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The Woodsmaster – Ron Hood: Survival Skills SeriesThis series presents the special skills that can make your time in the wilderness more enjoyable, safer and make you far more confident. The videos are hosted by Ron Hood who will show you many interesting and important wilderness living and survival skills. The presentation of these skills is enhanced with clear explanation, great photography and many of the special “little tricks” that few but the most experienced Woodsmaster will ever know.Volume 1 – Spark Based Fire StartingThe Firebow! Now you can learn how to make fire by friction! Learn how to use Flint and Steel, the metal Match, and a Flashlight Fire! This tape covers materials selection and amazing special tips. This is essential information for any woods person. (70 minutes)Volume 2 – Survival Shelter SelectionLearn the survival priorities and how to meet them! What is the rule of threes? You learn the heat loss mechanisms, site selection, pine log shelters, the Firebed, and more incredible Woodsmaster Tips, Lore and Techniques. This tape is a stunner! (80 minutes)Volume 3 – Making and Using your Outdoor Survival KitWhat goes into a Survival kit, How to carry it. Discover how to make and use the amazing Mini Kit, it’s so small it almost disappears in your pocket! The Maxi Kit, It’s still small but it gives you so much to work with. Learn Wire Snares, Fishing tricks. A bee and a bird trap with a coffee can, animal hooks, the Delbow Pocket bow and arrow, the twitch up snare, tube tent tricks, a snare wire compass. Discover INNOVATION, and a bunch of special Woodsmaster tricks and techniques. This information can save your life! (a whopping 95 minutes)Volume 4 – Primitive Navigation and Wilderness Travel TechniquesYou’ll learn the Ottomani pocket Sun compass. Night navigation, Shadow stick tricks, “Self Tracking”, The Vietnamese Montegnards “bu cat” walking stick technique, the Plainsman stride and lock step, more techniques for telling direction, distance and height, trail travel energy saving techniques, hydration information and a ton more… Including the beginnings of the Lithic arts (Stone tool making)! (84 minutes of navigation wisdom)Volume 5 – Traps and TrappingWe thought long and hard before preparing this volume of the Woodsmaster. The more we thought about traps and trapping, the more we realized that this sensitive subject is one of the most important wilderness skills! After shelter and water, food is the key to survival living in the wilderness. This video covers the basic “engines” of machine type traps, techniques for setting and using snares, and much more. If you can’t feed yourself after watching this video… you need a supermarket! Feed yourself for a lifetime! (88 minutes)Volume 6 – Primitive Weapons TechnologyLearn about the Viet Cong cross bow a simple and elegant solution to getting game and defending yourself. Learn how to “tiller” a functional bow and make arrows. See how to make and use an atlatl. Learn the skills and techniques of the sling, the throwing stick and a bunch more! Learn some basic hide tanning techniques and more information on the Lithic arts… Pressure flaking. (107 minutes)Volume 7 – Jungle Living SkillsHoods Woods went to the Amazon rain forest to practice the art of jungle survival! Learn to make an authentic jungle blowgun, make a bowl from mud to mug, learn how jungle beer is made, learn to prepare a monkey, construct a jungle trap, capture and eat alligators and more. Learn how to call jungle birds to your dinner pot, how to prepare your gear for hot-wet conditions and you will see how an isolated tribe of natives, the Chapra-Candoshi live in the heart of the jungle. This is a ground breaking video. Discovery with an attitude! This tape may be rated BBR (Barf Bag potential :>) (96 minutes)Volume 8 – The Fundamentals of TrackingOne of the most important — and most difficult — skills of the Woodsmaster is the ability to track. In this volume of the Woodsmaster we examine the fundamental skills related to the art of tracking. We show you the “Four principles of sign,” how to read “Action indicators,” and ways to learn the age of a track. You’ll see how to make and use a “Tracking pit” and exercises you can do to sharpen your tracking skills. Since light is critical to effective tracking you’ll see the secrets of good lighting as well as dozens of Woodsmaster tracking tips and techniques.In this volume we use the human footprint as the best way to learn tracking. If you practice however, you will be able to track anything that leaves “Sign.” (98 minutes)Volume 9 – Primitive Knife MakingIn this video you learn the secrets of materials selection, forge building, tools, techniques and tempering so you can make your own terrific tools or blades at home or in the field. Why buy expensive knives when you can make your own…from JUNK?Once you’ve seen these techniques you will have the knowledge to make metal tools in the field. Find a horseshoe, build a primitive forge and a fire. Then, with a rock or a hard stick, you can heat and pound that piece of rusted junk into a usable and effective tool or weapon.You will learn that you don’t need electricity, power tools or boat loads of money to make beautiful, functional and durable knives or other metal pieces. You will see that you can build a forge in your own back yard and you don’t need Arnie’s arms to hammer hot steel. It’s all in the technique… (1 hour 45 minutes!)Volume 10 – Survival CampingIn this video Ron and Karen Hood take you and 12 folks into Idaho’s River-of-no-Return Wilderness area for 8 days of survival skills and gear testing. What you will see is a no-holds-barred record