How to Hunt With Just About Anything

A guest post from Scott Huntington to The Prepper Journal.

Life is unreliable — “youve never” know what kind of breaking ball it will hurl at you. But if you can’t go with the punches, you’ll have a hard time enduring. Sure, there are “proper” tools for hunting. But sometimes you really don’t using them to with you. Sometimes you have to work with the things you have on you. Now are four alternative hunting artilleries that may end up being life-savers later on. We’ll start small-scale and then act our mode up.

The Spear

We’ll start off at the times where you don’t “ve got something” but what’s around you. The spear is an age-old weapon that is easy to craft, and deadly to operation. While it can require a good deal of concentration to exploit, and may not be the most accurate — spears are great to use for their related stealth, informality of construction and utilizing the materials more likely at hand.

You’ll need to work on your stalking and still hunting abilities if you miss any success. Stick close to tress, clean, and whatever can barrier your silhouette. Try as far as is possible to find an locality that blends in with what you’re wearing. Search for animal lines and consider waiting in an overhanging tree.

The spear you use makes a difference as well. For a stronger spear, set the tip-off near a barrage and gradually flatten it so it’s somewhat charred. Don’t keep it too long in the flaming or it will undermine. You merely want a golden-brown coloring, like cooking a marshmallow. This hardens the tip. Appending a knife to the end with paracord is also an option premising you have paracord, ow other string cloth AND you are willing to lose your knife.

The Slingshot

While likely not your first choice in hunting implement, the slingshot is a portable, easy-to-make weapon that could help you take down small-minded game.

Slingshots are made of basic materials such as lumber and leather and used only for thousands of years. While they may not be the most accurate of weapons, there is something to be said about surmounting the skill of stalking prey because of this shortcoming. If you’re able to get close enough to prey to effectively touched and kill it, you could use pretty much any artillery you want.

A slingshot is a dependable weapon because it’s one of the more inexpensive and compact options, establishing it easy to buy and take with you anywhere — precisely in case. Sometimes it can be the only occasion you have, so you better learn to use it.

What’s the best part about abusing a slingshot when you’re in a tinge? Ammo is everywhere. Stones and pebbles may not fly straight-from-the-shoulder, but they are easy to come by. Slingshots are actually exclusively intended for smaller critters such as squirrels, rabbits and chicks, so be sure you’ll be able to get a head shot to avoid internal bleed and bungling the meat. Practice on small targets at home to improve your shot.

The Crossbow

An refurbished spear and slingshot combo — the crossbow backpack a lot more punch than a spear and has more accuracy than the slingshot — all without sacrificing the stealth. The portability is most of the problem with this weapon — nonetheless, if you’re lucky enough to have carried a crossbow and ammo, or thunderbolts, you can hunt target quietly and take down medium to big game.

One of the best crossbow benefits is that you can reuse your ammo. A surplus of ammo is a benefit of the slingshot, and may even be what performs survivalists use them, but reusable ammo that is accurate and reliable can help bring in more flesh over time.

The AR-1 5

Let’s say it’s deer season, but your chase rifle is out of committee. The AR-1 5 can be configured to shoot like a rifle with brilliant accuracy and enough swipe to take down prey such as deer.

The AR-1 5 is almost like comfort meat for armed veterinarians. It’s a weapon that’s understood, efficient and versatile, and it’s becoming much more common as a technique for hunting deer. If you’re looking to take down deer quickly and without botching the meat, the AR-1 5 perfect for the occasion.

You can provide it up with the ideal 6. 8 Remington or 6.8 Remington SPC caliber, and it’s powerful enough to take down deer without having a recoil that leaves you scratching your shoulder subsequently. Even an AR chambered in the NATO standard 556 will do the job when you have to framed meat over the campfire.

Endure and Survive

What you prep for and how you react to life’s little exams will make all the difference for survival. If you’ve developed yourself in fuelling non-traditional chase weapons, you’re already ahead of the arc. If not, go out and try something different.

Take the time to learn how to craft weapons out of raw materials and see how they fuel — that space, you’ll have an easier time continuing if you find yourself caught in the cross hairs.

Editors Memo: Preaching again but do note that if you have to meet the first three weapons you can NOT spawn them if you are not carrying a knife, your EDC staple.