First you should know that you can use wilderness elements like rocks, sticks and more to your advantage. Throwing a decent sized rock can hurt your opponent and the same goes for a stick. Just make sure the elements are large enough to do some damage if faced with an emergency. It ALL comes down to survival.

1. Rocks

Need a weapon to keep bandits at bay? A large stack of rocks and a place to throw from can be an effective deterrent when you and your group are threatened with danger.

2. Throwing Stick

A great way to hunt small animals like rabbits and possums is also another way to help keep dangerous wildlife and people at bay. But a large supply of sticks on hand that are just the right size and weight to inflict pain or wound an opponent can be effective tools.

3. Club

A club can be effective against a dangerous dog as well as a dangerous person; it can also be effective against a wolf but if you're faced off against several wolves now you have a problem.

4. Spear

Spear have been used throughout history to defend man in both battle and also from wildlife. The Spartans used spears in battle and the Maasai use (and still use) spears to hunt African lions in the wilds of Kenya.

5. Atlatl

The atlatl is a revolutionary invention from early history — it's commonly called a “spear thrower”. It's a stick or board with a hooked end that works like a rock in a sling — instead of throwing a rock though, an atlatl throws a small spear (which is actually more like a long arrow).

6. Sling

Slings have been used for hunting small game as well as in combat. The most famous combat depiction of a sling's potential for taking life is the Bible's story of David and Goliath (1 Samuel 17:32-50); David, the shepherd, rises to the challenge of the Philistine's prized warrior, Goliath, tallest and biggest man on the battlefield. David arms his sling with a rock, whirls it overhead, and let's the rock fly — it hits dead on target, colliding with Goliath's skull, and he falls to the ground dead.

7. Bola

A bola is thrown by hand, like a sling, but instead of a rock being the projectile, the entire bola becomes the projectile. And rather than the target being a person's or animal's head, with a bola the legs are the target.

8. Dagger

A large knife used solely for self-defense and fighting, for stabbing and thrusting motions. This is a weapon for up close and very dangerous and bloody fighting.

9. Sword

There's a reason that just about every army in ancient history had soldiers that carried swords — it's length, weight, and sharpened edges can be deadly in close quarters combat. Modern day experts say that true swordsmanship doesn't look anything like what TV and movies often depict sword fights.

10. Blowgun

A blowgun is a small (sometimes larger) tube made from bamboo or — in the modern age — a hollow pen or small PVC pipe or even a thick straw. It's loaded with a dart and then the tube blown into with a quick puff of air — the dart is shot from the tube, striking the target.

11. Bow and Arrow

Proven an effective weapon for both hunting and combat, the bow and arrow have been used by hunters and soldiers alike to cause the death or serious injury of countless people and animals across history.

Specialized Weapons

12. Tomahawk

Resembling a modern day hatchet, a tomahawk (short throwing axe) was a weapon made famous by Native American tribes that has even been used by select Special Forces soldiers as a secondary weapon in conflicts like the Vietnam War, as reported by authors on the subject.

13. Viking Axe

Fighting with an axe is going to call for serious dexterity and strength. This comes from training to use an axe in battle.

14. Caltrop

Not many people know what a caltrop is. See various photos here. Please take special note of this weapon — it's a four pointed spike that is left on the ground typically to injure animals such as war horses, camels, and even elephants (used by an opposing army) when they step on any one of these spikes.

So what type of weapon are you going to learn how to master first? Some of these primitive weapons you may have not even heard of before, so continue to read up on Secrets of Survival and learn how to use them. This way you'll have knowledge and skill about 3-4 weapons. Emergencies happen, but you'll be ready to take them on.