One of the most overlooked survival “tools” is the common coffee filter. While it is perfect for its intended use, it also holds much more (so to speak) in terms of alternative uses, so much so that a couple of bags of 500 or more should be included in everyone survival kit and a single…

As summer comes to an end (I hate that phrase) a lot of people’s thoughts start to turn towards hunting, particularly deer hunting. One of the sure ways of guaranteeing we reduce our chances of a successful hunt to almost zero is to stink up the woods – regardless of what we are hunting for.…

Like with anything else we make while trekking about the great outdoors, practice makes perfect. Some bushcrafters get it right away and we sincerely admire these men and women. However, for those of us who are a little more simple, who need step by step instructions, look no further than to a Swedish lady called…

Depending on where you are located, fishing in a survival situation is one of the best ways to get your hands on a food source if you do not have canned or dried goods to eat. It is a lot easier than hunting and killing game and if you do it correctly, it requires a…

  When a disaster or complete collapse happens, we will have to learn to the same items over and over again that we never dreamed had more than one or two purposes. A few of these items we will need to think hard about. Including oil. Honestly, what can you do with used oil? It’s…

While it may not seem overly important now, especially if you have a well-working vehicle at your disposal that has yet to fail you, there just may come a time when you will need to break into yours or another’s car and speed away. We are not talking about stealing a car but keys have…

These days it is easy to get relief from congestion and a bad cough. All you need to do is go to the local drug store, grocery store or, in bad cases, take a trip to your doctor to get an extra strength cough suppressant. The problem with these reliefs is they are filled with…

Many of us will and have bought great high-end hiking boots, foot-wear we can be proud of. However, if we do not know how to lace those boots up correctly we are doing ourselves a disservice. There really is a way to lace-up that makes all the difference in the world! Come on, you’ve felt…

Just about everyone has at least one padlock sitting around, usually in a junk drawer, that we have no idea what the combination is to open it. If you live in a house where several generations of people have lived or played in it, chances are you have several. There is also a pretty good…

If you live in a rural area or even a more sparsely populated suburban area, especially if you have severe weather, chances are you or one of your neighbors augments their power in the event of a power outage with a generator. Most generators you buy run off of gasoline, but with price fluctuations, that…

The good thing about being able to improvise for survival is that almost everywhere there are materials to improvise with! One material that is present in almost every home and building is PVC piping. Just about every building constructed or that has had plumbing work in the last 20 years has at least some PVC…

Just how smart is a wasp? They seem to have two goals in life: 1) building a nest. 2) Terrifying the heck out of anyone who comes near it! Think about it. What is a wasp good for? It is not like they are bees, giving us sweet tasting honey. They are just nasty, moody…

A teepee is one type of survival shelter that has a lot of advantages. It is sturdy, roomy, yet intimate and portable and if you stick to traditional building materials, you can make one out of completely natural substances. One major drawback is having a fire inside a teepee – the smoke can be stifling…

Just because you’ve built a comfortable shelter does not mean you need to stop there. We are not necessarily talking about plumbing but a bed would be very nice! In a video from a few years ago, Survival Lilly shows us how she built a bed into her shelter. She will go on from there…