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A beginners guide to bow hunting
Today we go over how to choose and use a bow, and specifically focus on the compound bow. Bow season is upon us now so that gives everyone a full year to get this skill honed so you can get out there and hunt next season.
Best chicken breed for SHTF
What chicken breeds are best for a long term SHTF survival situation? Most breeds are good foragers, but we want something that would make a good meat chicken, good layer, good breeder, is friendly with other chickens and deals with confinement well.
What to carry in your big game hunting daypack
A hunter’s daypack houses a very personal collection of gear designed to keep you safe, dry and warm. It also must contain meat cutting tools and equipment. Here’s what I carry in mine...
Papa’s Famous Catfish Bait Recipe
A few minutes later Papa came around to see how things were going and saw me gagging from the smell. He just laughed and said I see you found my “special blend” catfish bait...
How To Locate Where Animals Congregate
Locating animals is the first part of hunting. If you can never locate the animals, you can never shoot the animal and thus you will never catch anything...
Ground Sign Awareness
Ground sign awareness also has many civilian uses that transcend military applications – it’s an extremely pertinent skill to use when hunting for use in tracking animals.
Hunt Now…For Later
Hunting is a rather Sisyphean pursuit for me, in fact Wile E. outsmarted me again last night, so this is not me chest-beating. Rather, a few thoughts on why I think it’s a worthwhile skill to become proficient at it...
How well do you know your Venison (Deer) Meat Cuts?
What's that cut of meat?
Backyard Chicken Facts - 5 Things No One Told Us
There have been a few surprises along the way - some of them pleasant, some not so much. Here are a few things we've learned that might help you as you decide whether or not to get chickens for your backyard...
DIY Wire Rabbit Cages and Equipment
Build an affordable, durable wire rabbit hutch for the outdoors, in a spot well-ventilated and lit, but that also can be adapted to limit the draft in colder weather...
Chickens and Rabbits the Easier, Softer Way by Bev
They all lived happily together with no cages or fencing! And they had lots of babies! She often gave away baby rabbits and chicks! I was totally inspired! This I must try!...
The best survival fishing lure: Is it a leadhead jig?
A common question is about fishing lures: Is there one lure that can catch everything?
How to Make and Use a Fishing Gig
Our water source will help to provide us with another resource. That resource comes in the form of trees and shrubs that provide craft and building material...
Kill it. Clean it. Eat it
I was wondering what percentage of members had, killed, butchered, and eaten an animal. Let's exclude fish from this poll...
Fishing for Survival
The knowledge of catching fish is a necessary skill that is acquired by most if not all in the survivalist movement.
Animals You Didn’t Know You Could Eat
If you find yourself in a survival situation and food is running low, you may surprise yourself by the things your brain tells you what animals it wants you to eat...
Get Ready Now For Deer Hunting
Hunting is hard work; get a check up from your doctor before the season. Dragging a 150 lb. deer out of the woods is no time to find out you need bi-pass surgery. Do you need glasses? Now is the time to get them...
Basic Survival Gear - The Survival Fishing Kit
This is my personal survival fishing kit and is a Mil-Spec F-6218C. It was originally assembled in May of 1993 and is close to 20 years old...
Could Rabbits Be a Reliable Source of Food?
After raising chickens and goats, Ellen Brewer came to a surprising conclusion. She says the single best source of animal protein in ALL conditions and living situations (apartments, condos, no property, etc) is rabbit...
Top 10 things to stock your fishing vest with
If you’re anything like me, you where a fishing vest to carry all of your fishing gear. If you do any walking during your fishing trip, a tackle box just doesn’t cut it...
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