Ron Hood - Hood's Woods?

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R.H.Clark

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After looking for about a year for a large blade to replace one I gave away I ordered a 10" Fehrman Hood Hunter.That was the first time I had ever heard of Ron Hood.That doesn't mean much because I'm new to knife forums.

Because Of my new blade I tried to check out the Hood's Woods forums.When I signed up I never got a reply password.Then just looking around the forum doesn't seem to be active.

I did however read the articles which I found interesting.I would like to know if any of you have any DVD's and what you think of them.

Just looking around I didn't see a phone number to order a DVD.Is there a number or is it on line only?

Any info would be appreciated.
Randy
 
I have most of Ron Hood's videos and they are very good. Very informative and done in an easy-to-watch style. You could probably enjoy watching them even if you weren't particularly interested in the subject matter.

Doc
 
DOC-CANADA said:
I have most of Ron Hood's videos and they are very good. Very informative and done in an easy-to-watch style. You could probably enjoy watching them even if you weren't particularly interested in the subject matter.

Doc
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I have a few we could pass around but the Plant ID vid passaround is so slow it may never get done!:rolleyes:
 
Watching Ron and Karen feels like watching friends. laid back style, humor and lots of great information. I'm old school though, I have most of the videos on VHS :D
 
I think the best video of the series is Volume 11: Solo Survival. Not because I'm featured in it or anything. ;) :D

Seriously, they are probably the best resource for learning skills if you cannot train in person with someone. Seeing Ron dispel myths perpetrated in many books and showing better ways to do things, plus tricks only learned from dirttime, is a pleasure. The drawings in books are often inadequate or unclear for learning skills. Try signing up again for the forum. It's quite active.
 
Brian Jones said:
I think the best video of the series is Volume 11: Solo Survival. Not because I'm featured in it or anything. ;) :D

[...] Seeing Ron dispel myths perpetrated in many books and showing better ways to do things, [...].
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Yup. Gotta have someone do it wrong so Ron can show the right way afterwards. :D :p
 
Ron was my original co-moderator when we started this wilderness forum in 1999. Also, check out Karen's Cave Cooking Series as well. Also chock full of useful information. Our other co-mod was the legendary Greg Davenport of Simply Survival.
 
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Hey Brian I like Solo Survival TOO and it isnt just cause my Armageddon SKS blade set is featured in it..HAha!! No serious, I have just about all the videos and they are VERY educational and VERY entertaining too. Ron and Karen are super likeable people and it comes across very well in thier video's.
They have a ton of information, and the skills shown could straight up save your bacon in a bad situation. I would recommend them highly!
 
Wow. A side note: we started this forum on 11-30-1999! Here are our original moderator bios...LOL:

Here's some information on the newest additions to the BladeForums.com Moderator team, be sure to make them feel at home!

Ron Hood
Ron Hood received his early wilderness training as a member of the U.S. Army Security Agency Special Warfare Unit (TAREX SOG). After almost a year of special warfare training, he served a year in the Middle East working with the Askari and then Kurdish tribesmen. Still trying to kill him off,
the Army sentenced him to almost two years of humping the jungles in Vietnam.

Since the military, in addition to teaching at two major Universities, Ron spent much of his time living, learning and studying wilderness and survival skills with native populations around the world. During the last
year he spent two months with the isolated Shapra-Candoshi Indians of Peru to video tape their lifestyle and survival skills.

Ron and his wife Karen own Hoods Woods Wilderness Video Productions and produce the highly acclaimed "Woodsmaster" survival instructional series as well as Karen's amazing "Cave Cooking" videos. With thousands of customer's worldwide the Hoods are finding it more and more difficult to conduct the
field training programs that started Ron's career in the woods. That is where Greg Davenport comes in.

"At Hoods Woods we train "video students" with our series. Through experience we've been able to prove that video training is the quickest, least expensive, entertaining, effective and intensive way to train. Video
is much like personal training. You get to see the technique as you hear the instructions. Minutiae of technique is visible and assists in the overall effectiveness and thoroughness of the method. After hearing and viewing the skills the student is advised to take the skills to the woods for practice. To participate in our wilderness programs students must have
studied the videos. In this way we know that they have had good exposure to what they will practice when we hit the dirt.

It is our goal that in time our video library will cover all elements of survival and wilderness training and provide the most comprehensive skills resource available."

The Hoods Woods web site is at http://www.survival.com

Greg Davenport
Greg's USAF training consisted of 6 months of learning to survive in every environment in the world and another six months learning to teach these skills before he carried his first crew as an instructor. Greg has taught
wilderness programs for over 16 years.

During his intense training to become a U.S. Air Force Survival Instructor, Davenport learned to adapt to adverse conditions in every global climate. After nine years of intense military service, Greg left to attend the University of Washington's Physician Assistant Program. Shortly after
graduating in 1993, he and his wife Kim created ANEW--an adventure-based program that focuses on wilderness education and self-improvement. His experience and education along with those of his wife are the foundation for ANEWs Wilderness Education Program. Greg's vast knowledge of survival,
leadership, and wilderness medicine became the catalyst that led him to write the most complete, comprehensive, and user friendly text on wilderness survival, Wilderness Survival (Stackpole Books, 1998).

