Survival situations can include driving your car. You might be evading an aggressor, or you could be trying to get to the Emergency Room with a wounded family member in the car. Regardless of what is pushing you to drive like a stunt man, you need to have the skills necessary to get where you [...]

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Guns are expensive. That’s the plain and simple truth. A quality firearm will cost you anywhere from $500 to $3000. Not exactly pocket change, I know. A lot of people I know don’t own any guns at all because they feel that they just don’t have the money to afford one.
Whether you are looking for [...]

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If you don’t know how to fish, take the time to learn the basics. It may save your life one day. That’s important, isn’t it? Fishing is fun and relaxing, but besides that, it’s a way to fill your belly when there’s not much else to eat.
When in a survival situation, you’ll need to find [...]

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I have finally made my decision about a hunting rifle. Now, I know that in the past I said I was going to get a surplus Mosin-Nagant to hunt with, but I don’t think I will now. I think I would rather have something a little more modern. Modern…ha.
I’ve chosen the lever action .30-30. New [...]

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I read an article today that made a pretty decent case for the .270 as an ideal deer hunting cartridge. The article was in the current issue of Peterson’s Hunting (August 2007). Technically, the piece was written from the angle of getting rid of (well, not hunting with) some too-weak, too-strong, or generally ill-suited-for-deer cartridges.
Once [...]

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