Post by dinorocks on Apr 22, 2013 11:13:37 GMT -5
I wanted to share some photos of a primitive rendezvous (mid 1800’s mountain man era) I attended at my archery club this past weekend. My friend and I ran our traditional Woods Walk again this year. Interested participants shoot their stick bow using self nocked arrows to qualify for the event. The best six scores compete at various challenges through one of our 10 target course (again, keeping with the mid 1800’s mountain man era theme). I don’t want to give all the challenges away but a few of them are included in the pictures below.
Our Primitive Camp
Woods Walk Qualifier
Woods Walk Challenge; match the skull to the fur. Thanks to Danielle for helping with the tanning and thanks to Tom (and his beetles) for help cleaning the skulls. These are some of the critters my son Colton and I caught this past season. Everyone but my son (who identified them after the competition) mixed them up…especially the coon and gray fox.
Woods Walk Challenge; Bear Bag Toss. Tie a rock/log/etc to cordage and toss over high branch…the participants had three tries to get the rope over the branch (none were successful) and identify the knot used.
Woods Walk Challenge; Rock Cairn and Orientation. With a time limit, build the tallest rock cairn on a predetermined side of a tree (i.e., N, S, E, or W). My buddy Eric is judging orientation with his primitive iPhone.
Woods Walk Challenge; Archery. Throughout the 10 target archery course, participants were required to make kill shots from challenging locations.
Woods Walk Challenge; Boil water. Participants needed to fill a small pot of water using something other than the said pot (i.e., transfer water to the location with a hat, cupped hands, or, in this case, a knife sheath). Once filled, the first to get a primitive fire started (flint and steel, bow and drill, etc, fire piston, etc) and get their water to boil wins the challenge.
The Woods Walk winner was awarded a hand-made basket quiver…made by none other than my wife, master weaver Amy!
A photo of camp with fur. Note the nice looking fur was tanned by Danielle…the rough-looking fur was tanned by me…my first attempt at tanning…I hope to try brain tanning next time.
This is the winning dish for the primitive cook-off. I made crab-stuffed fish filets wrapped in bacon served with Dutch potatoes and freshly picked wild trout lilies and ramps…I intended to use freshly caught trout and crawfish but was unsuccessful capturing them.
A photo of yours truly braving the snow storm…luckily I brought more than just my loin cloth to wear!
Our Primitive Camp
Woods Walk Qualifier
Woods Walk Challenge; match the skull to the fur. Thanks to Danielle for helping with the tanning and thanks to Tom (and his beetles) for help cleaning the skulls. These are some of the critters my son Colton and I caught this past season. Everyone but my son (who identified them after the competition) mixed them up…especially the coon and gray fox.
Woods Walk Challenge; Bear Bag Toss. Tie a rock/log/etc to cordage and toss over high branch…the participants had three tries to get the rope over the branch (none were successful) and identify the knot used.
Woods Walk Challenge; Rock Cairn and Orientation. With a time limit, build the tallest rock cairn on a predetermined side of a tree (i.e., N, S, E, or W). My buddy Eric is judging orientation with his primitive iPhone.
Woods Walk Challenge; Archery. Throughout the 10 target archery course, participants were required to make kill shots from challenging locations.
Woods Walk Challenge; Boil water. Participants needed to fill a small pot of water using something other than the said pot (i.e., transfer water to the location with a hat, cupped hands, or, in this case, a knife sheath). Once filled, the first to get a primitive fire started (flint and steel, bow and drill, etc, fire piston, etc) and get their water to boil wins the challenge.
The Woods Walk winner was awarded a hand-made basket quiver…made by none other than my wife, master weaver Amy!
A photo of camp with fur. Note the nice looking fur was tanned by Danielle…the rough-looking fur was tanned by me…my first attempt at tanning…I hope to try brain tanning next time.
This is the winning dish for the primitive cook-off. I made crab-stuffed fish filets wrapped in bacon served with Dutch potatoes and freshly picked wild trout lilies and ramps…I intended to use freshly caught trout and crawfish but was unsuccessful capturing them.
A photo of yours truly braving the snow storm…luckily I brought more than just my loin cloth to wear!
