Basic Wilderness Survival Techniques

The Lewis and Clark survival schools offer training for wilderness expeditions. Even when you go into the wilderness fully supplied it helps to know the same type of survival techniques that Lewis and Clark used.

Most times when you are hiking a far distance, you want to take the minimal amount of equipment possible to make the backpack lighter, which is part of the basic wilderness survival techniques. During this time, you usually want to bring a minimum amount of food and hunt for the rest, which is more difficult to do given that there are laws governing the times of years in which it is lawful to hunt or trap.

The types of rifles we have today do make a bit of noise so it is important when learning how to hunt that you are good shot, otherwise you will find you do not have a second chance. Also, one of the basic wilderness survival techniques is the hunting rule that says that if you only wound your prey that you must track it until it drops or you can take a killing shot. Continue...