• animal anatomy
• zoology [ animals ' feeding , watering , sleeping , housing & habitat , predators ]
• population dynamics & seasonal hunting
• rabbit stick [ selection ; hardening ; throwing]
• atlatl & spear throwing [ safety ; composition ; staff selection ; carving ; heating ; straightening ; spearhead knapping ; hafting spearheads ; gluing , binding , tying ; sanding ]
• slings & slingshots
• frog gigs
• fire-hardening spears
• bow-making [ standard v. quickie v. bunch ; composition ; staff selection ; cutting ; splitting ; curing ; preserving backing ( summer growth age ring ); marking outlines w/ charcoal ; thinning w/ drawknife & hatchet ; reducing ends (thin-tips for speed , lessshock); rasping (handle esp ., indented handle for center-fire accuracy); heating ; fire - &vice-straightening; backing ; oiling; gradual tillering on wood or knee (checking evenbend); rasping again; making low-contact arrow shelf; nocking ends at angle ; threading & waxing string ; stringing ; wrap handle for quieter shot; rounding edges ; smoothening & sanding ; firing ]
• archery [ stance – assume perpendicular stance ; nock arrow || draw & aim – set bowhand; set draw hand hook ; raise bow then draw; anchor ; align sight & level bow ; steadybow || release & follow-through – tighten back muscles ; relax draw hand to release ;keep bow arm up & steady]
• VietCong crossbow [ carving ; stringing ; marksmanship ; arrows ; quivers ]
• arrows [ sight it, roll it, bind it; arrowhead knapping ; hafting arrowheads ; gluing , binding , fletching , tying ; sanding ; quiver-making; foreshaft-tailshaft arrows ]
• bow-making tools [ adze , standing vise ]
• firearms or crossbows [ safety ; purchasing; composition ; dis /assembling; cleaning ; ammunition ; maintaining , repairing ; replacing parts ; storing; marksmanship ]
• blowguns [ safety ; composition ; barrel making ; dart making ; shooting ]
• tick & flea identification
• viruses & disease [e.g. hantavirus , lyme disease ]
• camouflage philosophy [ shape ; shadow ; shine ; sillhouette; surface ; sound ; smell;movement]
• camouflage & stealth [fox-walking; wide-angle vision ; ghillie suits , wind walking, scent hiding]
• lures & calls
• tracking & counter-tracking media [ patterning , scat , leftovers , rubbings , tracks , hair , stains , displacement , transfers, compressions , depressions ]
• tracking & counter-tracking objectives [ stride ; straddle ; speed ; direction ; aging; ball & heel width; length ; crispness; initial & terminal contact points ; pitch ; mass ; depth]
• tracking & counter-tracking techniques [ quick scan , linear search , round search; tracking pits ; tracking stick; sighting stick; silhouetting ; shadowing ; sideheading]
• non-human track identification [ toe number ; toe placement; toe pad shape ; nails ; fur ; palm pad ; heel pad ; negative space ]
• human track identification [shoulder-height broken & bent limbs ; hip-level treescarring; displaced ground objects ; mudprints]
• track patterns [ direct register walks; overstep walks; direct register trots ; oversteptrots; hops; bounds ; lopes; gallops; 2x2 lopes; bipedal hops; bipedal skips ]
• dwellings [ beds ; lays; wallows; baths ; nests ; burrows; dens ; cavities ]
• trails [ runs ; ridges ; tunnels ; eskers ; water ]
• sign cutting [ natural lines of drift – downward, linear ; orientation toward lights ; plotting charts ]