Teach Yourself Survival Skills

in this vid you can see how i make fire with a clear plastic (PET) water bottle - the kind that you find everywhere (unfortunately... :( ). i used charred cloth, horseshoe fungus and almost-dry cow dung to get an ember (you can use other natural tinder, too) and some jute twine to get a flame (you can use dry grass, tree bark fibers, dry leafs etc.). i want to thank to my friend radu (aka

This is a simple fish trap based on the concept of a spring snare but modified to be more effective in more situations. The deadfall can be setup almost anywhere and has many advantages over a spring snare. Tags: * survival fishing * primitive fishing * primitive trapping * survival school * dead fall trap * fish trap * primitive fish trap * fishing

Brothers Caleb Musgrave and Robert Munilla travel to the Boreal forests of Canada in the dead of winter (January) to film and demonstrate cold weather survival and wilderness skills. In this video, Brother Caleb, who grew up learning and living wilderness skills in this environment, along with Brother Robert show how to make the Sampson Post Deadfall, using a single tree. This trap was used

Are you ready to bug out in cold weather? What gear would you need? How would you stay clean? I thought I was ready until I actually tried winter camping for ten days. I had a lot to learn, the hard, cold way. Sot and I arrived on Sunday and were stoked to get on the trail to find a place to set up camp. The snow wasn't deep enough to need snowshoes, which also meant we wouldn't be making

a day out into the woods after some serious rain, presenting the swedish torch - my way: you don't need to cut and split big logs, and you can do it with your sak saw (although i preffer my fiskars). i cheated a bit, using a mini-bushbuddy burner (made from a tea candle) to light the torch.

Will YOU die first? I give you a WARNING on who to WATCH OUT FOR. I also give you a warning for YOURSELF if you are in "The Big Three."

This article is taken from American Survival Guide July, 1993 volume 15 number 7 pages 56 thru 59 Name: One Effort, Multiple Results: Survival Homestead By: Richard R Doucet The author is a retired U.S. Army sergeant with a background in infantry, logistics and administrative and security training. He currently heads his own security firm and is an adjunct faculty member with the University of

How to CLEANLY Field Dress a Deer in under 7 Minutes - WARNING GRAPHIC! My first time to make an instructional video. Usually takes me 5-7 min to field dress a deer start to finish. However I haven't ever done it while talking before so it took a bit longer :) I made this video for my brother-in-law and decided to post it here. Sorry the camera angle isn't better but I hope it helps you in the

Lonnie takes you on a step by step tutorial through the process of how to make a bushcraft bucksaw.

Using the net we made in the netting videos to build a live capture trap for small game and birds. Changes to the set up we should have made, but didnt were 1- use a bigger net 2 - use a shorter length of cordage between the net and main cordage. Good practice though and unless you try, you will never know what you need to do make the trap even more effective.

Wild Food Procurement: Simple and comprehensive kit for bushcraft fishing and survival use. Tags: * survival * fishing * bushcraft * wilderness * living * self-reliance * primitive * skills * dual * ozark * mountian * preparedness

The pine tree has a lot to offer the bushcraft enthusiast from a source of vitamin C to a colander! In the first of 3 films, survival expert Sean Collins demonstrates the uses of pine needles and cones in a woodland setting. In subsequent programmmes he talks about pine string and uses for a dead pine tree. Tags: * bushcraft * outdoor sports * woodlands * pine needles *

This video demonstrates how to make pine pitch glue and primitive fire sticks out of pine sap, charcoal, and grass.  Tags: * bushcraft glue * pitch pine uses * pitch pine * pine pitch * primitive glue * survival glue * fire sticks * pitch glue