I have read many books over the years and used to go camping a lot as a young man. However due to my job and lifestyle now I rarely make it into the woods anymore. So I bought some books and while they seem to be informative they are no substitute for the real thing. Just wondered if anyone knew of valid instructers and/or schools with the survivalist/live off the land in mind?

You may be out of luck.
Anyone know when the last traditional
hunter/gatherer acephalous band society
disappeared from N.America?

[url]http://www.wildernesssurvival.com[/url]  Chris Janakowsiky world survival institute. More para military in nature but still cool. He also sells good video tapes

[url]www.survival.com[/url] - Ron Hood. He also sells good video tapes

[url]http://www.trackerschool.com[/url] - Tom brown real earth mother find your sprit animal crap…if you are into that

ME! [;D]
Go take a look at,
[url]www.abotech.com[/url] this is primitive living/survival skills, and yes, there are people there who could live completely off the earth today (breaking a few laws possibly).
Ron Hood teaches up north now. He's former Army and recently he even taught a course with Greg Davenport - [url]www.simply-survival.com[/url], a former USAF  survival instructor. Also try [url]www.equipped.com[/url]  look under the schools listing (I'm in there!) and [url]www.jungletraining.com[/url] Randall has taken people to South America to train with the military in survival (three day course I think). I'm not sure if the trips are still going on. He has done week long no gear type sessions in the swamps of  America.
WSmac