In a survival situation, staying hydrated is vital. Sometimes there is no water source close to you like a river or a pond. But there is one thing you will ever find in the wild. Trees!
Trees are very helpful for surviving. They provide wood for fire and shelter but they are also an infinite supply of fresh clean water.
This video will show you how to easily fill your canteen by tapping a tree.
Go Further and Make a Survival Pocket Water Filter
When SHTF and your supplies run out, will you be able to feed your family? As I said in my previous article Top 10 Wild Edible Plants For Survival, there is a lot of food around you. If you know how to harvest all this free food, you will survive and thrive. In this article you will learn how to make survival traps using your resources.
Remember that in a survival situation, you must eat more calories than you expend. These traps may help you catch food and help you save time and energy that can be spent elsewhere. Some traps can also be used against intruders.
The Paiute deadfall uses a piece of cordage and a catch stick. Tie one end of a piece of cordage to the lower end of the diagonal stick. Tie the other end of the cordage to another stick about 5 centimeters long. This 5-centimeter stick is the catch stick. Bring the cord halfway around the vertical stick with the catch stick at a 90-degree angle. Place the bait stick with one end against the drop weight, or a peg driven into the ground, and the other against the catch stick. When a prey disturbs the bait stick, it falls free, releasing the catch stick. As the diagonal stick flies up, the weight falls, crushing the prey.
Source: Wilderness Survival
A very simple fishing spear. Check out full instructions from Reality Survival.
Fish Traps
Fish swim next to banks at night or move from deep holes into shallow water to feed. They can often be directed into traps from which they are unlikely to escape.
Funnel Trap
Make the walls of the funnel trap with piled-up stones or tightly spaced sticks driven solidly into the river or lakebed. Close the entrance to the trap, roil the water, then either spear the fish or net them with a seine made by tying a shirt or other cloth between two stout poles.
Source: Field and Stream
Maybe the most simple trap you can do. Catch easily dozens of minnows with only a plastic bottle and some bread.
Bird Traps
Birds can be much easier to trap than mammals and should be among your first targets for a meal.
Ojibwa Bird Pole
Set this trap in a large clearing where birds will naturally seek it out as a landing place.
Step One Sharpen both ends of a 6-foot pole and drill a small hole near one end. Drive the other end into the ground until it is secure.
Step Two Cut a 6-inch-long stick that will loosely fit into the hole. Tie a rock to a thin cord and pass the cord through the hole in the pole, then make a slip noose that drapes over the perch.
Step Three Tie an overhand knot in the cord in back of the slip noose and place the stick against the hole. Tension should hold it in position. When a bird flies down and perches, it will displace the stick, the rock will fall, and its feet will be caught as the loop quickly slides through the hole.
Source: Field and Stream
Be careful when using this traps and snares. If you want to learn more, I really recomment you The Trapper’s Bible from Dale Martin. It’s an excellent book you can keep on hand. It’s very important to have printed copies of all your books, articles, etc because you can’t rely on internet and electricity. These printed copies can be also used to teach all the things you think are important to your children.
Knifes are one the best survival tools. If you are in a survival situation, you will certainly use materials you have on hands to build your own tools. I’ve compiled some of the best knife making tutorials. Theses guys use only natural or easy to find materials. If you’re able to make your own knife today, you’ll be well prepared in a survival/SHTF scenario.
Very useful video because you will always be able to find some stones to make a survival knife. Even if you are lost in the wild.
You should have a saw in your garage. So it’s easy to make your own knife with this tool.
A very tough knife.
Making a primitive stone knife made from flint and a whitetail deer antler.
As you see, we have infinite mechanical parts that can be chnaged into a great knife.
A picture is worth a 1000 words. Here are great visuals that are packed with tips, trick and information that could save your life in a time to come.
If you want to know how to choos a knife or a multi-tool, you can watch this video.
Water is the most vital supply. Read these articles about Long-term Water Storage For Emergencies and Purifying Water When You Have Nothing
If you want to learn more:
Use clothes and a can of tuna to make some high quality fire starter! Here’s how to make a great batch of Char-Cloth to add to your emergency kit.
Click Here to Learn How to Make Fire By Rubbing Sticks
Cast away on a deserted island? Here’s a survival technique for making a fire with the most basic of resources. How to make a fire rubbing 2 sticks together!
Click Here to Make Your Own Fire Starter
Mike Oehler lived for over 30 years in an underground home that he built for $50 (and expanded for $500) on his land in Northern Idaho near the Canadian border. Now in his seventies his arthritis keeps him from hiking up to his home, but he continues to “write and proselytize”
Find out how to do it yourself with his books…
Click Here to Learn How to Make a Fishing Pole Using a Stick
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