Sensible Survival

DISCLAIMER: Don't believe anything I or any body else tells you about edible wild plants. Don't eat edible wild plants based on wh...

Bamboo has been used for millennia to make fine bows. It is tough, straight grained, very flexible, and easy to work. Bamboo is used for b...

I recently purchased a Remington 770 in .308 for my son’s graduation present. He was home the other day, so we took it out to give it a try...

It’s been two weeks and the sinew on our bow is completely dry, so now it’s time to finish it out. Pictured below: Bow with dried sinew bac...

So now we have everything organized so let's start sinewing. By the way, you probably want to do this in the kitchen or somewhere that ...

Putting a sinew backing on a wooden bow will improve the bow in a number of ways. It will keep fibers from lifting up on the back of the bo...

The first step in making fire is to burn-in your fire board. Burning-in is the process of making the hole in your fire board that the spind...