Wilderness survival tips

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These are the different categories for submitting survival tips:

- Survival kit

- Fire starting

- Finding water

- Survival and emergency food

- Wilderness navigation

- Cold weather survival

- Survival shelter

- Survival knife

- Reviews of wilderness survival books

- Car survival kit (for driving in remote areas.)


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How to make your own rope 
It is quite easy. You strip the bark of a young branch that is green. Separate the inside of the bark. You will be using the inside not the outside strip ...

Survival Tips From Alaska 
In Alaska it is more dangerous to look for edible plants, then to hunt for animals, you can hunt for animals without moving to far or expending energy,...

Photos to increase your will to survive 
I am a veteran wilderness camper and paddler and a retired Air Force Lt Col with considerable formal survival training. I also teach a counter terrorist ...

Detering Ants and Other Ground Crawling Insects 
My observation has been that ants travel on scent trails that get layed down as they walk. I don't know if this is true of other ground crawling insects ...

Emergency First Aid Priorities 
Some back ground on myself. I spent 16 years in the military, most of which was a marine corp Hospital Corpman. So field medicine and emergency survival ...

Hypothermia treatment 
If someone have hypothermia take off their clothes and put new ones on. Put a blanket over the clothes you have taken off and put them by the fire. If ...

Rule of three 
This is a guideline that I've read about on a bunch of websites. It basically gives you your priorities in a survival situation. Like the name implies,...

Biting mosquitoes 
Biting mosquitoes attack humans to obtain a blood meal. Biting mosquitoes can be very annoying. For you as a wilderness traveler it can be more then annoying ...

survival gun 
The best survival gun is a 410 and 22 over & under. Some of these are made to take down and easily fit into a backpack. If you don't have a gun you are ...

Predict bad weather 
When traveling in the wilderness and preparing for bad weather, look to see if a ring is around the moon. If so, bad weather will come in 24 hours. If ...

Plan your trip carefully 
Always, always, always give some one who is not going on your trek a complete itinerary. Include your intended route, place you will be camping, your entry ...

Bear attack 
I want to add some general bear safety tips and also how to deal with a bear attack. These advices will help you to minimize risk if you are hiking in ...

US military sleeping bags 
If you end up sleeping on the ground during cold weather you are going to need some kind of insulation under you. Cooling is the removal of heat so you ...

Snake bites 
If bitten by a snake you scrub the injury with water and soap if you are not at least ten miles to civilization.

Editor’s comment: More information ...

Treating Burns 
I once steamed/scalded the entire top side of my left forearm. I kept the arm in a cooler full of ice water for the first three hours and it didn't help....

Wilderness camping hygiene 
As far as a restroom area there is not a lot to say. You should always bury your waste and cover it with a log or large stone if possible. I burn the used ...

Road Flares  Not rated yet
After being involved with the Af Survival school, there is one tip I always recommend to students, outdoors men or hunters; attach 2 road flares to their ...

Blood blister  Not rated yet
These are simply guidelines and it is up to the individual whether or not they feel comfortable performing the procedure. By doing so the individual assumes ...

Lightweight telephone cards  Not rated yet
An item that weighs next to nothing but is very handy is a phone card. These credit card type phone cards can be bought almost anywhere. The AT&T card ...

Wilderness safety  Not rated yet
Wilderness survival tip:

1. Never go alone always have a buddy
2. Have a small survival kit with a :
- knife,
- first aid kit,
- compass,...

Bush Man  Not rated yet
My tip is this: the best survival gun I have found is a single shot, break open 20 ga. It comes apart for easy packing, weighs in a 5+ pounds, using 3"...

Surveyor tape - another Lifesavor  Not rated yet
Brightly colored surveyor tape is inexpensive, it takes little space, it weighs next to nothing and most important it can save your life.

Use it to ...

Free map  Not rated yet
This is something that most of us feel very capable of doing. For the most part we can, but have you ever been confused while in an unfamiliar area.

With ...

CB radio  Not rated yet
Cell phones are great but if the power is out or the towers are down they aren't much good. I have a CB radio in my truck and another one on my ATV. You ...

Cooking outdoor   Not rated yet
It is possible to eat as well as you do at home if you have a few basic items and the ability to cook. My travel kitchen consists of:

- (2) 533 DUAL ...

Inexpensive rifles  Not rated yet
New England Firearms (NEF ) makes HANDI-RIFLES. These are inexpensive rifles and shotguns in various calibers/gauges.The receiver can be sent to the factory ...

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