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Primitive Skills

Primitive skills connect you to the past and equip you with the knowledge to survive in the wild using natural materials. This section covers essential skills like arrow making, crafting pottery from hand-harvested clay, and firestarting using traditional methods. Whether you’re preparing for an outdoor adventure or learning to live more self-sufficiently, these guides will help you master ancient techniques for modern use.

Natural Fire Starters

Primitive Skills

17+ Best Natural Firestarters for Camping (Natural Tinder)

My own homemade acorn flour

Forage Edible Wild Plants

How to Make Acorn Flour

Wild foraged flour

Forage Edible Wild Plants

40+ Wild Plants You Can Make into Flour

Eating Acorns ~ Acorn Recipes from Around the World

Forage Edible Wild Plants

Eating Acorns: 60+ Acorn Recipes from Around the World

Acorn Nut Butter ~ A creamy spread made from acorns.

Forage Edible Wild Plants

Acorn Nut Butter

figure 4 deadfall trap set under a large rock

Hunting & Wild Game

How to Make a Figure 4 Deadfall Trap

Fatwax (Animal Fat Salve)

Craft Herbal Remedies

Making Fatwax (Animal Fat Salve)

Pemmican lollipop (Meat Lollipops)

Primitive Skills

Pemmican Lollipops for Your Bushcraft Sweetheart

Rendered Squirrel Lard for Cookies

Hunting & Wild Game

How to Render Squirrel Fat (for Cookies!)

Cooking Rat

Hunting & Wild Game

How to Cook Mice (and Rats)

Two homemade Bone primitive arrowheads attached with pine pitch and sinew.

Learn New Skills

How to Make Primitive Arrows – The Basics

Extracting Salt from Plants for Survival

Primitive Skills

Extracting Salt From Plants for Survival

Processing Soil into Clay for Pottery

Primitive Skills

How to Process Soil into Clay for Pottery

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