Survival and emergency
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Making snare traps 
In a survival situation, making snare traps is one of the survival skills that can be useful. Snares can be very elaborate, but simplicity is best, and ...

Trapping pits 
I am a wilderness hiker from the north part of Sweden. This is no useful wilderness survival tip but nevertheless an interesting fact how people survived ...

Cambium bark as food 
The cambium bark of the pines, poplar, aspen, willow, hickory, maple and the mulberry can be peeled during the months of May to the end of August. From ...

The noble milkweed 
The common milkweed is a plant well worth learning.

In the spring when the shoots are ten inches or less in height they can be broken into one inch ...

Wild berries 
I’m a devoted wilderness backpacker and during the wild berry season berries are a regular part of my backpacking meals. In a wilderness survival situation ...

Natural fridge 
Here are two survival tips, one of them is simply for luxery, the other to filter water of visable parts.

First up, the luxery tip. If you find a stream,...

Worms as emergency food 
For those of you who may be squeamish about eating earth worms, here's a way to do it. Dry the worms in the sun or an oven first. Once competely dry, crush ...

Fish poison 
Green walnut hulls crushed make a good fish poison and it does not kill the fish just temporary stuns them. They will float to the top of the water.

The ...

Survival Food Summary Notes 

- Probe rocks and logs for snakes.

- Look for fish in streams, rivers or lakes. Make a green whip/cordage hand net as you travel. Strong plant cordage ...

Fish trap 
Your first step you should do if you find yourself in a survival situation is not move. The more you move away the more you are making it hard for people ...

Cattail roots 
When in need of some wild edibles, cattail roots are fairly good, especially in spring when their new shoots are young and succulent. Peel back the outer ...

Dandelion  Not rated yet
Your backyard is full of wild edibles. I have found that the Dandelion is one of the best and there is no poisonous look alikes to it.

You can eat ...

Survival hunting  Not rated yet
I refer to the following items as tools as well as weapons. My items serve double purpose to cut down on extra weight. They were chosen after much thought ...

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