of their experience.You will see how to tell time by the North Star, build a wilderness sauna and make a primitive forge from trash. You will learn how to make and use Bannock for food, make wilderness drills, body-bag hammocks, how to use a rotting carcass and how to fashion a fishing pole from your mini-kit parts. You will see how to prepare rawhide and tendons and trap game.Volume 11 – SOLO: The Quest for SurvivalFollow Ron hood as he travels deep into the mountains of Idaho for a two-week test of his survival skills. During his adventure he is poisoned by bad food, attacked by a moose and finds that a forest fire has destroyed most of the small game and fish. To top it off the summer weather quickly became a two week winter storm. With less than a pound of food for the two weeks and only a blanket and a tarp for shelter in the subfreezing temperatures you will learn how even a planned survival test can quickly become the “Real thing” (1 hour 58 minutes!)Volume 12 – Arid Land – Vehicle SurvivalIn this video you will learn the tricks and techniques needed to get your vehicle out of trouble and back on the road. A broken down or stuck vehicle is the cause of the vast majority of survival incidents reported each year. With these skills you can avoid becoming a statistic. (1 Hour 44 minutes)Volume 13 – Desert Survival; On FootThis is the one we have been asked for more than any other topic. This video covers the tricks and techniques for survival on the ground, in the desert. Topics covered include travel, shelter, water, physiology and much more… Heck just click on the title and see some pictures and learn more about this great video! (1 hour 40 min)Volume 14 – Crafts for the field”Crafts for the Field” covers some of the skills we get asked about most . This video investigates the thermoplastic called Kydex and how to mold and use it. It shows you how to cover a Kydex sheath with leather to give the sheath that Woodsmaster look without losing the safety of Kydex. It shows you how to make a small concealed carry holster from kydex, how to make leather buttons, a ditty bag, and a special Woodsmaster fingerless glove. (1 hour and 45 minutes)Volume 15 – Sticks, Stoves and StitchesAnother video in the Woodsmaster “close-up series”! In this video you will see how to make an efficient, lightweight and simple alcohol stove with aluminum cans you might find anywhere. You will also learn how to layout, size and make a pair of moccasins using rawhide and leather. Been having problems starting a fire with a fire drill? Learn how in this video. (1 hour 20 minutes)Volume 16 – Buffalo Butchers; Meat and Material from Large GameIn this video, Ron Hood takes you to Salmon, Idaho to visit professional wilderness instructors Joe and Denyce Bigley (Aboman and Abowoman) of Salmon Outdoor School. With the help of Lakota-Sioux and local butcher, Dallas Dupree, they harvest a Buffalo and show you the steps Native American’s have taken to harvest, process and use almost every part of the animal.Learn how to skin the animal starting at the back, how to butcher it using both stone and steel tools, how to preserve the brain for brain-tanning at a later date, how to remove and prepare tendons for sinew, how to prepare the stomachs for use as a cooking vessel. Additionally learn how to make an expedient stone tool for skinning and butchering… and much, much more. This video shows graphic scenes. (You have probably seen more graphic scenes on many nature programs on TV.)1 hr. 25 min.Volume 19 – Bronze 2 – The Home FoundryIn this volume you learn how to build your home foundry, how to construct a propane burner and how to make a Dual fuel (propane or charcoal) furnace constructed from a flowerpot.(I couldn’t find volume 17, volume 18 and volume 20 )Cave Cooking Volume 1 – In The BushIn this landmark video Karen shows you how to clean and cook* fish, squirrel, marmot, maggot and some select wild edible plants. She teaches you how to make wilderness bread, the amazing stone oven, the hobo stove and hobo oven. You’ll see the dough rising tent and how to get yeast from your environment. This is the perfect complement to the Woodsmaster Volume 5 where we catch the food that Karen is cooking in this video!Cave Cooking Volume 2 – Dutch and Solar OvensIn this second volume of the Cave Cooking series, Karen Hood teaches you important cooking methods for home and camp. You’ll learn about the “Dutch” oven, the types, the uses, how to how to “season” it for use and how to care for it . You’ll also learn some great recipes! You’ll drool over the Pot Roast steaming with browned potatoes and thick gravy, you’ll groan when you see how easy it is to cook a great breakfast with a Dutch, your arteries will thicken when you see her make DONUTS and then you’ll moan when she serves up her famous rat stew… uhhh errr? Well, why not?Ever heard about SOLAR cooking? You’ll see the three basic types of solar cookers and how to make and use them. Solar Cookers are great non polluting cookers that are efficient and entertaining to use. Not only that but they are a real eye-opener. These things are used to cook the daily meals all around the globe.You might not think this sounds like “survival cooking” but… think again. If you have no power… how do you bake, roast or cook with the greatest versatility? Or—If your name is on the line as the Chief-Cook-and-Bottle-Washer in your home… This is the sort of information that will make you a legend. How? Ever hear folks say “My mom used to cook with a Dutch oven”… Well, they say that because “Dutch” cooking is becoming lost in the land of microwaves and processed foods. Find that skill and bring “Dutch” into your home…. from then on you will