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Wilderness Way magazine spans a wide realm of topics for the primitive packer. From Indian hand signals to birch baskets, from training falconry hawks to friction fires, you will find everything you wanted to know.

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VOLUME 13,
I
SSUE
3
Track ID: Bringing the Elements Together
Birth of a Knife
Traditional Backpacks
Building a Lean-To
Making a Melon Basket
The Bandana and Its Uses
Field Dressing Small Game
Your Word
Making a Solar Box Cooker
Milkweed Cordage
Get a Grip: Dressing Up Your Sparking Rod
The Box Turtle Slate Call
Ferns for Food and More
Dirttime Report: Going Primitive

 




VOLUME 13,
I
SSUE
2
Making Fire with the Bottom of an Aluminum Can
To Catch a Spark
Clay-bake Cooking
The Trapper's Axe
Hasty Spring Shelters Northwoods Style
The Wigwam
How to Make a Cow Bone Skinning Knife
Barehand Weather Forecasting
The Eucalyptus Tree
Dirttime: The Big Chill
The Sling
How to Wear a Blanket
A.N.E.E.
Stage Foraging

 



VOLUME 13,
I
SSUE
1
Making a Quick-Bow
Charles Carter: Mountain Man Artist
Build a Survival Spear
The Apache Throwing Star
Autumn Olive
Trail Food For Thought
Put a Fire Bow Bearing in Your Knife
Organized Arrowsmithing
Dirttime: Finding Answers
Should We Become "Johnny Appleseeds?"

 



VOLUME 12,
I
SSUE
4
With What We Have In Our Pockets
Building a Birch Bark Canteen
Rediscovering My Simple Hunting-Self
     Through Navajo Hunting StoriesChicken-Of-The-Woods
Alaskan Bush Building Materials
Traditional Chumash Healing
The Iceman Revisited
Mastering the Hand-Drill
Making Dental Stone Track Casts
Natural A-Frame Shelter
A Primitive Atlatl
Drawing On a Natural Medium

 



VOLUME 12,
I
SSUE
3
Dirttime Report
The Traditional Djembe Drum
Making Fire With The Bamboo Fire-Saw
A Different Look At Milkweed
Making The Vietnam Lamp
Track Aging
Fashioning and Hunting With The "Quickie"
     Survival Type Bow
Making An All Purpose Salve
Getting To Know The Bitter Horehound
Elm Bark Cups

 



VOLUME 12,
I
SSUE
2
Where The Wild Woman Roams:
Meet Vickie Shufer
Cooking In A Can
Make Your Own Crossbow
The Original Indian Blanket
The Chicory Tribe Of The Sun Flower Family
Paiute Deadfall
Why We Go Hungry In The Wilderness
Make Your Own Knife Sheaths
Volunteering



VOLUME 12,
I
SSUE
1
You Are Only Aware Of What You Are Aware Of
"Johnstone" Arrow Points
Notches and Trenches: Two Variations
     For Bow Drills and Hand Drills
Useful Plants Along The California
     Pacific Crest Trail
Digging Your Own Water Hole
Make A Simple Woven Basket
How To Learn Tracking From One
     Of Our Greatest Predators
Pokin' for Poke



VOLUME 11,
I
SSUE
4
Master Bowyer Tim Baker
Making a Simple Brush
Frost Knives
All By Myself
Grow Your Own Bowstring
Wild Burdock
Hafting Stone Points
The Ancient Siberian Stove
Making Your Own Hammock
Aboriginal Living School
Nebraska Riverbank Gardening



VOLUME 11,
I
SSUE
3
Let's Make A Hoko Knife
The Wisdom of the Earth Lodge
Step by Step
Meet the Wood's Master
What Should We Be Learning
     From Hurricane Katrina
Alternate Bow Wood
King Salmon, Catching and Preserving
Some Fishy Stories
Some Useful Plants of the
     Yellowstone Country
Idaho Wolf Tracking
Fire by Flint



VOLUME 11,
I
SSUE
2
Survival Arrows
Dirttime Report
Paul Campbell: A Journey Into
     The Old Ways
Where Is Your Hat?
Plants of the Northeast and Central Woodlands
The Promontory Peg
Sign Tracking In a Forested Landscape
Bow-Drill Fire Making Equipment
The Native American Sweat Lodge
The Wing-Bone Turkey Call



