Just about all of us know that you can survive about three days in any situation without water; go any longer and you risk harming your body, losing control and eventually, dying. That time frame is reduced in a high stress survival situation or if you are in a very hot climate where you sweat…
Make These Modern Bushcraft Moccasin Survival Boots
No matter how well prepared you are for a SHTF moment or long-term survival situation, eventually, even the best stockpile of goods will run out. The same can be said for clothes and footwear – eventually, if the crisis lasts long enough, boot soles wear outs, leather frays or tears, even shoe or boot laces…
[VIDEO] How To Make A Chain Sinnet Knot
The Chain Sinnet, or Daisy Chain knot is used to shorten cords, cable or rope for storage or to make it more manageable if you are transporting it or climbing. Basically, the Chain Sinnet not is a macrama knot that allows you to braid the knot using only as single strand of rope or cordage.…
Awesome Fishing Tips & Techniques For Survival
Fish are a great source of protein, calories and multiple vitamins and minerals and readily available in almost every setting (the desert being one where they may not be exactly plentiful.) Catching fish, however, can be a completely different story. You need to understand the types of fish you are trying to catch, what they…
How To Make A Meat Smoker From A Flower Pot
This project is interesting because it combines re-purposing various items and merging it with innovation. Both are vital skills that you have to cultivate now, before you are up to your eyeballs in a survival situation or SHTF moment. Even if you are in that type of situation, this unique smoker is something that you could…
Essential Survival Fishing Tips You Need To Learn
One of the easiest and most abundant ways to feed yourself in a survival situation is to fish. Fish live almost everywhere – wilderness, big cities, suburbs – rivers, lakes, park ponds, reservoirs, even drainage ditches in some cases – fish are literally everywhere. While you may not ever want to think about eating a…
Short and Long-Term Survival Food: What you Should Know
You never know when a survival situation will arise – with major storms, like hurricane Katrina, you may have a few days to prepare or evacuate. But most often, the norm for warnings is a few hours or even minutes. With most SHTF moments, though, a warning comes as chaos is breaking out and because…
[VIDEO] Make This Saw Blade Slinger aka Disaster Bat!
This is one of those projects that practically, could be used as a weapon! If the survival situation you were facing had reduced to this saw blade slinger being your primary weapon, it is highly likely that you’re in dire straits. Being recourceful might be the only thing you have in your favorite. You get…
[VIDEO] See How You Can Make Fire With A Mirror
Being able to create a fire in a survival situation is critical to giving yourself a major advantage to making it through unscathed. With fire, you can cook, warm yourself, provide light and even use it as self-defense. Without it, your situation may not become dire, but it will become far more uncomfortable. Spending a night in…
[VIDEO] Learn How To Catch Game In The Wild With This Wood Trap
If you are facing a survival situation, finding food is a pretty major priority and one way of doing that is to trap wild game. Game is a great source of vitamins and protein as well as calories, which you will need in abundance in any survival situation because of the physical labor it takes…
[VIDEO] Make This Inexpensive Meat Smoker Out Of A Trash Can
This trashcan smoker is so simple, it’s amazing. All you need is a trashcan, cooking grate, tin to hold wood chips, wood chips and a hot plate. In terms of tools, this guy used a heavy duty knife, but it is probably a better idea to use a drill and if you know how to do…
Make This Primitive Fish Trap
Fishing is one activity in a survival situation that if you do it correctly, is almost guaranteed to yield results. It does, however, take a lot of effort and that means a lot of calories are burnt if you do it correctly (throwing your line in and hoping for the best is not “doing it…
Ditch The Disposables And Buy The Real Deal: 5 Must Have Items
We live in a highly disposable society; stuff that you used to wash and reuse, fix or restore we now mostly throw away in favor of buying a newer model of the old version. If you doubt that, walk around your house and list how many things are disposable – be it once you use…
[VIDEO] How To Make This Awesome Bushcraft Knife
A good knife is critical to any survival situation or SHTF moment. If everything else is breaking down – and life as we know it is rapidly changing, leaving everyone to fend as best they can, or if you find yourself in a wilderness situation, your knife is indispensable. It it is not dependable or if…
[VIDEO] Creative Survival Weapons You Can Afford
One thing that is always amazing to me as I research various survival and outdoor topics is how expensive a lot of the stuff you see people recommending as “must have” actually are. Let’s face it, you could spend a small fortune on various survival items and use them sparingly at best and in some…
[VIDEO] You Need These Toilet Paper Tablets In Your Bug Out Gear
Toilet paper is one of those “must haves” that most of us will not have nearly enough of in a survival situation, particularly if the situation is long-term. Depending on how big your family is, the monthly and annual average amounts of toilet paper you go through is nothing short of stunning. Add to that…
Tips For Treating Wounds And Preventing Infection
A survival situation is tough enough, but if infection gets added into the mix and you do not know how to treat it, you can get extremely sick and make survival tougher or you can even die. One simple scrape or a cut can escalate to a full-blown infection if left untreated and if you…
[VIDEO] How To Tie A Bowline Knot
Knowing how to tie a secure knot is a lost art form. If you watch most people, they rely on the principle of the more mediocre knots the better, which is not only unreliable, it also wastes time after you are done towing what you need to tow unraveling each knot. If you are not careful,…
[VIDEO] Simple Paracord Storage With ‘No Tangle’ Release!
If you have a lot of paracord to store, you know that it can get tangled. And trying to untangle paracord (or any cord for that matter) is a real time waster and can hinder the project you need it for. Especially if you’re in a pinch for time. Many have tried to come up…
[VIDEO] Make A Small (But Effective) Forge Out Of A Soup Can
In a survival situation, especially a long-term survival situation or even just for regular use if you work with metal a lot and need a small, but effective forge, this project is amazing! Using a sturdy block of wood, L brackets, bolts, nuts, a soup can, intake valve, sand, plaster of Paris and a propane…