How Do You Make A Blowgun In The Woods?
If you are ever stranded in the woods with little or no survival tools, the ability to fashion a blowgun from common woodland materials can be a lifesaving skill. This type of blowgun can be surprisingly accurate and effective for hunting small game such as birds, squirrels, frogs and lizards. Since it can be fashioned in about an hour or two, it can be a first option as an implement to help quickly obtain food sources while working on longer-range hunting equipment such as a bow and arrow. Search creeks and marshes for a tall, reed-like plant with straight stems. The example used here is a common plant known as pigweed, which grows in almost all the woodlands of North America. (There are other similar reeds or plants that grow in the same general environment.) Look for a plant with straight, stiff stems and a woody outer shell that surrounds a soft, inner pithy core. The pith is a porous substance somewhat like soft Styrofoam. Select a dry, dead, straight stem about 4 feet long and ab
