Making Valuable Survival Shelters How about sleeping outside in a primitive survival shelter without any tent and a sleeping bag?! May be in the rain or in extreme cold? Are you out of your mind? Many of us may find the idea foolish and a bit frightening. However, with appropriate materials and the right frame of mind you can construct a primitive survival shelter within a couple of hours and lie. Though, with each season and environment, you will have to face different challenges, there are quite a few common principles for making effective survival shelters: Location The salient aspect of making shelters is selecting an ideal location. A good location provides straightforward access to plentiful construction materials such as [...]
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Making Valuable Survival Shelters
Posted: 7th May 2013 by admin in How To, John milandred on Survivalism, Wilderness SurvivalTags: Making Valuable Survival Shelters, primitive survival shelter, shelter
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10 Important Items for A Preppers Survival.
Posted: 3rd May 2013 by admin in Family Survival, John milandred on Survivalism, Survival Skills, Wilderness SurvivalTags: 10 Important Items, John Milandred, Preppers Survival, survival
10 Important Items for Survival By John Milandred A mini survival kit is a small survival kit which consists of the most essential outdoor survival tools and supplies which are the hardest to improvise or replace. A mini survival kit is intended to be carried along all the time and is usually designed to complement other survival tools carried along in a larger, separate bag. The items included in a mini survival kit are difficult if not impossible to manufacture or obtain in real world survival situations. A mini survival kit is intended to remain with you always, be appropriate to all environments, without being too large. Meeting your basic needs during a disaster or survival situation is the [...]
10 Must Have Safety Tools for Camping in the Wild
Posted: 16th July 2012 by milandred in Wilderness SurvivalTags: mukst have survival items
10 Must Have Safety Tools for Camping in the Wild Basic human survival techniques are all but forgotten in this day of convenience foods, electronics and automobiles. However, knowing a little bit about how to survive without all of our modern conveniences is a good idea in case of an emergency or if you find yourself lost in the woods while hiking. A family camping trip is a good way for families to learn these skills while spending some quality time together. Before you venture out into the woods, make sure that you’ve packed these ten must-have safety tools. 1. Water and more water. Bring more than you think you need and take any opportunity to refill your canteens [...]
Tanning Hides
Posted: 24th November 2010 by admin in Hunting & Trapping, Leather Working, Wilderness SurvivalTags: Tanning Hides
Tanning Hides The Indians Tanned hides in several ways and by different substances according to the tribe. It is always well to keep in mind that Indian tribes were different and that many of them had their own style of doing things. Indian buckskin is NOT tanned at all. It is just worked soft. A fresh skin is immediately soaked in water for several days, usually from 3 to 6. Sometimes the hair is cut off, or at least as much as possible. A lye made of wood ashes is used for removing the hair from the pelts of elk & moose (not necessary on deer) In some cases the ashes are sprinkled on the hair, rubbed in, and then [...]
Beating the Cold
Posted: 24th September 2010 by admin in Survival Info, Weather, Wilderness SurvivalTags: Beating the Cold
Beating the Cold This is true Indian Style. Did you ever wonder why the Indians could travel so light without freezing to death? Or why they only built a small fire? A small fire was built so they would not attract nor be seen by others, this was for safety and also for another reason. They would only need a small amount of coals from the fire to stay warm. They would take and dig a small trench about 10 inches deep. Then they would take the coals out of the fire, spread them in the trench, and cover them up with dirt or sand depending on the terrain. They would now spread their canvas or blanket over [...]
Shelters
Posted: 8th July 2010 by milandred in Making what you need, Wilderness SurvivalTags: Shelters
by Leon Pantenburg In most cases, a properly-pitched and sited tarp shelter works very well. The advantages of a tarp over a tent are primarily in the weight-savings category. But in some instances and situations, a tarp may be the most effective shelter you can carry. This basic A-Frame tarp shelter is a good design to improvise from. Make this the planned shelter and modify it to fit the terrain and your needs. For years, I have included a tarp (along with some sort of survival knife) as part of my survival kit and for shelter on backpacking and hunting trips. If I ever got wet or uncomfortable during the night on these excursions, it was because I either didn’t [...]
