Wilderness survival, also known as bushcraft, is a way of surviving that entails leaving your home and bugging out to the great outdoors.
Whether you’ll be in the woods, the desert or on a mountain, surviving in the wilderness is not an easy task, not even for those who are trained for it. Nevertheless, if bugging out is your only option, and if you don’t have a place to go to, set up an INCH (I’m never Coming Home) bag and read the articles below.
There is a tremendous variety of snake species to be found all around the world, and though most of them are harmless or at least non-venomous, some serpents do indeed have a deadly bite. Worse, some harmless snakes are lookalikes with their much deadlier cousins. Learning to identify and tell one species of snake from …
There are countless species of snake the spread across North America and the rest of the globe, and though most of these snakes are harmless or nearly so, some snakes possess a deadly, poisonous bite. Learning to identify poisonous snakes can help put your mind at ease and also prevent unfortunate run-ins with the more …
When it comes to snakes and all of their many colors of the rainbow, black snakes make up a significant fraction of the total color morphs across all species all around the world. This is certainly an interesting bit of trivia, but in strictly practical terms this should give you pause as it can be …
Red belly snakes are small, distinctive snakes that are found throughout North America, including much of the United States and southern Canada. Regularly found inhabiting abandoned and hills and other small burrows, these snakes are known for their vividly colored crimson bellies which contrast with the rest of their scales. But the million dollar question …
If you are afraid of snakes, I have bad news for you. There is no shortage of snake species on every, single continent on Earth except Antarctica. The good news is that most snakes are completely harmless to people. The bad news is that some are downright deadly. There is no immediately telling characteristic that …
If you live in a wet climate that features plenty of water features, you have probably bumped into a small, thin snake with distinctive yellow stripes running alongside and on top of its body. Nimble, quick and remarkably good swimmers, and it is far from uncommon to see them taking prey right out of the …
One of the most alarming things your average person will encounter is an unexpected snake in the garden. Moving through the furrows or coiled up at the base of one of your plants, it is enough to give you quite a shock! But, common gardener’s wisdom often tells us to leave such residents alone. Whether …
When out in nature or just tooling around on your own property you’ll rarely get more of a gut check than you will when confronted with an unknown snake. The bite of a venomous snake is a life-threatening ordeal, and live or die will usually entail life-changing consequences. It helps to know what kind of …
In nature, bright colors and distinctive patterns usually signal one thing: danger. Generally, it is an animal’s way of warning potential predators that they had better keep their distance unless they want to pay the price. With few exceptions, these bright colors indicate that an animal is highly poisonous. But, there’s a phenomenon known as …
Whenever you hear the word sheep, the first animal you imagine is likely to be a pristine white, docile grass-eater dwelling in a field somewhere. But there are other kinds of sheep than those, and the most iconic of the mountain sheep extant in the world is the bighorn sheep native to North America. These …
