Building practical items can make your time in the woods more comfortable or help in a survival situation:
: Construct a maul or hammer for driving tent stakes by finding a tree with a weighty head and a stout branch for a handle; dead poplar or spruce work well for this. In the Woods
: A hiking pack can be fashioned from willow branches by heating them to make them pliable and lashing them together with willow bark or paracord. Building practical items can make your time in