Most bowhunters focus much of their attention on the November rut, where it becomes easier to forget about a pattern that is the most consistent in a year. This includes field-edge hunting for the Whitetails in the 1st couple of weeks of this season. There is not much better than being able to hunt deer whose main goal is to fill up their stomachs with an abundance of easily accessible protein.
Survival
Useful Tips to Survive Bear Encounters
If you love the great outdoors, if you hike or if you simply ride a trail bike, you’re at risk for a potentially fatal bear encounter. While some people fear the encounter with a grizzly bear, I feel that black bears which are more numerous than grizzlies are being overlooked. They are a serious threat to life and how you react to bear encounters can make a real difference to your longevity.
How To Identify An Animal Sign When Trapping
Primitive trapping is one of the skills that helped humans survive and thrive in austere environments. This is a topic of interest for preppers, and it takes years of practice to become a self-reliant trapper. One of the challenges of trapping animals is learning how to look for and identify an animal sign. If you are new to trapping animals here is what you need to know.
Preventing Wound Infection Using Saltwater – Myth or Fact?
You’ve seen in movies how the hero stranded on a remote coastal shoreline has to improvise in order to survive. While accidents are a common occurrence in the unfamiliar environment, our hero will cut himself against the edge of a sharp stone to bring more drama to the whole movie. But fear not, the deep bleeding wound covered in sand and grit from the fall will soon be cleaned with seawater. Preventing wound infection using saltwater may work, but there’s much more to it than what the movie script is showing you.
Handling Gangs, Mobs and Riots When SHTF
As a Prepper, you have surely sat back over an evening cup of coffee and contemplated certain shtf. We have witnessed over the past few years just how quickly one event can cultivate a series of events, typically not of good nature. If and when civil unrest breaks out, the best preparation you can have is a good plan of action against gangs, mobs and riots.
8 Natural Disasters And How To Survive Them
The threat of natural disasters is ever-increasing with the changing of our environments. From tornados to big freezes, our planet earth manifests its unrest in many ways. Altough you can’t prevent Mother Nature showing off her powers, you can prepare to deal with her moods and live to tell the story.
Martial Law: The Ins and Outs – Are We At Risk?
During martial law, the government can suspend constitutional rights and enforce an authoritarian power by use of the military. Even fundamental rights and democratic processes can be limited or suspended entirely. Any and every democracy has the potential for martial law.
Stuck At Work When SHTF – Making Your Workplace Safer
The vast majority of people spend more than eight hours per day at their workplace. We often dedicate a lot of time to improve ourselves and get better at our jobs, but we keep ignoring the elephant in the room. Few people actually spend time thinking about what they would do if the brown stuff hits the fan and they are stuck at work. Your workplace plays an important role in your survival during a bug out or bug in scenario and you should make sure you have a backup plan.
The Reality of Foraging When There’s No Food
You’ve seen in movies and TV shows how people manage to survive in the wild with the bare minimum. How they manage to procure food through foraging and hunting. Even more, they provide a false sense of security by making these activities look like a child’s play. The reality is totally different and few people have any idea of what foraging requires.
Scavenging and Salvaging Supplies Post Collapse
Where should I find supplies in a SHTF situation? If you and your family have not discussed this question, and a few more just like it, you could be making a grave blunder. Today we will discuss about scavenging and salvaging supplies in a post collapse world.
Situational Awareness And The Art of Survival
Ah, the conscious and subconscious mindset of knowing precisely what is going on around you, situational awareness. Sound important? Well, that is because it is important. Unfortunately, due to the defunct ways of Hollywood, the term situational awareness was slightly tainted by their “advertisement” of the skill-set in a well-renowned movie titled “The Bourne Identity” (though it was a novel first, and a damned good one at that).
Intuition in Survival – The Importance of Your Gut Instinct
“The primary wisdom is Intuition.” Ralph Waldo Emerson
A short on gut instinct, the sixth sense and intuition, and their dire importance to survival-type scenarios. First and foremost, it is of extreme importance, at the moment, to understand that this subject of intuition doesn’t only apply to survival and off-grid situations, but to nearly all of life’s scenarios.
10 Survival Skills You Need To Know
Camping reconnects you with nature, but it also tests your ability to adapt, think clearly, and rely on your instincts. Modern comfort and technology have made many people forget essential survival skills for camping, such as how to find clean water, build a fire, or stay warm when gear fails. Without these abilities, even a short weekend trip can turn risky fast.