If you are facing a survival situation where your only water source is undrinkable or worse, dangerous to drink, a solar still is one way of ensuring you get drinkable water that is free of parasites, bacteria, viruses and most chemicals. While there are many ways of purifying water, you may not have any available…
Check Out This New Bushcraft Survival Tool
Whether you are a die-hard survivalist, a camper, hunter or avid fisherman, having several reliable and sharp knives on your person is critical to ensuring you can do what you need to do. A reliable cutting tool allows you to do everything from skinning game to cutting wood, vines, rope and many other things. Not…
[VIDEO] Water Purification Options Survivalists Should Consider
Barring shelter from dangerous weather, water is one of the most important priorities of anyone in s survival situation. You have approximately three days to locate a water source, or your body shuts down. i.e…. you die. Dehydration is one of the most agonizing ways to seal your fate imaginable. But you cannot just drink any water,…
How To Make A Generator From A Bicycle
Chances are, if you get to the point in a survival moment where you have to use a bicycle generator for power, you (and me) are indeed a mile down a rabbit hole. The video we feature here powers four lights, but we realize that even in a survival situation, the majority of us have a lot…
[VIDEO] Watch How This Guy Turns His Lawnmower Into A Generator
If you live in a rural or suburban area, or even an urban area if you have enough space, chances are you have a backup generator to power your basic appliances if the power goes out. In the Northeast, for example, our recent winters have had at least one storm where power was out for…
See How You Can Start A Fire With Just One Stick
One of the most important survival skills you can learn is how to create a fire. In a survival situation, fire is a must. It not only provides light and warmth at night, it can also be a vital source of protection, particularly if you are in the wilderness. While there are many different ways…
Don’t Toss Out Your Old Garden Hose – Re-Purpose It Into…
Anyone who is focused on self-sufficiency understands the importance of “re-purposing” everyday items when they outlive their usefulness in their original form. One common item almost all of us have -that we usually just throw away once it becomes used up- is our garden hose. Garden hoses, as just about all of us know are not…
[VIDEO] Off Grid Water Distiller: See How To Purify 12 Gallons Each Day Without Electricity
As you know, clean water is imperative in a survival situation. You have three days without it, four, possibly, and then you’re dead. But what if you are safe where you are, but need to get access to clean water? Without it you risk parasites, bacteria, viruses. So really, clean water is an absolute must. This is one…
[VIDEO] The Most AMAZING Way To Catch Razor Fish – This Is CRAZY!
So you are stranded in a relatively warm or tropic area (or even New England) and need to eat. You can try catching fish, but that can take a substantial amount of effort. And any effort spent means calories are being burned up by your body. In a survival situation, you don’t want to do that.…
[VIDEO] DIY Mallet From Milk Container
Mallets are one of the most under-estimated tools in any survivalists tool or survival kit. Everyone’s first instinct is to use a hammer or Ax head to pound things but a mallets distributed force is actually more effective when you do not need to center your impact. Plus, the narrow head of a hammer or…
How To Choose The Right Ax For You
Whether you’re homesteading or in a survival situation, long-term or short-term, one of the most important tools you must have at your fingertips is an ax. An ax lets you cut firewood, skin bark off a piece of wood, notch wood, some have even used it in a pinch to peel the hide off of game…
[VIDEO] Super Simple DIY Pen Bow
Innovation in a survival situation is critical to making it out unscathed and in one piece. In fact, military and intelligence experts worldwide are trained to literally use anything to survive and you need to learn how to do the same. That means it is critical that you assess the stuff around you, evaluate your needs…
[VIDEO] This Long Term Survival Shelter Is Awesome
Shelter is one of the top priorities in any survival situation. The Principle of 3’s says in extreme situations, you have three hours to get to shelter or build one, to survive. But what if you’re faced with a long term survival situation and have to build a shelter that can stand multiple days in extreme…
[VIDEO] Make This Easy Foundry For Under $20
A foundry is a great way to melt scrap metal, use a blacksmithing forge and even as a “in a pinch” grill. With this amazing mini foundry, make from sand, plaster of Paris, a metal bucket and a plastic bucket to mold the core, you can make a mini foundry for under $20. Realistically, though,…
[VIDEO] Excellent Survival Tips For When SHTF
In a SHTF moment, or any type of survival situation, using your innate common sense will go a long way to make your life easier and even in some cases be a critical element to you making it out in one piece. But understandably, some people do better than others in an emergency. For example,…
4 Fishing Gear Modifications You Should Be Using
As a lifelong fisherman (well, almost lifelong; I was not technically fishing at one year old, although, I probably was thinking about it!) fishing has been the one constant, whether I lived in NJ, Washington, DC, Philadelphia or New Hampshire. I have been fortunate to have fished in 49 of our States, dozens of times.…
How To Filter Rainwater In A Barrel Like Our Ancestors Did
Whether you’re trying to save on water bills, live in an area hit by a drought that has little rainfall or you simply don’t like letting a free and natural resource go to waste, collecting and filtering rain water is one way to address all of the above. It used to be, that just about…
Common Accidents That Are A Real Threat To Survivalists
Nature is chock full of stuff that can injure, maim and even kill you. This is particularly true if you are in a survival situation or any situation where you do not have common amenities and safeguards available. Modern life has all but ruled out most threats, like dying in a manure pit or getting chewed…
How To Get Drinking Water From Moss In An Emergency
This one is so simple it is almost head-smacking that it is not more well known. Water, as any survivalist knows, is one of the “must haves” to survival. It doesn’t matter what survival scenario you’re facing – without water, you’re sick in three days and most likely dead in as little as four days, depending…
[VIDEO] Heavy Gear? Check Out This Guys Lightweight Backpack Items
Just about all of us have a list of bug-out items that we simply must have in a survival situation or a SHTF scenario.And that does not include all the stuff we thought about but forgot to include. In certain survival situations, however, being able to move quickly is paramount and that means having a backpack, duffel…