Just about everywhere you look you will find materials that can be used for survival purposes. In a pinch, most homes are a veritable survival kit lying in wait for the resourceful survivalist. One material that has literally dozens of applications but is often not thought of as a survival material, except for a few…
(Video) A Quick, Easy Way to Start Getting Into Survival Shape
One of the great delusions of some survivalists is that if push came to shove, they are ready for anything a survival situation can throw at them fitness wise. They assume that because they are active in and around their property, that they can take on anything. The reality is that in an actual survival…
Use this Essential Oil to War Off Ticks and Say Goodbye to Chemicals
One debate in my family is whether ticks or yellow-jackets are more hated; it is a tough call and depending on who you ask you get one or the other or a few of us insist “both.” Ticks, however, unless you are allergic to bee stings, pose a much larger health threat. Plus, you chances…
The Survival Supplies a Person Can Buy at a Local Dollar Store Are Affordable and Just What We Need
The temptation for most survivalists when planning and constructing a survival cache is to buy as much survival supplies as possible, particularly if they are on sale. We generally do not pay much attention to where they are purchased. A roll of paper towels on sale at the WallyWorld is just as good as a…
5 Individual Skill Sets Every Survivalist Group Must Have to Ensure Success
Every group of survivalists is like a miniature Unit in an Army; that is how the leaders of a survivalist group need to look at it. That does not mean you have to start imposing military law or 4 a.m. drills or live-fire exercises, but in terms of your hierarchy and the roles each member…
(Video) PVC to the Rescue – 17 Survival Uses Everyone Should Know
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…
Fog Harvesting and Whether it is the Next Great Way to Produce Water
If you live in an arid environment, or even just in a place that does not get a lot of year-round rain (even if you get a lot of rain or have a rainy season,) collecting water all year long can pose an issue. This would be particularly true if you were facing an infrastructure…
Bug-Out Trailers: Balancing Need with Storage Availability
One of the realities of survival preparation is that as more people have gotten involved in it and ensuring you can make it through comfortably through most survival situations, there has been a dramatic increase in survival materials, supplies and equipment you “must have.” That has taken the concept of a simple bug-out bag and…
How to Go About Stocking Up on Water and the Mistakes We Must Avoid
Storing water for use in a survival situation is one area that almost every survivalist falls short – we simply do not store enough or stored properly and that can be a major impediment to making it through a long-term survival situation. Because for most of us, water is all around us, we tend to…
(Video) The DIY Tripwire, Air Horn Alarm – How to Make it!
Ensuring your home, camp, bug-out location, etc. is safe is a pretty basic desire of just about everyone. It also, depending on how you go about it, can get really pricey! Luckily, if you do not have thousands to spend on a security system you do have options, beyond patrolling your perimeter with a firearm…
(Video) Dig an Air Tunnel Underneath a Tepee to Avoid All the Smoke!
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…
How to Build the Most Effective Fire Possible to Meet Every Survivalist’s Needs
As every survivalist knows, fire is very important to ensure that in a survival situation, you give yourself the best chance possible to make it through! Fire warms, cooks, and encourages and can be used as a defensive tool if it is needed. Most often, fire is started and maintained by using wood. Not all…
Lessons We Have Learned From Recent Natural Disasters
It is a grim reality, will offend some, scare others, but planet earth and its weather are out to kill you. That might be a bit of an over-statement, planet earth probably is not plotting against you specifically, but in general, we survive this big, old, blue globe despite its best efforts. Apart from environments…
3 Types of Gear for an Old School Survival Kit
The well prepared survivalist does not leave home or venture into the wild without a survival kit – just in case something goes wrong. That kit is usually populated with modern, high-tech gadgets, stuff that is the product of centuries of survival kits being thrown together by adventurers. Those early survivalists, however, did not have…
(Video) Gravity Water Filter and One Guy’s Impression After a Year
A gravity filter is one way of purifying already drinkable water of debris and some chemicals; its advantages are that it lets you further purify the water you ingest without having to purchase expensive equipment or materials. Many of us have a very small version of a gravity filter in our refrigerators and it helps…
Stupid Mistakes Survivalists Make and How to Avoid Them at All Costs
No matter how well prepared you are for a survival situation, you will make mistakes. That truism is as reliable as a star Quarterback throwing an interception, a fisherman having “one that got away” and appliances breaking about a week after the warranty is up. The key is to avoid making the types of mistakes…
How to Safely Clear a Home of Intruders
One of the most terrifying endeavors you can undertake is clearing a building when you know or strongly suspect there might be an intruder lurking inside. If you are already in the house, the terror quotient is upped exponentially, especially if you suspect that the intruder intends to do you or your family harm. In…
Musts Have Bug-Out Bag Items (If That Bag is Not Already Overflowing!)
If we included everything everyone suggests in our bug-out bag or survival cache, it would more resemble a room in a house than an actual bag. The reality is the concept of bug-out has evolved from “bare essentials needed to get to safety” to “everything you can possibly think of that you might need.” While…
(Video) Everyday Life Threats We Could Face – And How to Deal With Them
Life is full of potential dangers; everywhere you look, there are things that can make you sick, injure you, even kill you. That is the reality even before you face a survival incident or situation! In that type of situation, the danger of encountering a life altering – or ending – event is increased because…
(Video) 13 Camping Hacks That Could Save a Life
Almost everyone loves a good “hack.” I am not talking about the type that lets other people steal your identity or the type that allegedly helps or hinders politicians in major, national elections! I am talking about hacks that make life easier. Life is difficult enough without doing things one way when there is an…