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Primitive Skills Survival School
United States
Приєднався 18 бер 2008
At Maine Primitive Skills School, individuals discover a haven dedicated to the exploration of survival techniques, primitive skills, and nature education. Led by survivalist Michael Douglas, who has taught wilderness and survival skills for over 30 years, the school offers a diverse range of courses catering to every skill level, from beginners to experienced outdoorsmen. Douglas, with his wealth of experience, has also served as an advisor on several TV shows, bringing his expertise to a wider audience. The school's mission is evident: to equip its students with the practical knowledge and hands-on experience necessary for success in wilderness and survival environments. Classes are diverse: mastering fire-starting methods to refining tracking abilities. The survival school has also served as a springboard for instructors, providing expert knowledge and guidance for those who wish to start their own wilderness and survival skills ventures. Based in Maine but teaching internationally.
Tracking the Gallop pattern using a domestic dog.
Michael Douglas M.Sc. explores the gallop using a domestic dog as an illustration. Because in the mesmerizing realm of tracking, the domestic dog emerges as a beacon of agility and instinctual prowess, exemplifying the artistry of the gallop through its tracks. Each stride etches a story in the earth, with front paws landing first, followed seamlessly by the hind, propelling the dog forward in a rhythmic dance of motion. As we trace the imprints left behind, analyzing the depth, spacing, and direction, we unveil a narrative of speed, purpose, and vitality. Guided by the keen senses of our canine companions, we embark on a journey of interpretation, decoding the language of tracks to uncover the secrets of the gallop, forging an unbreakable bond with nature's intricate rhythms along the way. #dogtrack #tracker #gallop #survival #primitiveskills #hunter #nature #snow #maine #survivalschool
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A tracker's thought pattern as he explores! #tracker #owl #maine #primitiveskills #wilderness
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Join Michael Douglas from Maine Primitive Skills School as he guides you through Western Maine, demonstrating how he conducts a thorough tracking inventory. Explore the wilderness alongside a seasoned tracker and uncover the secrets of wildlife observation and identification.
Which animals can we track in Western Maine
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Join Michael Douglas from Maine Primitive Skills School as he guides you through Western Maine, demonstrating how he conducts a thorough tracking inventory. Explore the wilderness alongside a seasoned tracker and uncover the secrets of wildlife observation and identification. Tracking classes available trhoughout the year at Maine Primitive Skills School. #trackingschool #tracking #maine #snow ...
Winter Campfire and food symbolizes community
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Honoring Ancestral Wisdom: Maine Primitive Skills School and the Community of Our Ancestors In the heart of #Maine, nestled amidst the rugged wilderness, lies a beacon of ancestral wisdom and community spirit: Maine Primitive Skills School (MPSS). Rooted in the timeless traditions of our #ancestors, MPSS serves as a living testament to the power of #community and the enduring legacy of our fore...
Lesson prep for our next Tracking Class. How do I lesson prep?
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How do trackers get ready to teach their students? Check out this video of our lesson preparation, set against the stunning backdrop of the snow-covered Maine woods. Outdoor education at its finest, best classromm in teh world. Discover the magic of learning in nature. #teachertoolkit #lessonprep #outdooreducation #tracking #tracker #maine
Tracking Mysteries #Maine #Eagle #Nature #Tracking #AnimalTracks #Trackers #Wilderness #survival
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Tracking mysteries never cease to amaze. It's a puzzle on the landscape. It's learning how to read the landscape and it's inhabitants behaviour. It's the equivalent of google searching the landscape but all the answers are right there before your eyes or hidden in the best quiz you can find. Tracking is serious business when your life depends on being able to interepret the messages. Will you b...
Do you why the Red winged Blackbird is important to us?
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Michael Douglas of Maine Primitive Skills school takes you on an adventure to explain about the importance of the Red Winged Blackbird. As winter's chill fades away and the landscape awakens with the promise of new life, there's a familiar melody that heralds the arrival of spring in Maine: the call of the red-winged blackbird. This iconic bird, with its glossy black plumage and striking red an...
