Mike Douglas (center) teaches how to build a cold weather shelter during a weekend winter survival course of the Maine Primitive Skills School. Credit: Courtesy of Mike DiMauro The term “primitive ...

Students in Mayo, Yukon, have a new opportunity to learn bushcraft skills this year, after J.V. Clark School partnered with a local expert to offer workshops to interested high schoolers. On Mondays, ...

This summer, Earth Knack— a school highlighted in this week’s feature article, “Doug Hill Is Defending the (Modern) Caveman With Primitive Skills Classes” — teamed up with Arvada-based Sarqit Outdoor ...

BACK TO BASICS: Todd Elliott makes music around the campfire at the Firefly Gathering. Photo by Mike Bellame If you’re looking to learn how to make your own bow and arrow, weave a belt or carve a ...

Want to carve and shoot your own bow and arrow like Katniss Everdeen in “The Hunger Games?” Then, join the Central New York Primitive Skills Group for one of its, twice-monthly meetings held on 59 ...

Information: Call 303-823-0875 or go to wildearthschildren.org. With trepidation, the group of 11 elementary- and middle-school kids huddles around Simon Harrison’s closed hand. “Use your deer ears,” ...

When most people set out to plan a summer vacation, they look for comfy resorts, ample diversions and plenty of great food. Gino Borges, however, was looking for something different. The year was 2011 ...

The act of creating fire is considered a sacred endeavor by Bo Glover. “It’s difficult but when you do get fire it will be the most spiritual experience ever,” Glover told more than a dozen members of ...