Camping can be a beautiful escape from the mundane routine of real life. It gives you time to reconnect with nature, to practice self-sufficiency and independence. You get to feel the satisfaction of the fire you built yourself, to listen to the sound of crickets when the sun goes down, appreciate the chill of the…

If you take a look at the world around you, the world of modern civilization, that is – you might notice a large quantity of people staring at little electronic squares. They’re on their phones, their tablets, their computers. It’s not difficult to make the assumption that people are extremely reliant on their daily technology.…

Flintknapping is the art of striking stones together in order to craft a tool. That’s the simple explanation. The full explanation is much more complicated, just like the processes involved in crafting a high-quality tool from simple stone. This process evolved over thousands of years as our ancestors figured out which stones worked best for…

Cordage is one of the most valuable survival tools you can have. With it, you can weave nets, construct a shelter, thatch a roof for your shelter, construct a raft, make snares, set up triplines, etc. The list pretty much goes on to infinity. Cordage is worth more than its weight in gold to the…

Mountain lions, also known as cougars, are one of the most feared predators in the United States, and while a lot of this fear stems from misunderstanding this creature, they are definitely dangerous enough to warrant a significant amount of respect. Thankfully the chance of you running into a cougar while you’re camping, hiking, or bugging…

Climbing trees goes back to our roots. Since the dawn of mankind and even before that, our ancestors were climbing trees for food, for high ground, and for fun. It’s an ingrained skill that children are born with; they climb on things all the time, and the less they are coddled and told not to,…

Sometimes, it can feel like we are bombarded with different information about what the most important aspect of survival is. We are expected to know how to build a fire using minimal resources. We are told to know how to find our way home and which direction to travel by looking at the stars. We…

When we watch television, view wonderful stories about frontiersmen, pioneers, and our ancestors, we often think about those bygone days and how we might fare under the same circumstances. Of course, we have to realize that many of those stories are glamorized for the media and Laura Ingles Wilder’s small house on the prairie was…

It’s one thing to study bushcraft and purchase bushcraft tools and announce to others that you’re “a bushcraft specialist.” It’s a completely different thing to actually put those methods to the test and utilize nothing but your skills to brave an overnighter out in the woods. Doing this from time to time can reveal gaps…

While there are a lot of people, who practice bushcraft, not a lot of them take to the woods for a period utilizing only their bushcraft skills to sustain them. And even fewer people record the attempt for all to see. Not this guy. His name is Brian, and recording his forays into bushcraft while…

One of the many skills that bushcrafters like to develop is the art of setting traps. For a prepper, setting traps is often thought of as a way to protect your property, and this is an effective use for them. For a survivalist/bushcrafter, though, setting traps is more often associated with capturing food. While the…

If you’re stranded out in the woods or living in a post-SHTF world, eventually you’re going to get hungry. That’s just one of those unfortunate things about the human body, despite how great it would be if we could produce our own nutrition through photosynthesis. When the time comes for you to eat finally (hopefully…

Cell phones continue to come and go. Just like with most technology, right after you leave the store with your new purchase in hand, your smartphone is already obsolete. The company is already done coming up with a new design that’ll replace the very phone in your hand. This leaves many preppers and people alike…

When you go to the movies, watch one of those “spy movies” and note how easily our hero can shoot a gun, jump into hand to hand combat, and throw a knife – hitting its target without a seemingly a second thought – it truly is inspiring. Sadly, at least for the knife throwing part,…