Grylls in Scotland

As much as I hate Bear Grylls, he had a useful technique for catching fish up in mountain lochs.

http://www.vureel.com/video/25520/ManvsWildS05E09CapeWrathScotland#

http://watchdocumentary.org/watch/man-vs-wild-s01e15-scotland-cairngorms-video_41c1b5c56.html

Organise trip with group to go with nothing

After watching this video:

I thought it would be great to get a group of people together maybe 4 or 5 people and just set off for a week with nothing but:

a rucksack of food each (lots of dryed jerky and foods)
 a knife
strike alight or flint and steel
waterproof trousers and jacket
1 or 2 sets of clothes ( trousers, t shirt, thin and thick fleece, hat)
spare underwear and socks

Emergency (only used in emergency:
sleeping bag and space blanket
mobile phone
first aid kit

Semi Permanent Shelters

2 great videos on how to create wilderness shelters 

fire then burry for a cosy bed.

Wilderness Survival Shelters: Stay Alive - and Maybe Comfortable! - YouTube

Naked Into The Wilderness - Primitive Semi- Permanent Shelters - YouTube

Survival Books an DVDs

A good library of survival books and dvds:

http://www.grannysstore.com/Wilderness_Survival/index.html

http://www.hopspress.com/Videos/Art_of_Nothing.htm

Natural Dying with Red Cabbage

Sorazora Blog: NATURAL DYEING WITH RED CABBAGE

making fabric from nettles and cord

I read in a book that you can make clothing out of nettle fibre, could be quite a sustainable form of fabric production as it grows abundantly with little care.

Nettle fibre:

http://nettlecraft.com/Nettle_Fibres.php

Cordage from nettles how to guide:

http://www.bushcraftstuff.com/tutorials/how-to-make-cordage-from-nettle-fibres/

Survival By Mobile Phones and other general items

So imagine your stuck out in the middle of nowhere with just your jacket and your mobile phone and a few random bits of junk.

Well Creek Stewart has come up with some ingenious ways of using your mobile phone to make survival tools.

Article about how to create lures and hooks from a mobile phone

http://willowhavenoutdoor.com/general-survival/survival-by-cellphone-survival-fishing-2/


Article about navigation with a broken mobile phone

"Did you know that all speakers are powered by a magnet? Even the speaker in your cell phone! The magnet is located behind the ear piece of the phone and is typically a circular disk that resembles a watch battery. Once you locate this magnet you can use it to magnetize a small piece of wire (1” or less) or thin metal. Be sure the metal piece is magnetic and capable of being attracted to the magnet. It has to contain iron or steel to work properly. To magnetize the needle, stroke it with the magnet back and forth about 15 times."

http://willowhavenoutdoor.com/willowhaven-videos/survival-by-cellphone-navigation/

As a signalling mirror, using circuit board as knife, curcuit board as arrow head, ear phones as snare wire, battery and thin wire to light fire

http://artofmanliness.com/2012/06/14/survival-cell-phone/

A link to Creek's new book " Survival by Cell Phone"

http://willowhavenoutdoor.com/wilderness-survival-news-and-updates/creek-stewart-book-almost-finished/#comments

Article about 11 ways to use a condom as a survival tool

Including CONDOMS in survival kits is not a new idea.  People have been packing them in mini survival kits for as long as I can remember – using them primarily as an expandable WATER CONTAINER.

-amazing compact water containers that can hold as much as 2 liters of water if handled properly

-CONDOM DRILL FIRE by FRICTION SET 

(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9FwTGFLKnE&feature=player_embedded)

-Condom slingshot

-crude rubber glove for first aid

...

Buy non-lubricated & no spermicide condoms

http://willowhavenoutdoor.com/featured-wilderness-survival-blog-entries/1-ways-a-condom-can-save-your-life-multi-functional-survival-uses-for-a-condom/

Article on improvised purse survival

-dental floss snare lines or fishing line

-hand sanitizer and lip balm fire extenders 

-make up mirror for signaling

-tampon to use as tinder, medical bandage, wick for candle, cordage for trap...

(http://willowhavenoutdoor.com/featured-wilderness-survival-blog-entries/yes-thats-a-tampon-in-my-mouth-the-swiss-army-survival-tampon-7-survival-uses/)

-hair pin fishing hooks

-nail file fishing spear head

http://willowhavenoutdoor.com/featured-wilderness-survival-blog-entries/this-ones-for-the-ladies-improvised-purse-survival/

Article on a bacon survival candle

http://willowhavenoutdoor.com/featured-wilderness-survival-blog-entries/diy-make-a-romantic-bacon-scented-survival-candle/

Juniper Smoke Bundles

White Sage can be pretty hard to get hold of in Scotland but I heard that a strong incense can be made from crushed juniper berries, pine resin and pine needles. Juniper branch bundles once dried light easily and release and aromatic smoke. This was used in the Northern regions in the past to purify spaces.

Making Mukluks

http://www.ehow.com/how_8531147_instructions-mukluks.html

http://www.ehow.co.uk/how_5746489_make-mukluks-moose-hide.html

http://leatherworker.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=39230



Great books to buy:

http://www.amazon.ca/Secrets-Eskimo-Skin-Sewing-Wilder/dp/1889963127/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1334417300&sr=8-2




http://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=4988605069&searchurl=an%3DGeorge%2BWhite%26ph%3D2%26sortby%3D3%26tn%3DCraft%2BManual%2BOf%2BNorth%2BAmerican%2BFootwear

Hunting Trap Alert using Mobile Phone SMS

So I have been thinking for a while whether there was a way to alert me when my hunting traps have been tripped in order to get to the caught creature in the quickest time.
After playing with electronics at University for the past few years I had the idea that maybe an old mobile phone could come in Handy to send this alert.

Resources:
-old Mobile phone (uses low power e.g. black and white screen and can be set to not lock or go on standby)
-pay as you go sim with small amount of credit on it
 -switch button or motion sensor
-humane rabbit trap
-waterproof case/container

The plan:
Through setting up an electronic switch under the traps foot plate. When the foot plate is pressed it shuts the traps doors at the same time pressing the plate against the switch. The switch is then connected through wires up to the send button on the phone which is switched on and has my own mobile number put in to a text as well as a message saying "Trap Tripped". The mobile phone which is housed in a waterproof and consealed container sends the sms/ text to my own phone. I get the text instantly and can go pick up my rabbit straight away. Perfect for me living in the city and having my trap set in a more rural area.

useful link:

http://www.instructables.com/id/15-minutes-SMS-door-entry-alarm/?ALLSTEPS

 http://www.instructables.com/id/The-S45-SMS-Alarming-System/?ALLSTEPS

http://www.robotmotion.gr/robotmotion/Projects/Entries/2011/9/5_GSM_motion_detect_alarm_system.html

http://www.hacktronics.com/Tutorials/arduino-motion-sensor.html

https://github.com/mattwilliamson/arduino-sms-alarm