The 11th annual 

Bois D' Arc Primitive Skills Camp and Knap-In
September 26 - 28, 2008.

Dedicated to the research, practice and teaching of stone-age wilderness wisdom and life skills.

ALERT!: We are back at our new site, Hulston Mill Historic Park, near Greenfield MO. Directions: From Springfield, take Hwy 160 approx 30 mi. west to EE hwy (7 miles east of Greenfield), follow signs to the Mill.

Click here for a map.

Click here for 2007 Event Flyer.

Workshops: Some of the finest primitive skills instructors in the midwest, teaching workshops on the following subjects:

Todd's marathon bow class earned these guys the nickname "the Bow Nazis", and turned out some real nice shooters.

The morning class announcements and raffle usually turned into a sideshow of sorts.

• Friction Fire
• Flintknapping
• Rivercane Flutes
• 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
  
• Primitive Cooking
• Braintan Buckskin Hide Tanning
  
• Cordage
• Shelter
• Rivercane Blowguns
• Edible, Medical Useful Plant Identification
• and much, much more

Evening Programs:

• Nightwalking
• Storytelling
• String and Didgeredoo Music
• Drum Circle
• ... and who knows what else!