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HomeSurvivalYoung People

Involving Your Children in Wilderness Survival Skills

by Allan "Bow" Beauchamp
(Page 2 of 3)

(Photos on this page by Allan "Bow" Beauchamp)

 

Fire

 
Showing children proper use of fire, as well as teaching them primitive ways of making it, gives them a real sense of responsibility and empowerment.
 
Here my son Nicholas has been shown the proper technique for building a pit fire shelter for dry weather in thick brush.

Here is my son learning skills most kids his age haven't seen yet.

As a parent, it is important to me to show then and teach them well. This way, as time goes on, they too have some good skills in which to enjoy our great outdoors and flourish there.

 
Here is my little girl, using here a fine crafted fire piston made by Jeff Wagner.

How many adults have learnt and tried this fire starting skill?

 
Children of pretty well any age can learn to make fire using a bowdrill, especially with a little help!

This is my son, Nicholas.

 
Here we my son, Nicholas, demonstrating "Bow's Bore", a unique variation of the bowdrill.
 
Nico at age 12 learning about flint and steel fire making.
 

Wild Food

 
After a hard day of tracking, my daughter Jessica stops at a patch of Saskatoon berries for lunch.
 
Here is my son, Nicholas. He has caught a small snake, in this area they get much bigger, some five and a half feet long and one inch diameter. A good food source, though I doubt this one will do that for him!
 

Cordage

 
Some of Allan "Bow" Beauchamp's students making cordage from grasses.
 
 
 
 
 

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