Wilderness Survival Skills

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Comment by Keren Crum on February 21, 2010 at 10:01pm

Hello! I'm new to this group, I actually stumbled across this site today from a facebook link. I'm really excited to be connecting to a group of naturalists and survivalists, it's something I've always dreamed of being skilled in, though I've had limited experience so far in my life. I've only ventured as a scavenger in the wild. Probably the most interesting thing I've scavenged was a writhing, headless, tail-less, rattlesnake I came across on a hike. I thought, "Fresh Meat!" and cooked it up over the camp fire that night. I tried to preserve the skin, but I wasn't sure on the technique, and it got all crispy. Anyway, Hello! I look forward to following this group, connecting to people, and learning interesting survival skills.

Comment by Daniel P. Hansche on February 2, 2010 at 4:39am

Fellow Survivalists, my fiance and I are in the Top 5 (out of 50) in a contest to win a free Green Wedding. We're hoping wilderness awareness folks will support this cause by voting online at the link below. It only takes 10 seconds, so please pass it on if you like what you see. Voting ends February 9th.

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Comment by Jack on January 22, 2010 at 9:17pm

thank you i saw the first book on amazon but wasnt sure if it would fit the bill im gonna have to recheck those books thanks for the knowledge

Comment by Tim Gibbons on January 22, 2010 at 7:07pm

Jack there is a couple of bug cookbooks if you serch Amazon. "Man Eating Bugs: The Art and Science of Eating Insects by Peter Menzel and Faith D'Aluisio"; "Eat-a-bug Cookbook: 33 ways to cook grasshoppers, ants, water bugs, spiders, centipedes, and their kin". These are a couple of titles. Not odd at all, bugs aren't all that bad, depending on the bugs. Ant larva is actually kind of sweet, follow the gorilla's example of harvesting. Bust open a dead log and then just sit there and pick the larve. Bugs are extremely high in protein. Moreso then I belive animal flesh. Volume can be a problem though.

Comment by Jack on January 22, 2010 at 5:34pm

This is kind of odd... but does anyone know any good books or general resources on foraging and eating bugs I've found a couple sites with explanations on "safe" bug foraging, with some tips and rules to follow but was looking for something with a little more substance and something i could trust. If anyone knows anything or any good resources on the subject matter please let me know.

Comment by Tim Gibbons on November 24, 2009 at 10:00am

Are there any people in the Pac Northwest who are into the Atlatl? I have recently taken up study of this tool and would love to connect to others interested in it. I am almost finnished carving out my board (a wes bakker style) and just need to work on darts, the hard part. Any suggestions for in the area for dart material? I was thinking willow shafts? Has anyone experience with aluminum darts? How do they throw? Cheers

Comment by deerwoman on March 4, 2009 at 8:24am

The link re: Asteroid 2009 DD45-

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Comment by deerwoman on March 4, 2009 at 8:23am

Near miss of strike by 'Space Rock'. This could be a wake-up call for the real need for survival skills.

Comment by Pavel Svancara on March 3, 2009 at 7:23am

Yes, PEZ, petroleum jelly is for me not primitive enough. Another alternative is fomes fomentarius, which was used in our country as late as at the beginning of the last century. The appropriate part of the sponge was boiled with ashes or saltpepper scraped from the sides of dung holes. The spark cought in it is very living and resembles a portfire.

It's a nice challange for me to find something dry enough in a rainy day wood. Usually I always found something which worked together with a spoonful of poplar cotton tinder.

Comment by PEZ on March 2, 2009 at 8:05pm

OK, if you are saving the white poplar tufts and carrying it along with you, I have a tip that I use. I am not sure it would qualify as strictly primitive but... I carry a steel (end of an old hacksaw blade rounded out) and a flint. Then I have one of those waterproof matches carriers which I fill with cotton balls (real cotton) rubbed in petroleum jelly. You can ignite one of these cotton balls in one good stroke of a flint. The jelly burns beautifully and for quite a while so you can use it to dry tinder and get a fire going in wet conditions. Not very primitive...

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