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What types of wood do you have to gather to start a fire? |
Before getting out your matches, gather tinder, kindling, and fuel. |
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Defensive driving habits |
1. Have an eye lead time of 4+ seconds. 2. Have a vehicle following distance of 2+ seconds. 3. Keep scanning 360° with your eyes, move them to something new after two seconds. 4. Try to keep yourself a space cushion in all four directions. 5. Beware of yours and others' blind spots - flash lights or tap horn preemptively. 6. Drive max 7 mph over, and drop down with the special yellow speed limit signs. 7. Check a different rearview mirror every seven seconds or so. |
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What are the priorities of survival? |
Your priorities in order are: shelter, fire, water, food. |
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What to do if it's windy when you're trying to start a fire? |
It's very difficult to start a fire from scratch when the wind is blowing.
Make sure the area where you're trying to start the fire has little or no wind.
If not, put up a grill cover, large tarp, anything to block the wind or pick a new more sheltered spot. |
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How to start a fire (tinder) |
Tinder: around the size of a pencil lead, no shorter then your outstretched thumb to pinky, enough to fill a circle made with your hands (about 6 inch diameter stack).
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How to start a fire (kindling) |
Kindling: no thicker than your thumb, about as long as your elbow to your fingertips, enough for a generous armload. |
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How to start a fire (fuel) |
Fuel: about as thick is your wrist, about as long as your arm, a stack as high as your knee (although many say gather THREE times as much fuel as you think you will need). |
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What four factors should you consider when picking a campsite? |
remember the 4Ws:
Wind Water Wood Widow Maker |
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Why does wind matter when picking a campsite? |
Set your shelter to take advantage of the prevailing wind direction for the area. In places that allow open fires, shelters should be set so as to allow wind to pass between your shelter and campfire. Check regulations at state and national parks before heading out.
For cold-weather camping, avoid ridges or hilltops. Remember that cold air settles and hot air rises. Ideally, you should locate your shelter somewhere between the ridge and bottom of a hill. Position your shelter door/opening in a southeastern direction to take advantage of radiant energy from the sun’s morning rays.
Somewhere in between a peek and valley, on as flat a piece of ground you can find, is what you’re after. Clear the ground of stick-ups and rocks if you plan to sleep on the ground.
Avoid setting up over an indention. If it rains, you’ll understand why. |
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Why does water location matter when picking a campsite? |
Choose a spot close to a water source. Not too close. Flash flooding can wash away your good times. Look for signs of previous flooding like debris in trees along side the stream or river bank. Creek bottoms tend to be soggy and insect magnets. Adjust your site accordingly. |
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How do you safely view wildlife in Shenandoah national Park? |
1. REFRAIN from feeding wildlife, approaching or chasing animals, or harassing wildlife. Park animals are wild and therefore unpredictable and interactions with people (feeding, obtaining garbage, petting) can habituate animals which puts people and bears at risk.
2. Maintain your distance from animals, particularly large animals (preferably 200 feet or more).
3. If the animal moves closer to you, move away slowly.
4. Never approach an animal for that "perfect shot or view". Use telephoto lenses, binoculars, or spotting scopes.
5. Never deliberately move or position yourself in order to alter an animal's movement or behavior.
6. Never surround an animal such that it does not have an escape route.
7. Never entice an animal into a preferred pose with food or garbage.
8. Be considerate of the interests of others who may be observing or photographing the animal.
9. Many animals are more active at night and are more readily seen in the early morning and late evening. This can be a hazardous time for driving. Many collisions with wildlife occur because they are foraging close to Skyline Drive. Visibility is reduced and many drivers do not pay as close attention to driving - instead they are looking for wildlife. Be careful.
10. Remember - if you want to view wildlife along Skyline Drive, make sure you pull your car completely off of the paved surface.
11. Dispose of garbage properly. |
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What do you do if you run into a wolf? |
1.maintain eye contact and don't turn your back on it 2. slowly back away 3. Do not run away - this will trigger its Hunter instinct.
If the wolf advances on you…
3. Lunge toward it 4. Yell and clap 5. Throw rocks and sticks at it
If the wolf attacks…
6. Stand and fight. Fall on it like a wrestler, stick your hand in his mouth, stab it if you have a weapon, gouge its eyes, squeeze and pull its testicles, whatever you have to do.
It jaws will rip and crush through even a clothing protected arm in a matter of minutes.
7.if things go downhill or you are outnumbered, curl into the tightest ball possible and try to protect your head neck and face and sides.
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What is the easiest type of shelter you can build? |
If you have rope and a space blanket or a large piece of plastic: Use rope between two sticks/poles or from the tree to a stake in the ground, throw a space blanket over that and you have a lean-to. Build a fire that runs the length of that.
