willow herb for cordage,something to work on in the winter months...Ive geared down now that the days are shorter,following the way our ancestors showed us...

yew bow again...

i finally managed to get some footage of the yew bow,i filmed this during a tuning session.

update

well my camera finally died.
With the weather so hot im out much more..
my main project at home is my yew bow...ive tillered it to 28inches but cannot weigh it...
This bow so far is the best ive ever done,the quality of yew for bow wood is great,ive even managed to put slight recurves in the ears,ive built up a nice handle,and now im in the process of fine tuning it,i shot some arrows off,but its power was still too much so ive had to thin the limbs more........
The area that i roam is full of life now,butterflies mainly hegde browns and purple hair streaks carpet the grasses,these grass areas hide the deer,i managed to stalk up to a good buck yesterday..
it will be the rut soon,i hope the sound of it will lead me to them...well off now to tune the bow.................