Owning a skill requires failure
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Your mistakes, you don't seek them but every time you made them, they made you stronger. Mike uses the analogy of the Shepherd Sling skills to showcase this growth mindset found within our ancestors essential toolkit. You need to fail to truly own a skill. #nature #primitiveskills #shepherdsling #slingshot #growthmindset #mistakes #wilderness #survival #selfreliance #maine
Track Inventory Coyote and Fisher
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Rewrite your narrative with field craft nature literacy: Join Maine Primitive Skills School for an immersive journey in self reliance and deep connection to the natural world. Course Calendar at: www.primitiveskills.com/courses/month/ Instagram: maine_primitive_skills_school Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@maineprimitive?lang=en #Fieldcraft #Bushcraft #Selfreliance #gapyear #wildernesssu...
The Wilderness Immersion at Maine Primitive Skills School
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Are you up for a transformative experience in self reliance through field craft and increased presence of mind through deep nature literacy? Consider a seasonal Immersion supported by seasoned outdoor mentors, an established community of over thirty years and the beauty and challenges inherent in living in the woods of Maine through the seasons. Info at our School Website at: www.primitiveskill...
Planting monster garlic with Kristen
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Planting monster garlic with Kristen
Amy's Advice to Incoming Apprentices
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Amy's Advice to Incoming Apprentices
Dear Grandchildren - Tapping into your natural cycles.
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Dear Grandchildren - Tapping into your natural cycles.
Phragmities Applicator for Food, Medicine, Fire Making, and Epoxy Resin
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Phragmities Applicator for Food, Medicine, Fire Making, and Epoxy Resin
Nice video ❤
What song is being sung here?
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I wish we still had Ash. I hate to cut the white oak.
zygodactal ,,, fancy words.. beautiful stories written on the land..
I'm not trying to be the "tracking police" here, but most animal locomotion folks would call this movement "bounding." Bounding generally refers to the synchronized use of the hind feet (as you mentioned in the video). In contrast, a galloping gait involves each hind foot landing at different times (think "4-beats" instead of 3). Hope that's helpful!
RABBIT / FOX / MICE / DEER / BOBCAT - MEASL LAST COYOTE
My most profound memories are a fire food friends near, cooking on flame is a pure experience. To be cold but have that beautiful comfort. Nothing better than a camping memory.
great job on this video
Awesome ! 🙏
Red-winged Blackbird is my favorite bird. I remember it from my childhood. Thanks for sharing...
Be like Tom Bombadil.
lol!
Crows...all over Ireland. My family crest has 3 crows in it....
They are a welcome call, for sure. I very much enjoy paddling through my local marsh with them calling, the water is usually higher which allows access into parts of the marsh that are otherwise impassable by foot or boat, I can take short cuts across the meandering meadow brook with a crotched Y pole, Osprey nest lodged in the dead hackmatack trees, goose honking, the occasional duck flits off pushed from a nest possibly.
May The Lord Christ Bless Us All And May We Love One Another❤
Ваши знания и умения очень важны для Человечества, но об этом мало кто знает.
Just seeing in 2024 this video for the first time , I love the net making and information on different synthetics and fibres used and why the different amount of knots , that’s something I know now to consider when making nets , the man’s hand size for his net makes sense as well , your a very common sense guy ,love it.👍
"An amateur practices until he gets it right, a master practices until it doesn't get it wrong" - some guy "Wise sounding quote by some old guy so it sounds more authoritative" - jfk
an old guy?
Wisdom comes from experience...& experience comes from failure.
Great fun!
Interesting. Not much snow here in SC, but I'm sure we could track paw prints on soggy wet days and then assess the coyote numbers here. Even in busy suburbs reports are flying in about coyotes moving in even into backyards. Apparently they're more resilient to development than most mammal species. Ditto for the wild hogs causing native woodland destruction here.
Years ago, my younger brother got us all reading a book by Tom Brown called "The Tracker"; then I read a series of books by Tom Brown. After reading The Tracker we all wanted to go out and track, but I was terrible at it. I read 5 or 6 of them. One was called "Grandfather" an Apache medicine man/tracker. This video reminds me of things I read in that series of books.
Thank you! I grew up in fork River, New Jersey, and Tom was a major influence on my life. It is an honor to be compared to the most influential mentor in my formative years.
