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woodsmanship

American  
[woodz-muhn-ship] / ˈwʊdz mənˌʃɪp /

noun

  1. the set of skills pertaining to the woods or forest, such as surviving in or finding one's way through the woods, using an axe, hunting, and trapping.


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You get the Boy Scout motto and woodsmanship from your scout leader.

From Salon Sep. 22, 2018

In addition to teaching them about woodsmanship and the way of the whitetail, he emphasizes making a clean kill shot and gun safety.

From Washington Times Nov. 1, 2016

The autocrat of the Chicago breakfast table, the Tribune's Robert Rutherford McCormick, last week laid down the law on two subjects: woodsmanship and military history.

From Time Magazine Archive

She learned woodsmanship, fishing and baby-alligator trapping from her stepfather, Jack Hall.

From Time Magazine Archive

Harriet wanted to test their woodsmanship, so she skilfully led the boys toward the spot where the "Red Rover" had been so successfully secreted during the time the boys had been searching for them.

From The Meadow-Brook Girls Afloat by Janet Aldridge

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