Davenport has trained civilian and military personnel from around the world in global survival techniques. His skills have been noticed by several television and magazine sources. These include: 48 Hours, NBC Nightly News, BBC, Men's Journal, Backpacker Magazine, and Wilderness Way.

ANEW's Wilderness Survival Programs
ANEW's survival programs are based on Greg Davenport's unique approach to wilderness training and over 16 years of work as an outdoor educator. Greg's experience as a USAF Survival Instructor and his "five survival essentials" approach are the core of our training. ANEW believes thatthe five essentials are the crux to wilderness survival and regardless of the environment you are in...these needs must be met. By learning how to identify these needs along with various methods in which to meet them...survival in any environment is possible. The "Five Survival Essentials" are:

1. Personal Protection (Clothing, Shelter, Fire)
2. Signaling (Manmade and Natural)
3. Sustenance (Water and Food)
4. Travel (With and without a Map & Compass)
5. Health (Mental, Environmental, Traumatic)

In each class, students will learn how to prioritize the five essentials along with various skills necessary to meet them. Some of these skills may include: clothing maintenance, natural/manmade shelter construction, friction based fire, signaling techniques, water collection and treatment, fishing skills, trapping, identifying edible plants and insects, primitive navigation, map and compass skills, hiking and wilderness travel techniques, improvising, basic first aid and safety, psychological stress abatement, and how to use primitive weapons.
The ANEW/Simply Survival web site is at http://www.ssurvival.com

Brian Jones
An avid outdoors and wilderness skills enthusiast (and adventure junkie) since his childhood, Brian has spent many years in the backcountry, doing silly things like accidentally sliding down Glaciers, and emergency bivvying cliffside above the treeline on the Continental Divide during 60-70 mph wind gusts with only a dome tent, next to a Grizzly Bear cave (he didn't sleep well that night). He also has done more relaxing trips back East near his home state of Connecticut. He considers himself lucky to be alive in spite of himself, and since he's warped enough to go back out into the wilderness at every chance, Brian feels he'd be wise to learn how NOT to get into those situations again from Ron and Greg, who are the best at what they do.

He considers himself a fledgling at survival skills, will ask many questions, and offer advice when he can, from his own mistakes in the backcountry. His role as moderator will be to take much of the workload off of Ron and Greg, who have graciously dedicated time out of their busy schedules so we can all learn how to better handle wilderness emergencies and live off the land. He considers the opportunity to work with Ron and Greg an honor and a privilege.
 
I was a frequent poster when this forums was created. I learned so much, it is really what got off my armchair theorizing and into the field.

This has been one great place to hang :D

BTW there is a hoods woods videos passaround.
 
Brian Jones said:
Wow. A side note: we started this forum on 11-30-1999! Here are our original moderator bios...LOL:
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Yeah, but what have you guys done for us lately? :D


In all seriousness, with a start like that, it's no surprise this forum is so wildly productive. We seem to attract every level of people who just plain enjoy getting outside.





... so what am i doing in here today ... gaahhh ...
 
My thanks to everyone for the input.
I'm a 40 year old married guy now with three girls but in my youth I was always in the woods.I've had many misadventures and learned a lot over the years but mostly by trial and error and on my own.It's high time I learn to do things the right way and learn some new things so I can teach my children and they can pass it on to theirs.

I appreciate all the folks on this forum and everything you all share with the rest of us.I do think I'll have to try some of Mr.Hoods videos,after all isn't knowledge the greatest survival tool?
 
Glad you have decided to try the videos. They are really great: both entertaining and informative. Don't forget the cave cooking videos done by Karen Hood. Lots of useful info in them as well.
Don't forget to get the kids involved. Our daughter really loves watching the videos. They always inspire her to get out there and do things. She and Ghostwolf carved rabbit sticks one day just because. We like to watch the videos as a family.

Do try the forum again if you have time. It can be fun.
 
One of my favorite vids is vol 17 Buffalo Butchers series and not because my knife is in it either. :D Thanks to Brian for talking me into sending Ron a knife to evaluate. Ron really helped me immensely by promoting my work and all the encouragement he gave me. Alot of Hoodlums have become very good friends also. I've watched several of his DVD and really liked Survival Camping with Rob Simonich.
Scott
 
Trace Rinaldi said:
Hey Brian I like Solo Survival TOO and it isnt just cause my Armageddon SKS blade set is featured in it..HAha!! No serious, I have just about all the videos and they are VERY educational and VERY entertaining too. Ron and Karen are super likeable people and it comes across very well in thier video's.
They have a ton of information, and the skills shown could straight up save your bacon in a bad situation. I would recommend them highly!
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Trace, that Armageddon was an amazing, amazing blade, my friend! it felt light and fast, but it chopped effortlessly, and held an edge superbly. One of my favorite big blades of all time, brother! :thumbup:
 
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