Bushcraft Basics with Reuben Bolieu

Learn carving techniques that avoid the ‘blood triangle,’ the most optimal grips, the thumb-assisted push cut, batoning technique, the beaver chew, feather sticking, and 18 stick notches to try.

How To Build a Bushcraft Kitchen

Start with digging a fire pit that follows these specs. Plus, how to build a tripod, pot hangers, and preserve meat in the backcountry.

Simplify Your Search for a Good Bushcraft Knife

“A bushcraft knife is akin to a multitool that performs a variety of duties with a single design," writes Jim Cobb. He explains the 8 factors you should consider when selecting your backcountry ‘wingman.’

2022’s Best Bushcraft & Survival Blades

Whether you’re away in the woods for a bushcraft weekend or you’re in a survival situation and your life depends on your ingenuity, your skill, and your blade, we’ve got the gear.

Bushcrafting with Authentic Malaysian Parangs

“Bushcraft cooking in bamboo required two green, Y-sticks and two long lengths of green bamboo along with a pilot stick for the Y-sticks, which the golok provided,” Reuben Bolieu writes. "The green sticks were easily snipped off with the sweet spot of the golok, just on the inside bend of the belly.”

Perfect Your Bushcrafting Skills Right in Your Own Backyard

Got grape vine, Virginia creeper, English ivy, poison ivy, or all of the above? You’ve got the perfect bushcraft training ground. Get out your machetes and survival blades and make yard work more fun. Bonus: skills practiced in the cul-de-sac could save your life someday.

VIDEO: 10+ Bushcraft Skills & Survival Hacks

TA Outdoors shows you some simple—but essential—moves: make traps, fashion a survival whistle from a stick, start a fire, create cordage, tie knots, make leather from the skin of a fish, and more.