Wilderness survival tips

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- Survival kit

- Fire starting

- Finding water

- Survival and emergency food

- Wilderness navigation

- Cold weather survival

- Survival shelter

- Survival knife


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Emergency First Aid Priorities 
The first is always ABCD ( airway, breathing, circulation, deformity). The reason behind this is simple priority.


Airway

If you don't have any ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Wilderness camping hygiene  Not rated yet
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 ...

Water procurement and storage  Not rated yet
I am not going to cover any of the normal stuff that has been duplicated and well documented at other sources. Instead I will only cover what I use for ...

Tents and shelters  Not rated yet
I have used a custom BAKER LEANTO that I had Panther Primitives make for me with a lot of enjoyment and success. It was scaled down to have an 8'9" length,...

TARPS  Not rated yet
I camp every chance I get so this series of articles is based on tried methods and equipment. Sometimes I camp for a week to ten days at a time so this ...

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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