My daughters opted to give me a hand setting this trap under the couch. The size here is quite exaggerated as this trip is typically used for rabbit size and under. I’ve used this in the woods with mixed results; here are the lessons I’ve learned: The bait has to be firmly attached to the […]
Why Gold
Why invest in gold? First off, gold is not for everyone, but if you’ve never considered precious metals I hope you will read this quick post. Some years ago I grew interested in precious metals investing. I asked my brother-in-law who had a small amount of gold, and whose father was an advocate of gold, […]
In Cold Water
Read this in a book and determined some excerpts were well worth sharing. “First and foremost, he (Dr. Gordon Giesbrecht) wants to dispatch the belief that hypothermia kills quickly. ‘If you think you have just minutes to life, that becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy,’ he explains. ‘If you decide you’re going to die, you tend to […]
Salted Fish
So there I was watching a documentary about mediaeval armies and something caught my ear. I never realized that up to 1/3rd of a campaigning armies diet was fish. The reason for this is that it was a form of protein relatively cheap to produce and preserve. The fish were salted and typically packed […]
GPS Down?
Attached is a story that a colleague of mine shared a while ago. While compass work and land navigation may seem out dated it can make a difference. This incident may not have turned life threatening, but it could have been serious and is a wonderful illustration of putting a perishable skill to good use. […]
Rescue Mirror
There are different methods of accomplishing this; but this is what I learned back in wilderness survival in scouts. Any mirror works and it is nice to have one designated specifically for this purpose. My emergency mirror is a small pocket mirror. In the center of this I scratched a small hole in the reflective […]
Muzzle Awareness
Some time ago I was up hunting bear with a good friend. We had baited an area the evening before with a 5 gallon plastic barrel full of rancid meat and strung it up in a tree. Early the next morning, before the sun rose, we drove part of the way from our camp in […]
Solar Water Still
Try it; a good buddy of mine used a similar system to draw clean water from his urine. I will get the exact method he used and share it here. And no matter how cool some TV hosts look drinking their own urine; just avoid it. if you are dehydrated especially, the effects can be […]
A Veteran’s Letter
As Veteran’s Day approaches, formerly known as Armistice Day, I am reminded of a story from one of my relatives who fought in the trenches of WW I. Think on those who currently serve and have come before us. While these men were able to kill each other all along the European front I can’t […]
Family Matters and Stuff
While in the Philippines I had an interesting discussion with a local copra farmer in the back wood of Leyte Island. We got into the discussion of typhoons and severe weather. I asked him what he did in the advent of severe storms and how his nipa hut did in the adverse conditions. A nipa […]