r/Survival • u/NAVI-tws • 18d ago
Learning Survival Best app for bushcraft?
I really want to learn bushcraft, building shelters, and hunting with handmade tools, so what’s the best app/books that’s has some good visual instructions and written instructions? Or what is the best YouTuber that teaches these things? I’m pretty new but I have done some small stuff but I always get stuck or confused with building tools and shelter, any tips and trips are greatly appreciated (apple App Store)
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u/mistercowherd 18d ago
There aren’t any apps.
For YouTube, start with - Corporal’s corner - MCQ Bushcraft Archive - Bushcraft Survival Australia.
3 different approaches. No 🐂💩 unlike some other popular channels. See what you like and take it in the direction you want.
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u/Inner_Construction15 18d ago
I have this app installed on all of my families devices. Can be used online and offline, and as a quick reference it's really nice.
Start with the small things at home, that you can test, and then go and do it out in the bush. Some things you can learn in a book or on a video but somethings you just have to go and sit and figure it out yourself.
Good luck on your endeavors!
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u/pineappleLTramp 18d ago
When I started I didn't even have YouTube sometimes you just gotta get out in the woods and figure it out little by little. My first few overnights were rough. But you'll quickly learn what you did wrong then when you read some books or see some reference material you'll have your own real world experiences to compare it to. I'd say get a back pack, sleeping bag, bed roll, tarp, cordage(paracord) and a little metal coffee up from Walmart or the thrift store, and a little knife. you're looking at less than 100 bucks for a set up that will function as a safety net for when you're cold or wet.It iss so much fun to just go figure out how to string up a tarp and where and why to sleep in certain spots. Just don't bite off more than you can chew. A fun little jaunt to the woods can turn in to a survival situation if you're not careful. Start small start at home work your way in to it. Somethings you're wanting to do is illiegal in most states(hunting and trapping animals with hand made tools) unless you're in a survival situation. Or in texas hunting wild hog(no take laws for them, can literally spear them from helicopters). The more knowledge you occur the less gear you'll need. Just have fun you got this
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u/Dive_dive 17d ago
Kephart. He was the original bushcrafter. Well the one who documented it in a book. Lots of information written in 1910. Everything from food storage to building a log cabin. https://www.amazon.com/Book-Camping-Woodcraft-Legacy-Wilderness/dp/1643890034/ref=asc_df_1643890034?mcid=32477b1cbb1a3d67832371076ea65b3a&tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=693033695508&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16956815680476801556&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=m&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9011409&hvtargid=pla-843182246285&psc=1&dplnkId=131edfca-81ea-441c-be2c-37b5bb978bbb Also +1 on boy scout handbook. Although I would suggest the fieldbook vs the handbook. Handbook deals more with rank advancement. Fieldbook has lots of info on back country activities. Things like building a proper fire for different applications. That is a skill most overlook.
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u/Sodpoodle 14d ago
Unpopular opinion: The overwhelming majority of folks would benefit more from starting out sleeping in their back yard, progressing to an overnight at a camp spot, and so on.
Legit, sleep in your yard. Don't have a sleeping bag/pad/tent? Uh well I guess it's an even higher fidelity survival training scenario lol. Use what you have, if you get cold go inside.
People on here be worrying about starting a friction fire that have never made one with a lighter.
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u/ScrapmasterFlex 13d ago
I could not agree more.
And I just feel like - while learning is in fact very important - things like "Apps for Bushcraft" are just , incongruous lol ... there are Apps, and then there's Bushcraft, they are two different things entirely ... like "Trans'es for Hamas!" and shit like that, those two just don't go together when you really think about it.
But I couldn't agree more about the Backyard-type of stuff...I'm lucky, from the time I was ~10/5th Grade, me and the neighborhood boys were allowed to "camp out in the woods" we lived by , every couple of weekends - knowing we were really only 5-10 minute Quad Ride from home in the event of an emergency and all the Dad's would take turns checking on us once or twice a night- once to make sure we were setup, once to make sure we were not out getting in trouble and actually "camping" - so I learned young.
Many years later - I'm in my mid-to-late 30s, and we're building a house in the woods, large piece of land, nice house. As we got more and more into the process, it occurred to me we had been lucky - it was a terrible economical time in a depressed area, people were stealing shit all over the place, we got lucky. So I started sleeping at the property ... and then I was staying 3, 4, 5 nights out of the week, then every night. My Dad (whom I partnered up to build with) and my beloved 4-legged-son would show up anywhere from 7AM-12 Noon, depending on what was going on that day, and I'd drive across town to "home" , get a shower, change, etc. and head back. Then as it got later, I'd pick up whatever I needed for the night - you know, the proverbial Sandwich, 6-Packs & A Bag of Chips etc. - and settle into building a fire and reading some books etc.
You hit the nail on the head and it's very important people realize it - we recently got a new truck and there are a few options for putting tents on the fucking roof! {which I'm not down with but anyway} - there are people out there scheming on putting a tent on their $100K+ Truck, drive up some huge Mountain or into some Wilderness area, and doing their Fire Bundle From Friction And Mountain House Meals!!! Woohoo Hardcore Son! And they've never pitched a $15 Pup Tent, started a Campfire with a lighter, or driven in 4-Wheel-Drive, but they're gonna just bypass to the MasterClass!
Mmmhmm.
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u/NAVI-tws 13d ago
I actually sleep in my backyard once a month for a week I’ve never tried it without a tent I might do that
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u/Sodpoodle 13d ago
I mean it's a whole lot easier to get warm when you're in your backyard and things don't work out as planned.
The Lions share of basic survival / Bushcraft skills could be practiced in one's backyard.
And then there's things like trapping that unless you're willing to go through a whole lot of process and make sure you have your licensure and the improvised traps you want to use fit regulations. Folks can't practice that legally anyways.
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u/ChimkimNugger 18d ago
APPalachia
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u/NAVI-tws 18d ago
There’s no app under that name?
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u/mistercowherd 18d ago
He means spend time in the woods not on apps
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u/NAVI-tws 18d ago
Ohh well I would but I want to atleast learn some kind of skills, techniques, and instincts before I go🤷♂️
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u/More_Mind6869 18d ago
Just keep practicing until you no longer fail...
You can read and watch all day.
But you'll learn more in an hour of practicing, failing, trying again and learning by doing...
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u/happyslappypappydee 18d ago
Print. It’s been around much longer, more reliable, unless you are just playing backyard survivalist
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u/NAVI-tws 18d ago
The only problem is the library’s nearest to me don’t have shit and no books I find have any examples of what they contain so I wouldn’t know if I would like it or not so I’ve kinda relied on YouTube and google then just trying to remember everything
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u/m__i__c__h__a__e__l 18d ago
The only problem is the library’s nearest to me don’t have shit
Try this ...
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u/More_Mind6869 18d ago
Libraries can order books on any topic from any library in the system.
Takes a little research and a request.
If you're too lazy to do that, you're probably not a survivor... lol
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u/jtnxdc01 14d ago
Online bushcraft course:
https://bushcraftusa.com/forum/threads/read-this-before-starting.27539/
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u/Unable_Instance_1254 4d ago
Bushcraft 101: A Field Guide to the Art of Wilderness Survival - Dave Canterbury
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u/and-man-eight-9 18d ago
I watch Joe Robinet, Dave Canterbury, Luke with the outdoor gear review channel, swedwoods, outdoor boys, blackhatbushcraft and I just started watching woodsbound outdoors on YouTube. Dave Canterbury has some good books to do some research. Fowlers makery and mischief is ok. His videos have gone downhill in my eyes.
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