The Suburban Bushwacker: From Fat Boy to Elk Hunter

A tubby suburban dad watching hunting and adventure shows on TV and wondering could I do that? This is the chronicle of my adventures as I learn to learn to Forage, Hunt and Fish for food that has lived as I would wish to myself - Wild and Free.

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Tuesday, 13 November 2007

There’s No Tool Like An Old Tool Or BoB Sends Bushwacker Back In Time!

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Things that were covetable become mundane, and then, stained with memory become keys to the past. As regular readers will know, BoB dropped ...
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Sunday, 11 November 2007

In Remembrance

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Today is Remembrance Sunday when we take a pause to think of the young men who gave their lives to the wishes of their masters on the bloody...
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Monday, 29 October 2007

Prometheus In My Pocket

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“ ‘I'm a firestarter, a twisted firestarter’, (sigh) well that’s nothing to be proud of is it” DJ Alan Partridge (Steve Coogan) review...
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The Farce Is Strong In This One

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Hit the target? I can do it with my eyes shut mate! Though, sadly it would seem, not with them open. [sound of chortling elk in the distance...
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Sunday, 28 October 2007

Sundays Are For Archery

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It’s Sunday so its round two of archery lessons or The Bushwacker versus The Paper Targets. In England Sunday archery practice is a traditio...
Saturday, 27 October 2007

Wivart Yer Opinel You Aven't Got An 'Ope In 'Ell'!

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Showed a vegan friend my blog: Loved the bad puns (even donated one of his own - above). winced at the guns, remained tolerant at the meat e...
Friday, 26 October 2007

Bird Hunting From The Sofa

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Bowman 2 "You will discover that to be a good shot is not the half of what it takes to make a tolerable bird slayer." Maurice Thom...
Sunday, 21 October 2007

Coast, Post, Bed.

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Well I made it to the coast to see my mate Jonah off. Few tribulations but i got there in the end! Little S, (well now not so ‘little S’ any...
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Friday, 19 October 2007

Something For The Weekend Sir?

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If I can sort out my child care problems I’m going away on Saturday to wave bon voyage to a friend who is starting his yacht master qualific...
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Monday, 15 October 2007

Our Tomato Plants Have Withered!!

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Not really enough to make a chutney, so apart from fried green tomatos, any ideas? Bushwacker
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Can You Tell What It is Yet?

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Of Course it’s a root burl. Or to be more precise a burl that has separated from its parent tree and then rooted. Before it could put up any...
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Sunday, 14 October 2007

Blog Roll – Oct 07

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The start of my archery classes has been postponed for a week so I thought that as my blog roll has been expanding recently I’d do a round u...
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Saturday, 13 October 2007

Rooting Around I Found This

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When Going Nuts, First Take A Leek.

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Been a while hasn’t it? I’ve been ‘up north’ with The Northern Monkey and on my return the lair of the Bushwackers has suffered from water i...
Thursday, 4 October 2007

Mother! Behave Yourself!!

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Just in case you didn’t believe me when I told you about the foraging septuagenarian matriarchs ! As I was taking this picture I got into co...

Shh Keep 'em Under Your Hat

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They've arrived ! Ripe and ready to gather! I picked (picked up?) this crop yesterday. Had a few for tea, after last nights running club...
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Saturday, 29 September 2007

Is That A Survival Kit In Your Pocket?

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Viridari was kind enough to post a comment on my last post so i visited his site where i saw this - great isn't it! Reading a few of hi...
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Friday, 28 September 2007

A Round Toit

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I’ve just added a bushcraft blog by lad called Leon to my blog roll. If you’ve ever fancied learning some bushcraft skills but not gotten r...
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Thursday, 27 September 2007

Those New Chestnuts

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Like the our pal the American Bushman I’m noticing the shift in the seasons; London was decidedly nippy today, and the prelude to last nigh...
Monday, 24 September 2007

Life After 50

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Pablo has asked what I’ll happen when I reach my goal. Been thinking about this myself; when it started I thought the project would last a ...
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