VOLUME 11,
I
SSUE
1
IMU: Hawaiian Underground Oven
Dirttime Report
The Lady on the Cover
Water Everywhere, But Is It Safe To Drink
Stone Axe Construction
The Bola
The Plentiful Signs of Mourning Doves
The Kellam Knives
Egyptian Bow Drill
The Visitor
Birch Bark Canoe and Paddle
Move Your Voice
Wild Cherries



VOLUME 10,
I
SSUE
4
Meet the Tataviam
The Egyptian Bow Drill
Rediscovering Ancient Clay Lamps
Edible Berries
Building a Hand-Hewn Log Cabin Homestead
Methods of Observation
Learning to Eat Acacia Seeds
A Night in the Lean-To
A Survival School for Everyone



VOLUME 10,
I
SSUE
3
Making a Survival Bow
Primitive vs. Modern
Classic Knives
Acorn Flour
Milky Weeds
The Cat Family
Hunting Rough Fish with the Ancient Atlatl
The Halconstove
Making Plaster Casts to Record Animal Observations



VOLUME 10,
I
SSUE
2
The Hand-Drill Challenge
The Wild Cherry
A Kenyan Snare
Life in the Bush
Backwoods Medicine
Fire Air
The Ancient Net that Tied Your World Together
The Double Bow of the Penobscot Indians
     Seems to Have Been the Original "Compound Bow"
Sulfur
Building a Hand-Hewn Log Cabin Homestead Part 2
Discovering the Body-Hollow
Manzanita



VOLUME 10,
I
SSUE
1
Winter Count '04: Ten Years in the Dirt
The California Rabbit Stick
Teaching Kenyans the Bow Drill
A Note on Eating Alder Catkins
The Time Proven Figure-4 and Snaring Methods
What to Look For:
     An Introduction to Tracking
How to Make Twine and Braids
To Deet or Not to Deet
     How to Survive Mosquitoes in the Wilderness
Building a Hand-Hewn Log Cabin Homestead
Tonyon: A Unique Native
     American Food of the Chaparral



VOLUME 9,
I
SSUE
4
The Samoan Fire Plow
Durbin Feeling: The New Sequoyah
Constructing an Earth Kiln
How I Make My Arrows
The Language of the Birds
An Effective Crow Call from the Woodpile
Finding Water in the Desert
Dancing in the Dirt
The Evening Primrose



VOLUME 9,
I
SSUE
3
Who is the Owl?
How to See: An Introduction to Tracking
Firing Primitive Pottery
Secrets of the Fire Drill
The Ultimate Owner-Built Trap
Powcohicora and Haupia
Our Junior High Camping Trip: Return to the River
Debris Hut Variations
Mugwort
A Circle of Friends



VOLUME 9,
I
SSUE
2
Fire from Ice: The Trail of Learning III
Beating Bloodsucking Bugs
The Trigger Line
Opposite-Leaved Trees and Shrubs
An Easy Way to Use a Sun Compass
Old Fashioned Native American -
     Type Archery Equipment
Survival on the Run
Quicky Shelters and Other Survival Tips
Round File Flint Strikers
Ed's Trigger



VOLUME 9,
I
SSUE
1
Fire from Ice: The Trail of Learning II
Snow Shelters
Rustic Recliner: Making a Primitive Chair
Desert Survival
Why Not Craft Your Own Stone Bow
Wapato: Indian Potato
Stir-Fry Cooking Without a Pan
Muzzleloading Made Simple
Willow Plants and Survival
Making Primitive Axes



VOLUME 8,
I
SSUE
4
Making Clothes for Wilderness Wear
Blood Trailing
Predicting the Weather by Granddad's Methods
Ticklin' Trout
The Sod Houses of Point Hope
Doorway to the Dream
Fire from Ice: The Trail of Learning I
Corn: The Golden Treasure
The Scissors Trap



VOLUME 8,
I
SSUE
3
The Scandinavian-Style Knife
The Pin Snare
Lap It Up
The Milk Weeds
Learning Plants by Families Part II
Take Care of Your Fish if You Expect Good Meat
Dolomite
Making Soaproot Brushes
Experiencing Nature Through the Alba Wilderness School



