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.
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 …
Across the Central and Eastern United states, pretty much every backyard will at some time or another have resident blue jays in it. These large and vividly colored songbirds are among the most vocal, both in the variety of calls that they make and the sheer volume of their calls. Known for their quarrelsome behavior …
Moose are the largest and most majestic of the deer species on Earth. Found in North America, Europe and Asia, these massive, antlered herbivores are most often found in northern forests and subarctic areas. Though they eat plants, are generally solitary and avoid contact with people animals this big must be treated with respect, and …
Pretty much everyone on Earth knows what skunks are, and more importantly what they can do. Skunks are notorious for spraying an incredibly foul, nasty discharge from their backside when threatened, and there’s hardly anything on Earth you can do to eliminate the smell. Many an unfortunate person, and plenty of unfortunate dogs and cats …
Hawks are among the most graceful and plentiful birds of prey, found all over the world in every climate and biome. They also happen to be one of the most persistent predators of other birds, particularly poultry, making them a long-time nemesis of farmers and homesteaders. The sudden arrival of a hawk is usually accompanied …
If you know a little bit about wilderness survival lore, you’ve probably heard about the benefits of tree sap before, and pine sap in particular. As an adhesive, bug-repellent, and natural antiseptic it has many beneficial qualities, but have you heard that the stuff is also quite flammable? It makes sense, because pinewood tends to …
We used to do a lot of hiking and camping when I was a kid, and it was always a bit of a struggle when it came to sleeping bags. We always had them and setting them up was easy enough – just pull it out of the bag and voila you have a bed! …
The mountains have always held a special place in prepping and survival lore. We admire the real and the quasi-mythical mountain man for his determination, grit, endurance, and prowess. People and tribes since time immemorial have fled to the mountains in times of trouble to find succor and salvation from natural and human threats. The …
