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Today I zeroed in one of the FAL rifles chambered in .308 (7.62×51 NATO) that is in Survival Topics armory. It’s been awhile since using the FAL and I’ve recently obtained several cases of Prvi Partizan 175 grain full metal jacketed rounds. A good time to re-familiarize myself with this excellent rifle. FAL on Forest [...]

When I was searching for an every day carry handgun that I would also take on extended overnight hikes in the mountains of the Great North Woods, the handgun I chose would have to satisfy several very important criteria. After all, one of the main uses for a handgun is for self defense, which I [...]

Firearms are the right arm of the Free world. Ammunition is the fuel of the firearm. Make no mistake: “guns keep you free”.  That much we all know beyond a doubt, except perhaps for those people who think the criminal element will spare them if we are all disarmed. Didn’t Hitler, Pol Pot, Stalin, and [...]

One of my favorite techniques for finding survival food when practicing survival skills is what I call “Survival Foraging on the Move”. This simple but effective method requires the survivor to expend little additional energy yet can produce a bountiful harvest of very nutritious wild edibles. The shear amount of survival food you can conjure [...]

Navigation Using the Stars Using the stars as navigational aids has been a well known skill used by explorers and travelers for many thousands of years. Without the use of a magnetic compass it is possible to go great distances and stay on course, an excellent survival skill if you know how. Those of us [...]

For many thousands of years Polaris has been used as a guiding star and reference point for navigators and astronomers. Through experience and observation wayfarers discovered the North Star lights the way to true north. The North Star Points True North Knowing how to find the north star in the northern hemisphere is one of [...]

Using wood ashes as a cleaning agent makes alot of sense: they are readily available, free, and relatively safe for the environment when compared to many types of soap. Repurpose Natural Materials When it comes to wilderness survival, large scale disaster, or even just camping outdoors we often try to do things in the same [...]

Bannock has been a staple food of wilderness explorers, prospectors, soldiers, and trappers for centuries. Portable, nutritious, tasty and easy to make while surviving in the outdoors, bannocks legendary reputation continues as one of the best survival foods you can bring into the wilderness. Bannock is high in carbohydrates and complements the proteins of pemmican, [...]

Chaga Conk on a Yellow Birch Timeless Wisdom: “Take only what you need and leave the rest”. Yesterday while snowshoeing I came upon a fine chaga conk or tinder fungus, known scientifically as the chaga mushroom Inonotus obliquus. The Chaga is such a valuable mushroom for wilderness survival and health I wanted to introduce Survival [...]