VOLUME 8,
I
SSUE
2
Survival Above Timberline
How to Make Soapstone Pipes
Wilderness Way Tips
For the First Time Bowyer Part II
Low Budget Camping Gear
Bare Bones and Basic Tools for the Wilderness
The Versatile Sumac
Learning Plants by Families Part I
Bush Fungus Stove
The Breads of  Our Historic Past



VOLUME 8,
I
SSUE
1
The Mushroom Kingdom
Traditional Survival Remedies of the Sonoran Desert
For the First Time Bowyer Part I
Love that Rattlesnake
Moccasin Meet 2001
Relaxing and Rafting through the Taku Wilderness
The Versatile Nettle
Primitive Blacksmithing Part III
Knife and Stone Fire Starting



VOLUME 7,
I
SSUE
4
Primitive Blacksmithing Part II
Why Not Build Your Own Traditional Five Board Pirogue?
Bartering: The Cashless Alternative
Basic Trapping Baits and Lures
Those Old Cotton Fields in Jokkmokk
Hand Drill Plugs
Canadian Dilemma
Lining Bees
The Quaking Aspen
Gulf Coast Survival Techniques Part III



VOLUME 7,
I
SSUE
3
Primitive Blacksmithing
The Platform Trap
Cooking Salmon on a Green Willow Grill
A Piece of Fiber Could Save Your Life
Making a High Quality Hide Scraper
Gulf Coast Survival Techniques Part II
Horse Packing
Beyond Words: Tracking with the Body and Imagination



VOLUME 7,
I
SSUE
2
Crash Course in Tracking: Mammals and Birds
How to Chew the Fat
Trout Hunting
Gulf Coast Survival Techniques: Shipwrecked Part I
Fragments of the Past:
Archaeological Insights to Processing Hickory Nuts

The Bullroarer: Ancient Sound Instrument
Going Nutty: The Diverse Coconut Palm



VOLUME 7,
I
SSUE
1
The Dutch Oven
A Rock Called Salt
Surviving With Donkeys
The Old Man's Waterfowl Bowl
Cooking with Rocks
Gluing Game: Making the Sticky Nubulbul Trap
Bow's Bindings: Part III
The Universal Language of the Plains
The Capote
Out of the Smoke Flaps



VOLUME 6,
I
SSUE 4
Part III: Assembling the Birch Bark Canoe
Acorns: Sustenance for Generations of American Indians
Make It Shave
The Mystique of Mushrooms
Bobcat and Domestic Cat Tracks
Scent Tracking
Bow's Bindings Part I
Making a Fire Plough
Making a Primitive Lamp from Sandstone



VOLUME 6,
I
SSUE
3
Part II: Preparing the Materials for the Birch
     Bark Canoe
Willow Spoke Baskets
Coffee of  the Chapparral
An Abundance of Lagomorphs
Lichens are to Dye For
Cannibal Cutlery: Making a Knife from Bamboo
The Kids Go Backing
Primitive Animal Calls
 
 



VOLUME 6,
I
SSUE
2
Prickly Pear Cactus
Cactus Recipes
Survival and Tactical Knives
The Dilemma of the Warped Skin Boat
     or How to Cure a Stick
Building the Birch Bark Canoe Part I
Making Syrup and Sugar the Plains Indian Way
No Need to Spare Those Fish: Making a Spear Gun
"Two Stone" Fire Starting
Solo Survival Shelters



VOLUME 6,
I
SSUE 1
The Desert Exchange
Catching a Rabbit Down a Hole
Letting Nature Provide Simple “Toilet Articles”
Chinaberry
All Winter Snow Lodges: Two Easy, Safe Designs
Beaver Fever Giardia: Here’s Looking at You
The “Socket Stave”
The Mustard Family
“Bow Boards”



VOLUME 5,
I
SSUE 4
Root Lashing - Time Saving Alternative to Cordage
Frogs - Princes Few, Yet They Can
Be a Royal Feast
Ice Man’s So-Called “Amulet”
Building Your Own Accurate Atlatl for Under $10
Natural Navigation, Part 3
Fabrication of a Wood Fire Piston/Wood Plunger
How to Build an Igloo
Let’s Make a Native Broom
Poison Ivy - Protecting and Healing Yourself Naturally



