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Firemaking Tools: Introduction to Making & Using a Bow-Drill
When you are first learning bow-drill fire-making, you must make conditions and your bow drill set such that the chance of getting a coal is the greatest. If you do…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 13/15 – Fur Production
You may have made up your mind against fur production; it could be argued that a fur coat is out of place in a back yard. There is certainly an…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 12/15 – Using Rabbit Meat
How then shall we cook our fresh, home-produced meat? Most of the recipes in established cookery books are for wild rabbit, but the only difference is that you may need…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 11/15 – The Harvest
If you keep large amounts of farmed or hunted meat, you really need a deep freeze. Unless you are prepared to eat salt meat like our ancestors did for months…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 10/15 – Harvesting the Wild Rabbit
Wild rabbits are on the increase again in many parts of the country, to the dismay of those who would like to see them exterminated as a species. Many rabbit…
Basic Tracking Techniques: People
Tracking, or "reading sign", is an ancient skill. Tracking involves looking for deviation in the way things are supposed to look. If you see something that looks out of place,…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 9/15 – Health
I hope you will not need to consult this section very often. If your rabbits are healthy outdoor types with warm, dry hutches, it is not likely that you will.…
Everyone Loves a (Government) Auction
The human urge to acquire "stuff" is a common one we can all identify with. When that urge is channeled through the magnifying glass of the government, however, it can…