Atlee Miller, A Professional Amish Blacksmith / Farrier will be onsite forging & doing demos all week!
Pathfinder Gathering Seminars & Workshops
Friction Fire Workshop - refine your skills with bow drill and hand drill fire technique with this hands on workshop run by the instructors & apprentices from the Maine Primitive Skills School.
From Skinning to Skillet - We'll go through the process of field dressing to primitive cooking with a healthy dose of field sanitation and food safety thrown in. This is a hands on experience, but it is challenge by choice. Folks are invited to work through the stages of preparing meat for food or they can observe and ask questions as we guide folks through the process.
Awareness & Tracking Games for Adults - learn the theory behind each activity and how activities can be woven into weekend adventures designed to increase skill level, attention to detail, awareness, and tracking ability.
Awareness & Tracking Games for Kids - Join Dakota and the Apprentices for fun ways to develop your own skills. For ages 8-16.
Building a Signal Fire – Instructors: Brandon Elkins & Darrin Baird
Collecting Natural Tinder's – Instructors: Tony Daniel & Jim Kane
Building a Fire Lay – Instructor: Darrin Baird
Bow Drill Fire Making – Instructor: Jim Kane & Jamie Burleigh
Making a 5 minute Sustainable Fire – Instructor: Derek Faria
Selecting a Shelter Location – Instructor: Brandon Elkins
Quick Shelters with Light Weight Material & Emergency Kits – Instructor: Jeremy Janey
Understanding Micro Climates for Core Temp Control – Instructors: Dave Canterbury
Basic Navigation by Visual Indicators – Instructor: Jim Kane
Collecting Ground Water Sources & Disinfecting Water – Instructor: To Be Announced
Natural Containers – Instructor: Tony Daniel
* These classes require additional payment, please follow the link to attain more information
Wilderness First Aid – more information
CPR Certification – more information
Moccasin Making by Brain Tanning - more information
Moccasin Making by Veg Tanning - more information
Fishing Methods - Instructor: Tony Daniel
Campfire Forging - Instructor: Dave Canterbury
Small Game Processing - Instructor: Jamie Burleigh
Camp Cooking - Instructor: Jamie Burleigh
Case Skinning a Coon - Instructor: Jamie Burleigh
Making Bone Tools - Instructor: Brian Manning
Knapping with Improvised Materials and Garbage - Instructor: Brian Manning/Jamie Burleigh
Making a Survival Bow - Instructor: Jamie Burleigh
Making Cable Snares - Instructor: Tony Daniel
Casting Tracks - Instructor: Joe Kellam
Sign Tracking - Instructor: Joe Kellam
Water sets for Trapping Meat and Fur - Instructor: Tony Daniel
Simple uses for 110 Body Grips - Instructor: Dave Canterbury
Navigation Improved Methods - Instructor: Jim Kane
SAR operations - Instructor: Joe Kellam/Jason Hunt
Knot Craft - Instructor: Martin Herrera
Bindings and Lashings - Instructor: Jeremy Janey
Preserving Meat by Smoking - Instructor: Darrin Baird
Making Jerky - Instructor: Jamie Burleigh
Cleaning Small Game - Instructor: Jamie Burleigh
Cleaning Fish - Instructor: Tony Daniel
21st Century Longhunter Mentality in Kit reduction and use - Instructor: Dave Canterbury
These will be longer classes lasting 2 hours plus. They have interactivity for students to complete as well, so they grasp an understanding from hands on practice.
Trench Forging - by Dave Canterbury
Improvised Fishing - by Tony Daniel
Snaring - by Derek Faria
Primitive Fire Making - by Jim Kane/Maine Primitive Skills School
Making a Blanket Shirt - by Brian Manning
Deployment of Body Grip Traps - by Dave Canterbury
Cordage Making Techniques - by Jim Kane
Hide Tanning and Processing Techniques - by Jamie Burleigh/Jeremy Janey
Basic Tracking & the 7 Types of Animal Signs - by Brian Manning/Derek Faria
Meat Preservation Basics - by Darrin Baird/Brandon Elkins