Cooking Your Fish in Mud Mud baking is a time-honored, yet almost forgotten way to prepare food in the wild. One of the greatest advantages to using this method is that you don’t need a grill, plate, skewer or any other cooking implement to prepare a fish. All you need is a bed of hot …
How to Build a Snake Hole Pit Shelter in Minutes A snake hole pit shelter is a fast and easy way to combine warmth and shelter together, and building one only takes a few minutes and some basic material. Learning this simple technique can open up many options for you out in the field if …
How to Make a Cord-Wrapped Tactical Knife Simple Knife for Beginning Knife Makers In this video, knife maker Walter Sorrells demonstrates the making of a very simple knife with a handle made from paracord wrap. The emphasis of the video is to show that high quality knives can be made by beginning knife makers using …
How to Make a Tepee Water Filter Water filtration is one of the most important things to consider in a survival situation, and there are limitless products on the market to accomplish this task. However, you may find yourself in a situation where you don’t have access to these devices, and building your own may …
Tips for Choosing Your First Firearm Getting your first gun is an experience unlike any other, but it’s important to choose one that works for you. There are a million and one different models, calibers and sizes out there, and none of them are created equally. Let’s take a quick look at some factors to …
Canning Sweet Corn the Easy Way for Long Term Storage Corn is a fantastic source of carbohydrates, vitamins, antioxidants, fiber and is a great filler that can be used between meals. Canning it for long-term storage is not something that a lot of people think about, but it’s entirely possible as long as you follow …
How to Build a Sustainable Seed Vault Seeds could become worth their weight in gold in a long-term SHTF scenario, and it’s important to consider how building a seed vault can enhance your level of self-sufficiency. You don’t need to be a botanist or farming expert to build a reliable system that can give you …
The Unknown Benefits of the Coconut Tree Coconuts get a lot of attention for their wide ranging health benefits. They are also good for the skin and hair. However, almost every part of the coconut tree itself can be used for something, and this is why it is one of the most practical things that …
How to Catch Bait and Small Fish With a Plastic Bottle Did you know that you can literally fish just by using some old and unused plastic bottles? It’s true, and fashioning them into traps for bait fish as well as your next meal is not that complicated. In fact, this is one ingenious trick …
The Unknown Dangers of Chlorine Chlorine is probably the most widely-used toxic chemical in the country. It is normally found in gas or liquid form and is the basis a huge amount of industrial applications and consumer products. It is also a key component of water treatment systems from pools to municipal drinking water facilities. …
