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Expert answers to reader questions about survival skills and equipment. Topics range from survival seeds to practice locations and using animal resources.

Animals Skins and Survival

Animal skins provide warmth and shelter in survival situations, but you need to know how to skin and cure them properly to use them effectively.

What Are Survival Seeds?

Survival seeds are non-hybrid varieties that can reproduce on their own, unlike commercial hybrids that farmers must repurchase yearly.

Where Are the Best Places to Find Flint?

Find flint in chalk deposits, creek beds, and quarries, or buy a starter kit for reliable fire starting in survival situations.

Where Can I Try Out My Survival Skills?

Find bushcraft and survival courses across the UK to learn tracking, fire-making and shelter building from experienced instructors.