One of the most common mistakes survivalists, new and experience, make is to build a bug-out bag that does not meet the survival needs they will face. They usually do one of three things. They over-prepare and end up with a bug out bag that has just about everything you can imagine. This leads to…
Using and Selecting the Ideal Smart Phones, Tablets and Electronic Devices for Emergency Preparedness
Let’s face it, electronic devices for almost all of us are ubiquitous in our lives and affect almost every aspect of our existence. There are apps for almost everything – including one that uses GPS technology to track your hiking status, lets you pre-plan your route, alerts you way-points and even warns you if you…
(VIDEO) Sharpen Your Knives Easily With This Clever DIY Sharpening System!
As all survivalists know, your knife is possibly the most important tool in your survival arsenal. In a survival situation, you will use your knife literally hundreds of times a day, which means keeping it in good working condition is paramount – lose your knife or if it cannot do what you need it to…
(VIDEO) Become Proficient in Understanding and Using Weapons Without Metal and Be Prepared for SHTF!
When asked to think about survival weapons, most of us immediately think of firearms, knives, machetes, etc. In almost every case, each weapon has at least one thing in common – they all contain some metal components if they are not entirely made of metal. Metal, in many ways, but particularly in weaponry, changed the…
(VIDEO) These Glass Arrowheads Are Awesome! Learn How to Make and Use Them to Survive…
In a more drastic survival situation, SHTF moment or prolonged survival environment, traditional weapons for hunting and protection will eventually be used up. Even the best prepared, if the survival situation is dire and long enough, will exhaust their ammunition, gun parts will break or weapons will just wear out. Or, if you are taken…
(VIDEO) How to Replace an Old 3 Way Light Switch at Your Bug Out Cabin
Warning: This DIY survival article is includes working with electrical components. Please remember to use caution and make sure the outlet you are working on has been powered off before you start your work. If you are lucky enough to have power at your survival shelter or camp, you know that electrical components such as…
The Secret to Leak Proof Connections: Gluing and Joining PVC Plastic Pipes
Whether you are making a survival cache time capsule, fitting pipe at a bug-out shelter or just trying to save money around the house, ensuring any PVC pipe joints are leak proof is critical, not just to prevent damaging property and possessions, but for your state of mind. The smallest leak, over time, can do…
(VIDEO) How to Make Your Own Survival Time Capsule With a PVC
The concept of a time capsule dates back millennium; folks have always wanted to show future generations what their lives were like, what was important to them and what they were facing at the time they stored the capsule. Time capsules allow us to store indefinitely what is important to us for posterity (unless you…
(VIDEO) The A to Z of Bushcrafting Skills You NEED to Survive
Bushcraft has become a catch-all term for just about anything related to camping, wilderness survival, survival situations and anything else that pulls you out of your normal routine and puts you in an environment where you have to “rough-it.” It is not uncommon to see “bushcrafters” outfitted from head to toe with all sorts of…
This Antique Air Rifle Should Be (If it Isn’t Already) on Every Prepper’s Wish List…
One challenge to any longer-term survival situation is the ability to fell game, particularly medium-sized to large game. No matter how well-prepared a person is, eventually, they will run out of firepower – be it in the form of ammunition or damage to their firearms caused by an accident or the struggle to maintain it…
Learn How to Make Gunpowder the Old Fashioned Way
Just about any discussion of SHTF or survival situations focuses on relatively short-term, isolated, survival incidents, where after an initial shock, it becomes hours, or at worst days, before everything gets back to normal. What, though, if we are talking about a longer-term natural or man-made disaster that renders life as we know it obsolete?…
(VIDEO) Watching the Process on How to Build a Thatched Bushcraft Shelter Can Help you Make Your Own…
The survival Principle of Three states that you have three hours in a survival situation or SHTF moment to find or build a shelter. This is a bit over-stated, it really depends on your situation and the environment you are in, but creating a shelter is at the top of the priority list. You do…
(VIDEO) Map and Compass Wilderness Basics – A Skill Every Survivalist Should Have
In an age of iPhones and GPS, even GPS on iPhones, where with a push of a button a hiker, camper, fisherman or even just someone lost in the woods, can find their way, being able to read a map and compass is a lost art. Some iPhones even have compasses on them (although they…
17 Ways This Inexpensive Household Item Can Help You Survive
One of the cheapest and very versatile survival tools are coffee filters. I know, they have their drawbacks and sometimes get oversold. So do most preparedness items. Have you ever actually eaten an MRE? More importantly, have you eaten them for a week? Let’s face it; they might be the solution in a pinch, but…
A Single Cut, Untreated, Can Lead to Infection. Here’s How to Tell if You Have a Festering Infection and What to Do About It.
In any survival situation, there are immediate concerns – shelter, water, food – ensuring your environment is as safe as possible and then there are the quieter, more ominous concerns. One of the most critical is having an wound get infected. A single cut, untreated, can very quickly develop an infection and within a few…
Survival Awareness: A Skill You CANNOT Live Without
In any survival situation or SHFT moment, no matter how well prepared you are, your state of mind and degree that you have practiced your survival skills are critical. This is particularly true if the situation you are facing poses danger to you, your property or family; that danger could come in any variety of…
Here’s How You Can Prepare NOW for a Society Without Cash
Given all the upheaval in the world, just about anyone with an ounce of common sense is preparing for some sort of survival situation. It could be something as simple as a shorter-term loss of power after a storm or more serious SHTF situations like mass civil unrest. One consideration in addition to everything else…
Check out These Top Guns for Survival. Do You Own One or More of Them?!
Anyone oriented towards the survival lifestyle understands that firearms are a relatively important aspect of making it through a survival situation or SHTF moment. You may not need a gun for self-defense, but you might need it to hunt, and that reality means that like all tools, you have to have the right one to…
4 Trees That a Prepper Can Use as Their Lifeline When SHTF
If you find yourself facing a survival situation or SHTF moment, one amazing survival resource is all around you – trees! Trees can provide you with energy, vitamins, fire, tinder, bedding, shelter, even food if you know what to look for and how to use various parts of trees. Depending where you are located and…
Water Powered Flashlights Are Much Better Than Mainstream Ones – Check Out How to Make One HERE!
Water powered flashlights will run continuously for about 30 minutes with tap water and about two hours with salt water. If you found yourself in a survival situation, with no batteries, this project could provide you with a virtually limitless source of power for a flashlight – as long as you have access to water.…