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.
Any time you are heading into cold regions or just dealing with the wintry season, making sure your winter survival skills are up to snuff is paramount if you want to be ready for emergencies. More than any other factor, simple exposure is the single biggest and most consistent killer in a variety of outdoor …
Foxes are some of the most cunning, evasive, and beautiful animals on the planet. Long a fixture in culture and folklore around the world, fox’s regularly come into conflict with human interests due to their predation of livestock, usually poultry and their eggs. Foxes are infamous for their problem-solving capability and persistence, striking when you …
Owls are some of the most majestic birds of prey, and also one of the few types that have typically nocturnal hunting patterns. Owls rule the night, and may even prey upon other birds of prey when the sun goes down, although they usually subsist on rodents and other small mammals. Owls are equipped with …
I think most of us would admit to remembering our first taste of that sweet, delectable nectar squeezed out of a honeysuckle bloom when growing up. It seems like it is a childhood ritual all around the world, but is it possible that honeysuckle can do more for us than just serving as a beautiful …
Everyone talks about it, but few people really stop to consider what it means to do what you have to in order to survive. Whether you are in a fight for your life in the middle of the wilderness or enduring a long-term, paradigm-shifting survival scenario in the remains of society, life is definitely going …
Consuming insects has been a part of different cultures for as far back as history can be recalled. Entomophagy is the practice of eating insects and it has exploded in popularity as people are looking for a sustainable alternative food source. Crickets are a common source of food for those that consume insects. It has …
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Water is critical in a survival situation, even in the winter. Humidity is generally lower in the wintertime, and that means our bodies expel moisture at a greater rate than in other seasons. This means in a survival situation you need to find a source of water, and fast as dehydration symptoms can start quickly. …
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When you are in the middle of a survival situation, you’ll have to do what you have to if you want to survive. Not what you want to, not what you like, but what you have to. Sometimes a necessity means you’ll eat unpleasant things that you wouldn’t normally consider. But, if you have the …
An old joke marks the difference between camping and surviving in the wilderness as how often you are doing things you really don’t want to do. When you are camping, it’s a recreational activity. If you’re surviving, necessity will be the only driver of your every action. This certainly includes what is on the menu …
Love them or hate them, there is no denying that raccoons are intelligent and curious problem solvers. Always looking for food, investigating, and climbing with their highly dexterous paws, these charming, masked mammals play villain and hero alike in folklore stories around the world. More practically, raccoons are known for breaking into attics, trash cans, …