V
OLUME 5,
I
SSUE 3
Improvised Snow Shoes
The Bushman Bag
Sassafras: The Real One
Naturally Protecting a White Wood Bow from Moisture
A Yuchi-Style Wrist Guard
Natural Navigation, Part II
Recreating the Ice Man’s Copper Blade Axe
Butterflies and Edible Plants
Trapping, Hunting, and Zoonotic Diseases
Surviving a Wildfire
Ice Fishing Tools



VOLUME 5,
I
SSUE 2
How to Forecast Weather by Nature  
Snaring a Grouse
The Fallacy of Plant Edibility Tests
Carrying It All Along
Brain Tanner Survey
Fashioning the Primitive Wilderness-Style Clay Oven
The Pocket Navigator  
Preparing the Beaver Hide for Drying
Native American Duck Hunting
Snaring a Beaver in Winter
Natural Navigation, Part I



VOLUME 5,
I
SSUE 1
Hunting the Hard Way: Doing It With a Spear 
Avalanche Savvy  
Mini Bow Drill
Tana Soup
Bedsheet Hammock
Duck Potato
Ancestral Arrowheads
Shale
Precious Pigs
Birchbark Shoes
The Hider You Smoke, the Seeker You Find
Stripping a Feather  
The Whaler’s Legacy



VOLUME 4,
I
SSUE 4
Heat and Beat Bark Quivers
Primeval Anglers
Water, Part II - Great Filtration
The Bone Towel
Any Which Way Wickiup
Fireweed
Curly Dock
Making Yucca Sandals
Fire Starter Lay for Wet Conditions
Survival Trek
Oh My Aching Back!
Instinct Navigation - Using Your Built-In Compass
The Whaler’s Legacy



VOLUME 4,
I
SSUE 3
Water, Part I
Plant Testing in a Survival Situation
Cast Nets as a Foraging Tool
Thistle Fletched Blowgun Darts
Build the Ice Man’s Pack Frame
30 Years in the Jungle
Red Ochre
Mesquite, the Nectar of the Sonora
Noel Grayson - A Living Tradition
Gathering the Agave for Food and Fiber
Pit Roasting the Agave 
Thirst Quenching - Jungle Style



VOLUME 4,
I
SSUE 2
Close Encounters of the Bear Kind
Cattails: Easy to Collect, Fun to Eat
Primitive Navigation and Survival
Australian Aboriginal Survival
Making a Knife Sheath
Fast, Survival Bow Strings
Jungle Waterway Navigation - Indian Style



VOLUME 4,
I
SSUE 1
The Birch Bark Torch
The Conical Bark Lodge Tepee
Bow Drill Spindle Extensions
Alaska’s Inupiat Eskimos “The Real People”
Courting the Conifers: The Pines
Why Not Bugs?
Tracking the Coyote
Mullein, The Survivor’s Helper
Of Trail and Trace Dog: Harnesses of the North
The Primitive Crossbow
“The Day the Sheep Stood Still”
Plague
Indian Fiber Sandals
Cooking Clan of the Cave Bear Style!
Native Nuances in South India’s Rainforest



VOLUME 3,
I
SSUE 4
Irian Jaya, A Land of Mystery
Always the Adventurer...? 
A Texas Bug that Once was Money
Nature’s Thorny Wilderness Snacks
Stone Working Technologies
Earth Medicine: Malachite
Oh, Venison
Snow Caves for Fun and Survival
Primitive Fishing Technologies
Make Your Own Dogbane Bowstring
Winter Foraging
Effective Open Hearth Fire in a Wigwam
From Stone Bowls to Clay Pots
Plants Which Stun Fish
Primitive South American Rafts



VOLUME 3,
I
SSUE 3
My Introduction to Wilderness Living
The Staff Sling
Smokin’
Making Cordage is Knot the End of the Problem
Rigging the Jig, A Guide to Building Primitive Jigs
False Nettle or Stingless Nettle
Rocks & More Rocks
May Fly
Wild and Free Edible Perwinkles
Salking and Eating the Wild Day Lily
The Sleeping Tent: A Warm Winter Sleep in the North
A Stick and Sting Fire-board
The Spinner
Wooden Spin Fishing Outfit
Successfully Using Deadfalls and Snares
Ulna Scraper: A Wilderness Tool