@@primitiveskills I read Tom's books and am from Medford, Nj. I spent years back then tracking in the Pine Barrons. He taught me everything, especially what animals can teach.
No legacy videos
Sending you great energy as we enter the spring of this year.
Ticks are really bad in New York this year. My dog is very sick with all three kinds of Lyme disease. But that just gave her 28 days of antibiotics which she did make it through... But it seems to be coming back
Japanese knotweed, according to Beuhner and the research, transports modern antibiotics through the blood/tissue barriers to the synovial fluid where the cork-screw spirochete prefers to exist. Apparently, the resveratrol and accompanying phyto-chemicals also breech the protective cyst like covering of the bacteria and dismantle the organelles within the bacterial spirochete. We have had a number of community members administer knotweed tincture to their dogs to good effect.
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So fun!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks! Have you been out to the school?
@@primitiveskills No. But, oh, how I wish.
Right on, neighbor.
Wow, it seems we are close! Great video of the bald eagles at togus!
I like that use discussed ways to eat it AND for cordage.
Thank you Cynthia! We work to build meaningful connection with each plant through fieldcraft and awareness in a combo we refer to as "Nature Literacy". Have you been to the campus before?
No. Where is it?
@@cynthiacollins2668 we’re in Augusta, Maine
This video should be ban this women❤ is taking me to 18th century
The ability to live off grid and comfortable enough to harvest local tree bark and process it into clothing is almost a bi-product of reclaiming the skills of our great grandparents. The challenge of hands on mastery of life sustaining skills creates a sense of accomplishment and has measurable application in our daily life. It's quite alluring.
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Thank you Harriet!
I thought you were showing your love handles. Nice shirt though
Does it come in anything other than smedium?
Context* you’re American and you need an XXXXXXL?
primordialskills.com/collections/merchandise
Yes. All sizes. Lots of colours. Other more specific primitive skills designs. The bandanas are so versatile. Do let us know what you think.
Rabbits/hares do not "gallop". A gallop is a 4 beat movement where as a rabbit hop is 3: front, front, hinds simultaneously.
I like your interpretation based on the timing of footfalls rather than the mechanics of a body scissor, placing front feet behind rear feet, indicating a speed variation in most species aside from lagomorphs. I’m going to have to cipher what the difference is with regard to changing and maintaining speed variations, in my approach to tracking track clusters, and their distance between each other in a gallop pattern was a universal measurement, regardless of species as long as they maintained that gallop pattern what you’re saying is taking to en the timing of impact of both feet side by side indicates different information than gallop patterns in general? If so, what information would that impart aside from the timing of footfalls both left and right? with much respect, Mike.
I ran some rope through the outer lip to make a pull rop for our sled. It helps sometimes
Yes! Also makes a great way to "brake" or slow a runnaway sled!
I love you
Well, I suppose I love you too, but just be aware, I'm Mike, the fifty five year old Director of the school and I haven't shaved my beard smooth since the Marines way back in 1989. :)
this is one of the best introductions to bird language I've ever seen, kichi wliwni wji yo
Excellent video, and an epic ending ❤ I so enjoy the campfire videos. And hopefully, I’m waiting and looking forward to seeing more of them in the near future 😇
Glad you enjoyed it! I'll be starting them up again soon! Thank you for the encouragement!
Does the plant die after the 2nd year after going to seed? ... I was wondering if the roots are still edible🤔 thanks for all you're doing, this is the Lost knowledge we need 🙌
These biannual roots are best in the first year or the second in the early Spring before they bolt.
Freeeeeking awesome!!!!!!! Thas a badass
Um i see no she only boys
nice, I do bird Language and tracking probably 200 days or more a year. Nature connection is true human living.
Great demonstration of a good idea. Thanks for sharing.
Very good information
Thank you this was a very helpful video The Lord provides
Your audio enginering sucks!! Couldn't hear most of the opening.
Yep, never cover until you're done. I've learned that the hard way 😂😂😂
The broad fork looks like a Hubbard Rake product.....
Love your grounded wisdom, it's very encouraging and engaging
Awesome