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Harvesting From Nature; The Bounty Around Us
One of the most exciting concepts of backwoods living is collecting and preserving food from the wild. Wild foods are high in both vitamin content and flavor, but unlike their…
Basic Fishing for Fun, Supplement and Survival
Fishing can be fun and a good way to help provide additional fresh sources of food for the family. From coast to coast, everyone lives near bodies of water, from…
Finding Your Way with Map and Compass
A topographic map tells you where things are and how to get to them, whether you're hiking, biking, hunting, fishing, or just interested in the world around you. These maps…
Knowing Survival Fire Craft Can Save Your Life
No matter what particular sport we call our own, we practice it to become the best we can be. However, when it comes to a skill that can possibly save…
Catch More Fish; Building a Feeder System
Spring is here for most of us in the Northern Hemisphere, and for many that means an incredible amount of work is waiting to be done. Garden beds have to…
Firemaking Tools: Introduction to Making & Using a Bow-Drill
When you are first learning bow-drill fire-making, you must make conditions and your bow drill set such that the chance of getting a coal is the greatest. If you do…
Backyard Rabbit Keeping, Part 10/15 – Harvesting the Wild Rabbit
Wild rabbits are on the increase again in many parts of the country, to the dismay of those who would like to see them exterminated as a species. Many rabbit…
Survival & Emergency Fishing Techniques
You can make your own fishhooks, nets and traps and use several methods to obtain fish in a survival situation. Improvised Fishhooks You can make field-expedient fishhooks from pins, needles,…