Understanding a range of bushcraft skills is key to ensuring you can tackle whatever the wilderness throws your way.

Check out this video and learn some of the vital skills you should know, even if you never claim to be a bushcraft expert!

Whether you are starting your own fire, purifying water or making a shelter, knowing how to do it “bushcraft style” alleviates a lot of the pressure if you find yourself in a survival situation.

At a minimum, you should know how to address the “Principle of 3” as it pertains to survival.

What other bushcraft or survival skills do you think are critically important to learn?

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