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Woodsmaster Series - First Set

...with Ron Hood and Karen Hood

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Woodsmaster 1: Spark Based Fire Starting

In the first volume of the Woodsmaster© Video Series, you will discover the secrets of Spark Based Firemaking! You will learn how to create that first spark using tools like the Firebow, Flint and Steel, the Metal Match, and even a flashlight!

The firebow section alone includes over 30 minutes of detail covering the collection of materials, preparation, construction and use of the firebow! You will learn carving secrets, tool selection, basic cordage theory and safety. And tucked away here and there are some of the special Woodsmaster wilderness tricks that really pay off. There has never been a clearer, more effective, instruction on the use of the firebow. If you ever wanted to learn fire by friction, this is the video you need!

(about 70 minutes)

Woodsmaster 2: Shelter and Priorities

Volume 2 covers survival priorities, shelter techniques (location, construction), the Firebed, Heat loss mechanisms, insulating techniques, natural phenomena related to shelter and a bunch of special Woodsmaster© wilderness tricks. It includes "Fist time" estimation and height and distance estimation, including "The Rule of Thumb" and "Flip over Stick". Also included are special tricks for utilizing trash found in the wilderness.

This video could save your life!

This video is filled with over an hour and 20 minutes of critical BASIC survival information!

(about 80 minutes)

Woodsmaster 3: Survival Kits

See how to make and carry a Survival kit. Learn to make and use the tiny Mini Kit, so small it almost disappears in your pocket! See the Maxi Kit, It´s the size of a 1lb coffee can!. Learn Wire Snares. A coffee can "bee and a bird trap", animal hooks, the Delbow Pocket bow, the twitch up snare, tube tent tricks, a snare wire compass. Discover INNOVATION, and a bunch of special Woodsmaster tricks and techniques.

(about 80 minutes)

Woodsmaster 4: Travel and Navigation

You´ll learn to make the "Ottomani" pocket Sun compass. Night navigation, shadow stick tricks. The bu cat walking stick technique, the Plainsman stride and lock step, more techniques for telling direction, distance and height, trail travel energy saving techniques. Learn how to tell directions with your watch... regular and digital.

Discover why proper hydration can save your life and increase your range. Find out about foot care and a ton more. Includes the beginnings of Stone tool and pitch glue making!

31 Chapter headings make it easy for you to review your favorite parts

(about 84 minutes)

Woodsmaster 5: Traps and Trapping

(TELLY AWARD WINNER!)

After shelter and water, food is the key to survival living. This DVD covers the basic "engines" of machine type traps, techniques for setting and using snares, trigger designs, where to set your traps and much more. If you can’t feed yourself after watching this video... you need a supermarket! Feed yourself for a lifetime!

This new edit of the original footage includes special Slow Motion Scenes so you can actually SEE the operation of various traps.

Graphic scenes

(about 88 minutes)

This video was added to our catalog on September 28, 2005 in Sports & Outdoor::Outdoor Skills.

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Reviewer: John M.

I thoroughly enjoyed ALL of the dvd's in the first set of the Woodsmaster Series. If you're interested in learning skills that you might need in a survival situation, then these are the dvd's for you! I am going to check out the second set as soon as they arrive!

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Reviewer: Timothy G.

Jammed packed with info these DVD's are great if you are into wilderness survival. Sure, Im never going to start a fire by rubbing two sticks together but its nice to know that I have the knowledge to do so if I wanted to.

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