Although we might complain about the cold if we were heading out on a summer camping trip camping in Winter in the snow is an exciting challenge and can offer some wonderful experiences. If you are going to head out in the winter though you better be prepared, there is a saying “that any fool …
Despite once having laws which demanded that everyone practice archery and stipulating what weapons you must own based on your social status the United Kingdom now has some of the strictest weapons legislation in the world. And there is more on the horizon in the form of the new Offensive Weapons Bill which will be …
One of the most important tests of someone’s survival skills is whether they can consistently provide food for themselves in the wilderness. Although a knowledge of edible plants, fruits and roots is important in long term survival scenarios, survival is going to depend on mastering effective methods of taking birds, mammals, and fish for food. …
Antlers are a feature unique to deer, no other group of animals have them. Some like antelope and cows may appear to have similar features but they in actual fact have horns. Horns differ from antlers in several ways. Horns are made of keratin, the same material that makes up your hair and fingernails, and …
Stockpiling firewood is a sensible precaution and preparation for potential power outages and longer-term emergencies. Before coal, oil, and electricity, wood was our primary source of fuel, with dried peat and buffalo chips taking its place in climates and situations when wood was scarce. If you don’t want to resort to burning feces though how …
Before modern steel, ferrocerium rods, paracord and the other accoutrements of modern bushcraft and survival our hunter gatherer ancestors would have created all the tools they needed from the bounty of the natural world around them. As well as being an interesting outdoor skill in it’s own right being able to make primitive tools might …
Containers are a survival commodity that will not necessarily be easy to produce or procure if or when SHTF. They are vitally important for foraging, gathering, carrying, and storing things, yet older more traditional containers such as wicker baskets are often thought of now a novelties or purely decorative items. While it is true that …
Where are you right now? Sitting on the couch, reading this on your phone? Reading it on your iPad in an airport terminal? Having a sneaky read of it at your desk at work? Wherever you are I bet you don’t have your bug-out bag or other preps close to hand, do you? And at …
There are dozens of things to consider when choosing a telescopic sight that will be perfect for you, and remember what is perfect for you may not be for everyone else. People in the shooting and hunting industries often have very firmly held opinions about the merits and failings of different products but remember what …