always want to go Dutch! (73 minutes!)Cave Cooking Volume 3 – Food, Frocks and FatIn this volume of Cave Cooking, Karen Hood flies you into Idaho’s outback to show you some of the coolest chow, cooking tricks and gear you’ve seen yet.Before she takes off for the outback, you settle down to learn how to cut and assemble a buckskin rifleman’s frock, you make tallow from waste fat, real pemmican with dried beef, tallow candles and other cool things. Back in Idaho’s “River of no return wilderness” Karen will teach you how to put your wilderness cooking skills together. You’ll learn how to combine pemmican, bannock (Instructions included) and wild thistle to make a delicious and nutritious meal. You’ll also learn how to make wilderness pizza, stick bread and some special tricks about creating cooking gear from trash and more! For the Fungi aware, Karen also shows you how to prepare Morels for a delicious wilderness treat (don’t use this video to identify these mushrooms… You need competent field instructions to properly identify ANY mushrooms!)If you are a backpacker or wilderness wanderer the information and tricks in this video will make your trek lighter and more enjoyable than ever. We know you’ll get a kick out of this interesting, entertaining and informative video! (70 minutes)Cave Cooking Volume 4 – Messin’ with MeatJoin Karen Hood in another volume of Cave Cooking as she shows you how to mess with your meat!! She’ll show you the basics of smoking, curing, sausage-making, meat preservation and much more! Learn to make home-made Italian sausage, how to make oven jerky from flank steak and how to make jerky from ground meat that doesn’t need refrigeration after you prepare it! Follow Karen as she shows the complete process of making home made Corned Beef and Pastrami!Ever heard of “Plank Cooking” – Karen shows and explains this whole process in easy to follow steps. Learn all about wood chips and how to use your propane BBQ as a smoker.Ever made your own Smoked Salmon? Well after watching this video you’ll be able to make it any time you want and same money doing it!! It’s so easy! Learn all these things and more in this jam-packed video! After watching this video you’ll be itching to get into that meat drawer to try out these recipes for yourself and your family! Get your bib ready as you’ll be drooling and wishing you had smell-a-vision while watching this video!Cave Cooking Volume 5 – Buffalo ButchersKaren Hood takes you to Salmon, Idaho to meet with professional Abo cooker Denyce Bigley of Salmon Outdoor School.* Follow Denyce through the steps the American Indians would have taken to prepare and use an entire buffalo for food.* Learn all the steps to make a Native American meat perservation rack and how to smoke meat using it.* Learn how to use the Buffalo’s stomache as a cooking vessel the ancient way.* Learn how to cook Buffalo Stew using hot rocks, how to cook fish using bark and clay, how to utilize the intestines for traditional Buffalo Sausage.* Learn about some wild edibles the Native Americans would have used in cooking. See how to use those wild edibles to make a delicious and nutritious hot tea. All this and much more in this stunner of a video! This title is a companion to our Woodsmaster Vol 16 and Vol 17- Buffalo Butchers Videos with Ron Hood.Approx. 1 hr 25 min. +UrbanMaster Volume 1 – The HomeIn this first video you will learn how to prepare your home and family for disaster. Be ready for earthquake, fire, terrorism, loss of job or other catastrophes. The information in this video could save your life and the lives of your loved ones and family!* Learn easy and inexpensive ways to stock up your pantry.* Learn how to handle sanitation issues.* See how some dry ice can help you store food and grains for up to 20 years.* Learn how almost all houses already have many gallons of water stored, how to access that water supply and how to protect it from a little known threat.* Do you and your family have a “Family Disaster Plan” set up?* Learn the primary steps to to set one up and how it can save your life!* Find out about the “Big Mistake”.* See dozens of money saving and potentially life saving tips.* Find out how to make the job of emergency workers easier and more efficient.* Ron and Karen have filled this video with many practical tips and techniques from cooking tips to communications ideas that will get your home in line for disaster.UrbanMaster Volume 2 – Away from HomeIn this second volume of the Urban Master series you’ll learn so many tricks, tips and techniques for Urban Survival that you’ll wonder why you’re still alive!This video is designed to meet the needs of travelers, both business and vacation as well as deal with topics related to survival in emergencies when you are away from home. Filmed in the US and Romania it is chock full of essential information. There are too many topics to list here but here’s a sample…You’ll learn about: hotel safety, anti theft tricks, fire safety and gear and hazard identification. We’ll discuss privacy issues including spy cams, spy cam detectors and field expedient camera detection. Learn about flu and pandemic precautions, how to hide your personal survival gear, the ScottEVest hidden carrier systems. You’ll learn how to blend into any population. See safety tips for women and kids, MRE tips and tricks with the MRE heater. Learn about Bug Out Bags, their contents and the philosophy behind them as well as some firearms for personal defense.While the focus of this video is travel needs, every bit of the information in here applies to any urban environment whether your home, apartment or office. This Info is critical! Some of this videos are at etcbut not all of them .