For rural and suburban survivalists as well as homesteaders, hunting is more than something you do just because you can do it and you also enjoy a traipse in the woods. Successful hunting is one way to alleviate costs for meat, manage animal populations to reduce damage to crops and to augment store bought meats…
General (Yet Vital) Tips for Building the Ideal Bug-Out Bag
A bug-out bag means different things to different people. For some, it is an everything you need to live catch-all that often exceeds more than just a single bag, but is a collection of survival kits, each performing a different task. For others, a bug-out bag is a bare essential you need to make sure…
(Video) How to Make the Hobo Fishing Kit (and Why it Should be a Part of Every Survival Kit)
In just about every place on earth for at least three seasons, fishing is a sure way to get your hands on needed protein, calories, and other nutrients. Fishing is relatively low energy if you do it right and the yield – one or two fish can make an emergency meal – is worth the…
The Eisenhower Decision Matrix – And How to Use it Correctly!
When you get down to it, no matter what type, most survival situations and their outcomes for people come down to a few simple, but vital decision points. Whether to plan ahead, what to include in your planning, the degree of your situational awareness, how well prepared you are before a crisis and what to…
(Video) Two Tips for Navigating Highways, Cities and Towns Everyone Should Know
There is nothing more frustrating than trying to communicate your location in an area that you are unfamiliar with. This reality mainly applies to cities for most people, but even being out in the middle of nowhere can get confusing if you do not know how our highway system is set up. Fortunately, one of…
The Things Most Women Carry Happen to be Some of the Greatest Survival Tools They Can Use!
One of the great mysteries of the earth to men is the female pocketbook or purse (or bag, or whatever you prefer to call it). We are in awe at how much stuff fits in there as much as what that stuff is (especially if what is in there relates to food of any sort;…
(Video) Primitive But Effective: How to Make a “Rebar Hawk” DIY Tool
Survival situations require innovation; the longer the circumstances you are facing last, the more you will need to improvise to meet basic needs. One need, eventually, will be to procure or produce your own tools and this will require the ability to work with metal. Being able to work with metal – particularly re-purposing it…
(Video) 20 Amazing Alternative Uses for Paperclips
It is easy to forget or overlook, but paperclips, even in our digital and online age, serve a pretty important role in most offices and homes. In fact, almost every home has at least one box and most homes have several different sizes of paperclips and every office has multiple sizes ranging from tiny to…
(Video) Learn How to Hand Trap Trout in a Stream to Eat for Survival
If you are facing a survival situation, the easiest, low energy way to catch needed nourishment is to figure out how to catch fish. This is particularly true if you can catch fish by using a fish trap. In most areas of North America, just about every river, lake, pond, and stream has some sort…
(Video) This Prepper Demonstrates the Eskimo Strap Drill Method of Friction Fire and it’s Awe-Inspiring!
Note: This video is a bit long, but well worth watching through the entire thing. If you need a primitive fire starting method, this one is hard to beat if you follow the instructions! The Eskimo Strap Drill method of starting a fire relies on friction between two pieces of wood to heat a…
How a Person Can Make Their Own Yeast for Homesteading and Survival
Just about every survival minded individual has had at least a passing experience with baking with yeast. It is not known when yeast was first used to bake bread, but earliest records date back to ancient Egypt, probably was discovered by accident and likely yielded a fluffier, tastier version of bread than just flatbread. Regardless,…
The Incredible Untold Survival Story of California’s Indians
Survival comes in many, many different forms, but no matter what survivalist story you are talking about, three elements are common. The first is resiliency. The second is adaptability. The third is innovation. The fourth is opportunism. No matter what the survival story, those three elements are critical and often spell the difference between surviving…
(Video) Truck Stuck? Use a Rope and Two Polls to Winch it Out!
If you spend anytime off-road or live in an area known for a lot of snow or mud, chances are better than even you have had a need for a winch at some point. In some places, depending on the season, every drive is a potential to get yourself stuck if you are not careful.…
Dollar Store Survival Items – They’re There for the Taking!
Adding up all the recommended stuff you should, ideally, have in your survival kit or cache can give even the hardiest of us sticker shock! This is particularly true if you have children to worry about and care for; a pantry stocked to survive even just a multiple day survival scenario can run into the…
Don’t Make these Common Survival TV Show Mistakes or Suffer the Consequences
Over the last couple of decades, survival strategies and tactics have become very popular topics, moving from doomsday fringes to prime time television. There are a lot of reasons for this – lack of faith in our government’s ability to respond to disasters, the scary state of the world, political upheaval – to name just…
Herbal Recipes Every Survivalist Should Know to Maintain Good Health!
It is easy in a day and age when synthetic drugs, treatments, and ointments can quickly address just about any illness, injury or ailment to forget that nature has given us a very powerful way to treat all of the above naturally. Herbal remedies in some cases are more effective than the fake stuff and…
How to Correctly Build a Desert Shelter That’s Suitable in a Warm Climate
In extreme climate or weather conditions, you have about three hours to find yourself shelter before you start greatly reducing your ability to cope with your surroundings. We normally think of cold weather or climate being the danger and in extreme conditions it is, but the desert or a hot, arid environment can pose just…
12 Life Saving Items to Keep in a Truck
Unless you live in a heavily populated area, getting your vehicle stuck, having an accident or even just getting lost can present a survival situation in and of itself. If you live in a very remote area, any of the above is a guaranteed to demand you at least be able to survive on your…
Don’t Forget to Teach Children Vital Survival Skills. Check Out the Most Important Skills a Child Can Learn:
It is never too early to begin teaching your kids basics in self-sufficiency and survival! Kids are sponges and like just about everything, what you impart to them and imprint upon them now will last a lifetime! Given that natural and manmade disasters are not likely ever to be eradicated or banished from the human…
30 SHTF Medical Hacks That Do Wonders (and Really Work!)
One of the most acute threats to anyone living through a survival crisis or its aftermath is not having the ability to treat medical issues in a timely, sanitary and effective manner. When things have been turned utterly upside down, just about everything poses some sort of a health risk and if you are not…