If you don't: make a debris hut. Find a natural formation like a tree that's fallen over against another tree or a large tree branch that has fallen and is leaning against the truck. Then take shorter sticks and lean them against it. Then fill in the gaps by stuffing them with as many leaves as you can find. Get inside it and try to look out. If you can see light coming through, water will get through |
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What to do if a grizzly attacks you? |
Play dead.
A grizzly, if it attacks, will maul you, leaving you half dead. Once you're no longer moving they are known to typically lose interest and simply walk off. That's why playing dead is a great tactic to escape a grizzly attack. You may still end up injured but you can live to see another day. It's not guaranteed of course, but playing dead can work with a grizzly.
Read more at http://www.secretsofsurvival.com/survival-tips/How-to-Hunt-Cook-and-Eat-Black-Bears-and-Grizzlies.html#uqxv7Bvee2RjBJlh.99 |
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What to do if a black bear attacks you? |
Don't play dead.
Playing dead is not a good tactic to use on a black bear, however. If you play dead with a black bear the black bear is likely to simply start eating you.
As its teeth tear into you, biting through your clothing and ripping open skin and tearing into the flesh and bones underneath, it can be a slow, horrific, agonizing death as this hungry black bear eats away at the soft tissues low on your legs before moving up your body to your torso, arms, and head.
Read more at http://www.secretsofsurvival.com/survival-tips/How-to-Hunt-Cook-and-Eat-Black-Bears-and-Grizzlies.html#13aJE7myuRRqysst.99 |
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What are the basics of hunting on foot? |
The art of hunting on foot is called spot and stalk. It relies on absolute patience as well as a keen alertness to wind direction and being as quiet as possible as you move over land, your eyes and ears open for anything from a mule deer, to elk, moose, or bear or other animal you are after. It is a technique that can take many years to develop, but the experts say it really boils down to three things:
Staying out of the animal's sight, staying out of its nose, and staying out of its ears. If it doesn't see you, smell you, or hear you, you now have a chance of safely taking it down, whether it's a bear, moose, deer, or elk other common big game animal.
Read more at http://www.secretsofsurvival.com/survival-tips/How-to-Hunt-Cook-and-Eat-Black-Bears-and-Grizzlies.html#13aJE7myuRRqysst.99 |
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How do you ensure prey doesn't smell you hunting on foot? |
To successfully spot and stalk bears, it's important to hunt downwind. One way to ensure you are downwind is to hang a thin piece of frayed string from your rifle or bow (yes, some people hunt bears with bows) and then check it periodically to see which way the wind is blowing. Read more at http://www.secretsofsurvival.com/survival-tips/How-to-Hunt-Cook-and-Eat-Black-Bears-and-Grizzlies.html#13aJE7myuRRqysst.99 |
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How do you ensure prey doesn't smell you hunting on foot? |
To successfully spot and stalk bears, it's important to hunt downwind. One way to ensure you are downwind is to hang a thin piece of frayed string from your rifle or bow (yes, some people hunt bears with bows) and then check it periodically to see which way the wind is blowing.
Read more at http://www.secretsofsurvival.com/survival-tips/How-to-Hunt-Cook-and-Eat-Black-Bears-and-Grizzlies.html#13aJE7myuRRqysst.99 |
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How to ensure prey doesn't hear you hunting on foot? |
There are several things you can do to eliminate noise as much as possible:
1. Wrap a small piece of duct tape around any zippers you have attached to any gear, sleeping bag, tent or backpack. Zippers can rattle quietly otherwise as you move.
2. Do not talk with any hunting partners; if you have to talk, use as few words as possible and of course talk in a hushed voice.
3. Make sure your mess kit and any hunting tools are wrapped individually in cloth so they do not bang together. That goes the same for any other loose gear you may be carrying.
4. Use the noise of a nearby river (if it's making noise due to a rushing current, a slow river doesn't make noise) to your advantage. The noise of a nearby river can help cloak any noise you do make as you travel along a trail or through the brush on the look out for a bear.
Careful though: That same noise can hide the sound of an approaching bear or even a moose (which can be more dangerous and aggressive than a bear, especially during the rut) as it moves through the brush in your direction. Watch the brush around you as well as low lying tree branches for movement that can signify that a bear or moose is nearby.
Read more at http://www.secretsofsurvival.com/survival-tips/How-to-Hunt-Cook-and-Eat-Black-Bears-and-Grizzlies.html#13aJE7myuRRqysst.99 |
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How to camouflage yourself so animal won't see you? |
Choose camouflage including for your face and hands that helps you blend in with the environment. Some hunters have even carried brush before them, as they spot and stalk, to help keep wildlife from spotting them as they approach. Your blind and or your treestand can also be well concealed, using brush.
Read more at http://www.secretsofsurvival.com/survival-tips/How-to-Hunt-Cook-and-Eat-Black-Bears-and-Grizzlies.html#13aJE7myuRRqysst.99 |
