Backcountry College #4 – navigation 1

[Clay Hayes]

#3534

Hello all, here’s the latest in the Backcountry College series from http://www.backcountryhunters.org

This is the first of a two part episode covering map and compass navigation. Pretty basic stuff, but you may pick something up. I’m headed out now to film the second part and do a little prerut scrape hunting. The whitetails bucks should be starting to work scrape lines on those isolated ridges and we’ll see if we can’t find some good activity. Give it a thumbs up if ya like.

ch

[jason samkowiak]

#21130

Another great video. AlwAys looking forward to these. Thanks again for making them!

[T Downing]

#21264

Clay–I really am enjoying these videos. Well done. My oldest son Isaiah is learning a ton from them. Thank you so much for doing this.

[Bruce Smithhammer]

#21568

More excellent info, Clay. I’m really stoked that this series is happening, and being executed so well. It should be required viewing, whether it’s all new, or for those of us that need reminders now and then. Thank you for doing this.

[1shot]

#22141

Thank You Clay for a great series… Land Nav is very important to those of us that travel off the beaten path and venture into new places…

[James Harvey]

#22280

That’s not an easy topic to cover in a video mate, you’ve done well.

Jim

[wahoo]

#23366

Clay I am a person who is lost always – love your videos and well done . Thank you

[Col Mike]

#23823

Clay

My PM’s apply. Keep up the great work

Mike

[Fallguy]

#23870

Great Job Clay. I always tell our Hunter Ed students that there is nothing to fear about spending the night in the woods that is what “Grandpa called that Camping”.

[Clay Hayes]

#26123

Fallguy wrote: Great Job Clay. I always tell our Hunter Ed students that there is nothing to fear about spending the night in the woods that is what “Grandpa called that Camping”.

That’s unless it’s in grizzly country and you’ve just spent the evening up to your elbows in deer carcass:shock:

Kidding aside, fear of the woods is mostly just human nature expressing itself through fear of the unknown. The more someone learns, the more they understand and believe your comment. That’s partially what this series is about – giving folks some of skills and knowledge needed to be confident exploring off the well trodden trails.

ch

[Fallguy]

#27087

Clay, Thank You for your Good work on this topic. I will be recomending this series to our Bowhunter Ed students. And yes there things in the woods to respect, my point and as you eluded to is the that panicing is not going to solve any problems. Also in Minnesota we do not have grizzlies just cute and cuddly black bears and wolves. Sleep tight:D

[Anonymous]

#30933

Fantastic work, Clay. Well done, and continually refreshing as an alternative to the “product-pimping” crop of “how to” videos out there. You’re showing folks how to do things that are actually useful and don’t require anything more than that often-times abandoned grey matter between their ears.

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