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The first video in a series of short bushcraft and wilderness skills tutorials How to fell a small tree with an axe.

This video covers the basics of selecting a tree, choosing where to cut, safety considerations, body position, undercut and back cut and some legal and ethical considerations.

00:00 Start
01:04 Choosing a tree
01:35 Safety and felling direction
02:36 Height and placement of fist cut
04:45 Axe techniques
06:25 Starting to cut
07:13 Making the back cut
10:24 Finishing the cuts and felling the tree
11:44 Postfelling analysis
13:00 Legal and ethical considerations


First video felling the tree:    • Cutting down a small tree with an axe...  
Second video snedding the tree:    • How to Sned (Limb) a tree with an axe...  
Third video bucking the tree:    • How to cut through a tree with an axe...  
Fourth video splitting and shaping:    • How to point a post and split a log w...  



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