Individual/One on One Tuition
We can offer intensive skills training for individuals on a personal basis. Normally for a one-day period with the date arranged mutually between you and the appropriate instructor. These training periods allow us to take you through various skills at your own pace without the restraints of group training. The training will normally take place at our locations but we are willing to travel if necessary but this may have some bearing on the cost. If you cannot see the skill you would like to spend a day learning, please contact us as we can arrange other skills or refer you to another suitable school.

Skills Available

1D01	Knife care and skills - £210 with Roger Harrington	Deposit (see above)	£50.00
1D02	Wild and edible plants * £210 with Neil Andrews	Deposit (see above)	£50.00
1D03	Medicinal plants * £210 with Jackie Saul-Hunt	Deposit (see above)	£50.00
1D04	Axe workshop & gate hurdle making - £210 with Roger Harrington	Deposit (see above)	£50.00
1D05	Basic leatherwork including making your own leather knife sheath £130 with Roger Harrington	Deposit (see above)	£50.00
1D06	Navigation using O/S maps, compass and natural features £190 with Roger Harrington or Neil Andrews	Deposit (see above)	£50.00

* Subject to seasonal constraints

Weekend Bushcraft Courses

(East Sussex):
Bison Bushcraft's most popular courses. Spend a weekend in secluded woodland learning wilderness living skills. These are practical, hands-on courses where you'll sleep out two nights in shelters you build, light your own fires, prepare and gather your own food. You'll learn knots and rope-work, care and safe use of cutting tools, gathering safe drinking water and a host of other Bushcraft skills.

 

 

MASTER CRAFTSMAN
A new but much requested course. As usual set in beautiful Sussex woodlands, living under basha, canvas or whatever you decide. On this course you will learn to construct your own knife (Blades pre made), leather scabbard, possibles pouch and your very own English longbow. We'll supply all of the materials, most of the tools and as usual all of the meals (Organic where possible). You'll need your knife, axe, a willingness to learn and a few tales for around the campfire in the evening.

BISON BUSHCRAFT YEAR COURSE

We quite often get requests for a full training program that would help people pursue a career in Bushcraft & Wilderness skills. To facilitate this we can offer a discounted year course covering all of our skills.

This would include:

Weekend Bushcraft Course
Axe Craft & Green Wood Work (axe workshop including free Gransfors axe)
Wildfood & Wilderness Cooking Skills
First aid for Bushcraft (dates tbc)
Countryman weekend
Mastercraftsman week
One days one to one tuition on a skill of your choice.


The total cost for all of the above if booked and purchased individually would be £2135. The year course will cost £1765.
The dates for all of the above are fixed on our calendar but you may choose the date of your Bushcraft weekend from those advertised and one to one day by mutual arrangement.

As a potential leader/teacher it is essential to get some dirt time under your belt and shake down your skills and kit. To this end we recommend you undertake some kind of expedition associated with your training not just basing your credentials on short times spent in English woodlands. Our Cuiart Breac trip would fit the bill as would other expedition type trips facilitated by other reputable bushcraft schools. Call or email us to further discuss your options.

Course Cost : £1765

THE COUNTRYMAN COURSE
The skills we employ for Bushcraft in the UK are generally associated with or derived from the skills employed by country folk to procure food, fire, water and shelter. To have a knowledge or understanding of these skills can only be an asset to anybody venturing out into the countryside.
This course is not a full on Bushcraft course but more of a weekend of county pursuits whilst living in the relative luxury of a wood-stove heated tipi and eating in comfortable heated hut around a table each mealtime. Meals will be based on locally procured game and the game preparation will be part of the course.
Other skills we will cover in this course include Ferreting and netting rabbits, Trapping and snaring, Safe rifle shooting (.22 rimfire), Lamping for game, Shotgun safety and shooting, Archery and a couple of hours coaching in flycasting.
This course will start earlier (1300) on The Friday than our normal weekends and is based in our East Sussex woodland.

Course Cost : £300

“Any fool can be uncomfortable” – If your trips away are fueled by tinned, dehydrated or “boil-in-the-bag” rations then this could be a worthwhile weekend away.
Cooking in the great outdoors utilizes a whole host of bushcraft skills – firecraft, campcraft, plant lore – are all used when creating meals in an outdoor environment, so this is the ideal next step for anyone with a basic knowledge of bushcraft.
Over the weekend we will cover selection of ingredients and utensils, methods of cookery, menu planning and field hygiene.
Held on our beautiful woodland estate in east Sussex, you will be shown a whole range of culinary skills, suitable for the lone back packer and the family camper alike.

FIRST AID TRAINING FOR BUSHCRAFT
Using scenario based training really brings home what works and what doesn’t. Our first aid courses use this method of teaching to allow us to work towards reacting effectively to incidents that may occur in the pursuit of Bushcraft. This is a much more hands on approach to first aid training. You will leave this course with a refreshed and completely new outlook to first aid and medical kits as well as a basic first aid qualification.

Course cost: £225

RIFLE AWARENESS
This course is aimed at shooters who are Firearms Certificate holders or FAC applicants. The training will be delivered by qualified instructors and will be based in West Kent. Our one day training package will include rifle safety and introductions to marksmanship, firearm terminology, rifle handling and firearm/calibre specific performance.
The Bison Bushcraft commitment to good training practise ensures that key parts of this day will be delivered on low student to instructor ratio. This means there will be some inevitable downtime. We will fill this time with instruction on knife safety, care and handling.
There will be a certificate issued at the end of the day that may be used as documentary evidence in support of a firearms certificate application.

There is a minimum number of six students on this course.
Course cost: £86 per person.
Dates: 12th Dec 2009,16th Jan 2010, 13th March 2010

Group Bookings available with dates arranged by mutual agreement.