Image courtesy of SurvivalIQ.com
SurvivalIQ.com has a nice article on several methods of catching fish without having to tend a line.
Many of these methods are traps, which are great for increasing your odds for food in a survival situation.
Couple this with some dead fall traps and you can get food from the land and the water.
image courtesy of Instructables.com
Found this over at Instructables.com
This is an old technique for carving out wood. Using coals to burn away the wood you don’t need will not only create a canister, but can also be used to hollow out a log for a bowl or even a canoe.
photo courtesy of USCrow.org
UsCrow.org created a great list of 23 critical items that will come in handy for a SHTF scenario/Survival situation.
Many of these items would be good to keep in your B.O.B, especially the honey and rice.
Of course, if you have an off-site shelter, stock up with these items and be ready when the zombie apocalypse comes
Found at Survival Magazine
photo courtesy of Survival Magazine
An easy step-by-step instruction on how to make char cloth. Char cloth is a great tinder material. It will take a spark and will hold it long enough to light other tinder.
It’s easy to make and materials are readily available.
Bland County Survivorman has this great tutorial on how to make cordage out of items found in the wild.
Having cordage is an essential in a survival situation. You can never have enough. Being able to make some on the fly could mean the difference between survival and death.
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Here’s a great quick reference info graphic on how to build a campfire
image courtesy of ScoutmasterCG.com
About a year ago I picked up the Chainmate Pocket Chainsaw for my bug out bag. I heard that these small chainsaws were ideal for a bug out bag due to their small profile, light weight, and performance.
Packs down to about the size of your palm
On my last camping trip I re-discovered the chainsaw in my smaller survival gear pouch. You see, this chainsaw was so small and light weight that I had forgotten that it was even in my pouch.
Pocket chainsaws have a bad rap amongst survivalists. Most of the time, survival kits will come with the flimsy wire chainsaws that tend to fall apart when you give it a funny look. The wire chainsaws as mostly garbage and not worth the space they take up in your survival kit.
Although the premise always sounded like a good idea – a chainsaw blade attached to handles. Basically a human powered chainsaw.
I was still a bit skeptical when I opened this pocket chainsaw. It looked sturdy but how would it hold up cutting through a 4 inch, freshly felled tree?
The Chainmate Pocket Chainsaw cut through the 4 inch trunk cleanly.
I was surprised at how quickly the saw made it through the wood. Even though the tree was still green, the saw had no problem slicing though the wet wood.
Well, not really a “green” tree.
About the only downside to the pocket chainsaw is that you have to make sure the chain is straight and you saw through the wood. A slight deviation in the angle will cause the chain to bind. After a few minutes you do get used to the motion and it begins to become almost effortless.
The Chainmate Pocket Chainsaw is definitely a great addition to your survival kit or your bug out bag. This chainsaw will cut through all but the hardest and/or thickest of wood.
Now stop giggling at the last sentence.
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Greetings Nature N3rdlings,
This is shaping up to be a big year for The Nature N3rd and also for all my fans.
I’ll be introducing a new category specifically for camping. This will be different than the Survival Skills category. The Camping category will be focused towards family camping. So if you are not a seasoned survivalist or just want to go out to your local campgrounds with the kids, this category will be for you.
I will be presenting at this years’s All-Con in Addison, TX on how to survive the Zombie Apocalypse using real survival techniques.
And the big news for 2014 is that I will be setting up a monthly camping trip that will be open to the public. These trips will be open for anyone who wants to learn more about camping and the outdoors. I will demonstrate basic camping skills (shelters, fire, cooking, knots, etc). These lessons will be free of charge and will only require an RSVP (and signing a hold harmless agreement, legal stuff).
Of course, I will still be bringing new product reviews and curating the best survival/camping content from around the net.
I look forward to seeing you in the great outdoors.
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Nature N3rd
The Nature N3rd 