Extreme Survival

Image source: Pixabay.com Imagine this situation: You silently enter a nearby piece of woods and move stealthily along some edge cover. You take each step with...

Image source: Flickr / Creative Commons You probably thought they had no purpose other than giving your kids hours and hours of fun in the yard...

Ever wonder how our 19th-century ancestors maintained a strangely effective telegraph and telephone grid long before the days of highly efficient batteries? The short answer is...

Image source: Pixabay.com The sun is beating down, it’s somewhere around 80 degrees in the shade, there are hot dogs and fresh corn-on-the-cob corn on the...

Image source: Pixabay.com It seems that everyone has their ideas about survival kits and must-have tools. I've probably read through at least 100 different lists in...

I grew up during a time when many television programs were still black and white. I remember coming home from school and watching Andy Griffith, McHale's...

Artist: Martin Grelle Whether is was a matter of sneaking up on prey to catch their next meal, sniffing out enemies who might be nearby so...

All hunters complain, at least one, about having to buy a hunting license. For that matter, they've probably complained that they were limited to hunting only...

No. 1. Careless packaging and storage Careless packaging and storage will give you an inefficient and potentially unusable stockpile. You must protect your stockpile from pests,...

Image source: wikimedia While packing your survival kit, weight is a major concern. Fortunately, you can lighten the load significantly by carrying small and lightweight but...