make a bow and arrow
The bow is one of the oldest hunting and fighting tools on Earth. While it is not a match for modern weaponry or indeed for modern archery equipment the primitive bow can still save your life if you have to hunt to survive in the wilderness. A high quality bow can take weeks or months to cure and construct, but a simple version can be made relatively quickly and with readily available materials.
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The ideal hunting bow stave should be between five and six feet long and as straight as possible. A number of woods can be used to produce a bow. Pine is poor choice because it will break rather than bend. The stave should be at least an inch in diameter. A piece of wood with a consistent diameter from end to end works the best.