Primitive Archer
Information and Resources => Primitive Shoots and Events => Topic started by: sadiejane on August 27, 2012, 04:25:18 pm
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not just bows
knapping and much much more
worth a trip to missouri
typically just about perfect weather, awesome folk
good family fun
dont miss it!
Bois D' Arc Primitive Skills Camp and Knap-In
at Hulston Mill Historic Park
September 28 - 30, 2012.
Dedicated to the research, practice and teaching of stone-age wilderness wisdom and life skills.
Held at beautiful Hulston Mill Historic Park, near Greenfield MO. Directions: From Springfield, take Hwy 160 approx. 30 mi. west (approx. 20 mi past Bois D' Arc Conservation Area, or 7 miles east of Greenfield) to EE hwy., right 1.8 mi., then right on C.R. 92 for .8 mi. to the Mill entrance. There'll be signs. Knap-In/Vendor Row starts Thursday, Workshops start Friday at 9 a.m. And, visit us on Facebook!
Click here for a map.
Click here for 2012 Event Flyer
Free admission, camping $5/night, ($15 w/electric) Workshops $50/day - $120/3 days
Workshops: Some of the finest primitive skills instructors in the midwest, teaching workshops on the following subjects:
· Friction Fire
· Flintknapping
· Flute-making
· Basketry and Pottery
· Deadfall Traps
· Pine Pitch and Hide Glue
· Pump Drills
· Bow and Arrow Construction
· Atlatl Construction
· Bone Tools
· Tracking and Trailing
· Primitive First Aid
· Bowls & Containers
· Knife Sharpening
· Primitive Cooking
· Braintan Buckskin Hide Tanning
· Buckskin and/or Cattail Moccasins
· Cordage & Netting
· Shelter
· Rivercane Blowguns
· Edible, Medical Useful Plant Identification
· Edible Insects and much more!
Evening Programs:
· Nightwalking
· Stories & Singing by Mescalero Apache John Hernandez
· Assorted Camp Music
· Drum Circle, and who knows what else!
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I'm planning on making this one...it's in my neck of the woods and sounds like a great event with many knowledgeable people.
Do those taking the flute class actually build a flute?
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I'm planning on making this one...it's in my neck of the woods and sounds like a great event with many knowledgeable people.
Do those taking the flute class actually build a flute?
yup, you will go home with a new, made by you, flute.
iirc, they are bamboo
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This is my first post here. I am from Fair Grove, MO. I look forward to attending this event and meeting some folks. Hope to learn some skills!
Also, I was wondering what the name was on Facebook. I looked and couldn't find it.
Ryan Angelo
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This is my first post here. I am from Fair Grove, MO. I look forward to attending this event and meeting some folks. Hope to learn some skills!
Also, I was wondering what the name was on Facebook. I looked and couldn't find it.
Ryan Angelo
on facebook you will find bo brown at "first earth wilderness school"
and the bois d/arc event in a group called "Bois D' Arc Primitive Skills Gathering & Knap-in"
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coming up this weekend!!!
dont miss it!
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photo album ifn yr interested
http://s878.photobucket.com/albums/ab346/sadiejane9/bois%20d%20arc%202012/ (http://s878.photobucket.com/albums/ab346/sadiejane9/bois%20d%20arc%202012/)
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Nice pictures. Looks like a real good time.
George
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Looks like I missed a great time, Sadie.
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Looks like I missed a great time, Sadie.
bois d'arc is a small version of rabbitstick. really worth yr time. folks come from all over.
some folks come the weekend before and stay all week and both weekends.
wayne and i are planning on doing that next year. 4 days just goes too fast!
its my fav event of the year. awesome people. so much going on it hard to chose. i learn so much every year.