Survival Trapping 101 No matter how well you have prepared or how large your stockpile is, during a long term event your supplies will eventually run out. Hunting will be necessary for larger prey, but it is a time and energy consuming task which requires several skills to be successful. Trapping is less time consuming …
DIY Crossbow from Scratch In a survival situation a crossbow can be a better option than a longbow because you can make your own from scratch without requiring pieces from another weapon. A crossbow is also physically easier to use and is suitable to shooters of varying heights and weights. It takes less practice to …
Off-Grid Community Discovered in the Appalachian Mountains The video below depicts a small off grid community currently residing in the Appalachian mountains. The life style they have chosen reminds me of how I tend to envision a post SHTF group living without the SHTF event. Other communities living off grid have chosen to be self …
DIY Boot Survival Kit We’ve seen a number of small survival kits that could get you through a large difficult issue. These kits aren’t intended to replace your bug out bag not even your 72 hour kit rather to add to them and for use when those kits might not be available to us. We …
What You Can Take Away From Famous Outdoorsmen Both Canada and the United States were built so to speak on the backs of outdoorsmen. The Brave, adaptable, and creative this men moved from the populated areas of our budding country to explore and conquer the unknown regions many of us live in today. We can …
Beginning Bushcraft Busting the bushcraft kit myth is the purpose of our featured blog from Frontier Bushcraft. Author Paul Kirtley discusses the skills required to start your bush craft training. Things you should know how to do on your own without any specialized gear. I agree with his premise. You don’t really know which gear …
Test Your Wilderness Survival Knowledge I know quizzes are not always the true test of knowledge. Circumstances can make a huge difference in what is the right and what is the wrong answer. But I also find value in them because they give us a jumping off point. If what I feel is the correct …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. The Practical Skills Mega-List We know there are a lot of skills necessary to make our way in the world today. In a post SHTF world there are even more! Ones we aren’t taught in any public school and too often not at our parent’s sides either. Not because …
6 Primitive Survival Traps Tapping is a lost art of sorts, there are much more efficient ways of finding and hunting food in the modern world. But if you do find yourself in the wilderness and need food primitive traps could be your best bet at passive hunting. To see the traps and learn how …
17 Unconventional Fire Starters We all know how to start a basic fire. But what if when the need arises you have been separated from your chosen method or methods of building one? Particularly if your caught in bad weather this could be devastating. Lucky for us Survival Life has come up with 17 unusual methods …
