Bow and Arrows – how to make and use bow and arrows in the wild

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You can easily construct a suitable short-term bow. When it loses its spring or breaks, you can simply replace it. Here’s how.

One of the earliest weapons used by humans, the throwing stick, commonly known as the rabbit stick (or throwing club, kylie, or boomerang), is very effective against small game (squirrels, chipmunks, and rabbits).

To make a bladed spear, use the same procedures to make the blade that you used to make a knife blade. Flint, obsidian, iron, or bone can be used for a spearhead.

In a survival scenario, a knife is by far your most important tool. A knife has four basic functions. It can puncture, slash or chop, cut, and scrape. A knife is also an invaluable tool used to construct other survival items. If you find yourself in a survival situation without a knife, you can make…

A club, also known as cudgel, baton, mace, nightstick or bludgeon, is essentially a short stick. You hold clubs and most are small enough to swing with one hand (although a shorter walking stick will also suffice). Although they are not thrown as you would a throwing stick, the club can extend your area of…

A staff (also called a walking staff, walking stick, trekking poles, hiking poles, or walking poles) should be one of the first tools you obtain.

It is important to properly maintain your weapons, tools, and gear. This is especially true of your knife. You must always keep it sharp and ready to use. A knife is your most valuable tool in a survival situation. With the proper knowledge and skills, you can easily improvise needed items. In survival situations, you…

After having solved the problems of finding water, shelter, and animal food, you will have to consider the use of plants you can eat. In a survival situation you should always be on the lookout for familiar wild foods and live off the land whenever possible.

Unless the situation occurs in an arid environment, even water, which is more important to maintaining body functions, will usually follow food in our initial thoughts.

Always light your fire from the upwind side. Make sure you lay the tinder, kindling, and fuel so that your fire will burn as long as you need it. Igniters provide the initial heat required to start the tinder burning. They fall into two categories: modern methods and primitive methods.