VOLUME 3,
I
SSUE 2
Moccasins–the Silent Hunting Shoe
The Firebed
Desert Survival Myths
How to Tell Time without a Watch
Nuiakpai or Bird Spear
Measurement in the Wilderness
Crickets
Cotton, Fur and Bird Down Dart Fletching



VOLUME 3,
I
SSUE 1
Out of Africa
Yarrow
Brain-Tanned Buckskin
Kahsita
Sumpitan
Cane-Pole Fishing
Predict the Weather
A Taste Guide to Wild Animals
Slate Knives
Forage Plant: The Prickly Pear
Stone Age Architecture



VOLUME 2,
I
SSUE 4
Wild Culinary Substitutes
West Siberian Laika
Brain Tanned Buffalo Hides
Turkey Call
June Bug Medicinal Insect
Primitive Man’s Kannai
Making a Travois
Teepee Fire Construction
Moon of Frost in the Lodge
Working Gourds
Constructing Darts
Sling Pattern
Two-Ply Cordage
Starry Nights & Lean-Tos
Making Water Dowsing Work for You
Southeastern Fishing Rig



VOLUME 2,
I
SSUE 3
Natural Pest Control
Amik: Buffalo of the North
Birch Bark Canisters
Primitive Man's Leister Spear
Hantavirus
Pack Rat
The Outdoor Man's "Dog Stick" 
The Burn and Scrape Bowl
The Ever Functional Deadfall
Wilderness Cooking Methods
Using the Entire Critter, Part V
Blowguns from River Cane
The Scout Pit
The Debris Hut
Beaver Funnel Trap



VOLUME 2,
I
SSUE 2

Naked into the Wilderness, Doing It – Day Three Plus

Using the Entire Critter Part IV
Tumpline Use and Manufacture
Making a Winter Hat from Beaver Pelt
Awl
The Walking Gait of the Gray Fox
Environment Injuries and Their Treatments
Cattails
Glue




VOLUME 2,
I
SSUE 1
Cordage Material
Naked into the Wilderness, Doing It – Day Two Soap
What to Eat–Besides Plants, Fish and Game
To Build a Better Fire
Using Cane Poles
Cooking the Old Way
Rabbit Cudgel
Nature's Grocery Store
Making Herbal Oils and Salves
Wilderness Hygiene
Tanning Pelts
Snapping Turtles
The Gift of Birch
Finding Direction
Finding Water
Preparing Acorns-the California Indian Way
Survival Spear
Falconry
Goat Packing



VOLUME 1,
I
SSUE 4
Coal Burned Containers
"Naked" Into the Wilderness-Doing It
When You Have to Have Money
Primitive Pump Drill
The Blackfoot Wall
Selecting Your Wilderness Dog
Earth Medicine: Talc
Survival Shelter
Yakuts Knife
The Rabbit Stick
Primitive Man's Somai
The Trophy
The A-Frame Fire
Ancient Uses of the Stinging Nettle Plant
Primitive Hunting Lodge
Hide Fleshers and Scapers
The Sled



VOLUME 1,
I
SSUE 3
The Rendezvous Era
Primitive, Primitive
Birch Baskets
Counting Coup
Earthworm Calling  
Tools of Bone
The Iceman's Legacy
Iron Pyrite
Gut Strings
The Harris' Hawk as a Falconry Bird
The Perfect 15-minute Moccasin
Nature's Provision: Plant Cordage
Fire by Friction: The Hand Drill



VOLUME 1,
I
SSUE 2
Pioneers of the Primitive Movement
Red-Tailed Hawk for Falconry
Pecked & Ground Stone Tools
Flesh & Bone: Using the Entire Critter Part III
The Bow Drill Fire
Tracking in Leaves
Snares
Sign Language of the N. A. Indians
A Piece of Primitive Man's Equipment
Sticks & Stones
Primitive Bow
Primitive Medicine
Trails Through the Forest



VOLUME 1,
I
SSUE 1
Enough Brains to Tan Your Own Hide
Shake a Leg: Using the Entire Critter Part I
Medicinal Herbology Series: Mint
Getting A Head: Using the Entire Critter Part II
Heading for the Hills
The Ancient Art of Falconry
The Pitfalls of Deadfalls
Hunting Morel Mushrooms
Choosing a Primitive Campsite
Stack Wall Lean-To
Lovelock Decoy
Letters from the Wild: The Adventures of Bob Gray
Primitive Canoe Trip

 

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