Hunting, Trapping and Fishing

Do you Plan to Live off of the Land When the SHTF? – So Will Everyone Else!

This is a guest post and entry in our non-fiction writing contest  by Colonel D from Nashville I’m intrigued when I read in various books, blogs or hear others speak of how they plan to “live off the land”. My first thought is good luck with that one everyone else will have the same idea. The [...]

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Spring Beaver Trapping for Survival

By Bruce “Buckshot” Hemming In my end of the world novel “Grid Down Reality Bites” there is chapter on spring beaver trapping. I thought your readers would like to learn how to do these 3 methods of trapping beaver. Last spring I taught a 3 survival minded individuals how to trap beaver. We used #4 legholds [...]

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A Modern Mountain Man

Guest post by Bruce ‘Buckshot’ Hemming Being a Modern Mountain man I have traveled all over and have had some very unique experiences in my lifetime. I snared a wild pig in Hawaii, trapped arctic blue fox in Alaska, trapped monster sized mink in North Dakota, and had some hair rising Spring beaver trapping in [...]

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How To Build A Survival Fishing Kit That You Can Count On

This is a guest post by Edward R [This is an entry in our non-fiction writing contest where you could win a number of prizes including an 84 serving storage bucket of Wise Food Storage, 500 rounds of 9mm ammo, a NukAlert  a copy of my book The Dirt Cheap Survival Retreat and a copy of my CD [...]

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What Everybody Ought to Know About Bow Hunting For Survival

“This is a guest post by JimShyWolf and entry in our non-fiction writing contest – where you could win $100 cash. (This contest ends on June 5 2011 so get busy)” Let’s clear the air first. I’m not a professional archer or bow hunter. I’ve never published an article in BowHunter or Archery magazine, nor have I ever [...]

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Wandering The Wasteland After The Collapse

Guest post by Bruce Buckshot Hemming I was reading another survival blog when the age-old Semi versus Bolt gun argument came up.”Our character is out wandering around after the Apocalypse ( Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse ) and is attacked by dogs. He gallantly fought them off with his SKS. And made the comment that he [...]

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Review: Buckshot’s Complete Survival Trapping Guide

Bruce ‘Buckshot’ Hemming sent me his book “Buckshot’s Complete Survival Trapping Guide” for review and I must say, I’m glad he did. Bruce has over 34 years of trapping experience and is one of the most knowledgable trappers alive today. It is obvious by the down to earth tone of book that Buckshot lives what he [...]

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Survival Trapping and Snaring

Guest Post By Bruce Buckshot    One of earlier modern writers about being a survivalist, Mel Tappan came to the conclusion that trapping was far superior to hunting for gathering game. He broke it down into a calorie count where as the normal hunter uses more calories hunting for the food then he/she does in replacing [...]

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Review: Into The Primitive: Advanced Trapping Techniques

I mentioned this book in my earlier post “Security at A Remote Homestead” and thought it a good idea to elaborate more here. The book has lot’s of good information, information not found in other books, the section on Path Guards & Alarms is most impressive. To me the title of the book is somewhat misleading. Seeing a [...]

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"Guest Post: Silent Hunting"

As we all know, we will need the nutrients that fresh meat offers when in a prolonged survival situation. No matter where you live, even if close to a major population (like myself unfortunately), there is most likely a large population of rabbits, squirrels, pigeons and other birds. If you are unfortunate enough to live [...]

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