Rough Camping & Survival Tips

[BourbonTrail]

Took me a few minutes to figure out that automatic hook setter with trigger was for barbel (barber?) Should work like a champ- scary simple! Back in the day, a small metal, spring loaded hook setter contraption based on same idea was available... called a Yo-Yo I think.

With practice those rubber band powered sling shots actually work pretty well for small birds and game up to chipmunk size. Our small gang in grade school, 3rd to 5th grade IIRC, would hunt doves and house sparrows in large trees during the fall on school grounds during recess. Max range with some percentage of hits not too bad... up to about 20-30 feet. Would be of some use for gathering survival food. I am sure small birds and similar size game were what that young boy in Zambia was hunting with his sling shot. Pop a couple, build a small fire and have a meal

I still have a box of “yo-yo”s in the garage. They are very effective for catfish and turtles. I used to have trot lines but they are a mess to deal with, and illegal in a lot of places.

 

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modified land trap to catch fish

 

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L7 Trigger for traps

 

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knife skills
stick carving

 

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survival fishing line and hook

 

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survival

needle and thread

 

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...beware of this species....

 

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fire help

 

[fourfive8]

L7 Trigger for traps

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Gotta love Mora knives. Simple, excellent design, high quality, inexpensive.

 

[F. Vaccaro]

Gotta love Mora knives. Simple, excellent design, high quality, inexpensive.

The Morankiv knives are widely underrated, we can find them as cheaply as $9.99 on Amazon. I once boned out a cow elk with one & it was still sharp when I was done. I carry a couple for emergency in my day pack & one in my P/U!

 

[BourbonTrail]

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I learned how to make cordage like this out of Agave plants back when I was in high school. I’ve seen it on a couple of survival shows since then. It does work really well, but the “needle” is rather large.

 

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