Category: Wilderness survival

First Aid: How to Identify and Treat Shock

First Aid: How to Identify and Treat Shock Shock is an outward sign of a host of life-threatening medical conditions that indicate the patient needs immediate care.  However, the manifestation of shock can take on many different forms, and some are more obvious than others.  Let’s look at some of the common signs so that …

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Why Fire Ants Sting and How to Deal With Them

Why Fire Ants Sting and How to Deal With Them Fire, or red ants, are particularly aggressive and produce a very painful bite.  Their bites are also potentially-lethal to pets and humans, especially if a victim has an allergy to bee stings.  Let’s take a look at some reasons why they bite as well as …

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How to Efficiently Pluck Game Fowl for Dinner

How to Efficiently Pluck Game Fowl for Dinner Hunting and killing popular game foul is the easy part when compared to the struggles that many people have with preparing their kill for dinner. However, plucking a bird is not as difficult as it seems, and you can clean an entire bird in just a few …

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How to Clean and Process a Dove

How to Clean and Process a Dove Doves are found in most parts of the country, and their meat is a good source of protein with little fat.  While you won’t get a lot of meat out of each bird, cleaning and removing the breast will provide you with a decent serving that can be …

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Create a Mini-Solar Heater With Plastic Bottles and a Sun Shade

Create a Mini-Solar Heater With Plastic Bottles and a Sun Shade You can create a mini-solar heater that is powerful enough to heat a bottle of water with some plastic bottles and a reflective vehicle sun shade.   This is an excellent way to have some hot water available for re-hydrating foods or uses that …

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How To Make An Off-The-Grid Tealight Slow Cooker

How To Make An Off-The-Grid Tealight Slow Cooker   Slow cooking is an art form that has been around for eons, and there are a lot of ways to get the job done.  However, many methods are not all that efficient and require a lot of fuel to keep the heat on for hours at …

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How to Make a Cheap and Effective Live Rabbit Trap

How to Make a Cheap and Effective Live Rabbit Trap   A box rabbit trap is probably the easiest and most humane way to hunt and trap rabbits.  Shooting them requires a lot of time and skill, snare traps can be tricky and difficult to set, and most people don’t have enough land to make …

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Check Out This Hunting and Fishing Spear! Here’s the DIY.

Check Out This Hunting and Fishing Spear!  Here’s the DIY. Hunting spear designs can get pretty complicated, especially when creative individuals start forging their own tips or making customized handles.  The reality is that rudimentary spears can be just as effective and a heck of a lot easier to build.  Let’s take a look at …

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DIY Simple but Very Effective Hiking Gaiters

DIY Simple but Very Effective Hiking Gaiters Hiking gaiters are wraps that attach to pant legs around the shins and ankles in order to keep these areas clean and dry.  These are ideal for going over tall, wet grass, deep puddles, marshy areas or through snow.  They can help to minimize irritation due to moisture, …

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How to Make Ant Bait Traps With Prescription Bottle Caps

How to Make Ant Bait Traps With Prescription Bottle Caps Prescription bottle caps are the perfect size and design for improvised ant bait traps.  All you need to do is make a couple of modifications, use the right bait and place them in the right location.  Take a look at the following steps and see …

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