Survival knots are like survival knives, rifles, pretty much every other piece of survival gear! Everyone has their favorite. Really the only two rules that should apply to any survival knot are: Is it simple to make and will it hold even if extreme pressure is applied to it. Those two rules can make the…
The 72 Hour Power Outage and How to Prepare for One
Far and away, the most common form of severe survival situation most will people face is the temporary power outage. For purposes of this article, “temporary” means more than a few hours and up to four days. That type of emergency moves you past the “Damn, there is no Netflix or Snapchat” phase but to…
(Video) Top 10 Bug-Out Shelters and 3 of the Best Budget Tents
The second principle of the “Principles of Three” is that you have roughly three hours in severe weather to get yourself a shelter. There is nothing magical about three hours except that in severe elements, that is about the time where your core temperature becomes majorly, negatively affected – either too hot or too cold…
The Critical Elements of a Doomsday Survival Plan – Here They Are!
The information contained in this article is geared towards dealing with an EMP strike, but it really applies to any large-scale disaster where you: Do not know what happened exactly, or its scope of influence Have family or team members separated from your or your bug-in place of refuge You yourself are separated from your…
7 Survival Foods That Will be Popular with the Family and Last a Long Time
Food storage is a major consideration when you are building your survival food stockpile. You do not want to have to rotate your stock every few months and if you do it that way, it is a guarantee that when you need your stockpile, it will have stuff that has outlived its shelf-life. That said,…
(Video) Here’s How to Use Paracord to Create a Fishing Line
One major challenge to getting through a survival situation is securing your own food. Food is obviously important to your well-being, but if you find yourself stranded with little more than a few days worth of rations, you will eventually have to figure out how to feed yourself. One great tool you have at your…
(Video) Find and Purify Water in the Wild
Water is life sustaining and particularly so in a survival setting, where your exertions mixed with the stress of the situation will push you to exceed your normal demands for staying hydrated. Survival is hard work and that means you become dehydrated quicker, particularly if you are in a warm environment; but even in a…
(Video) Have to Avoid People? Watch Out for These Dead Giveaways!
One of the most important survival skills a person could possess in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina was the ability to remain invisible and undetectable. The situation was so chaotic with looters and worse running amok until the authorities got their act together, that discovery was almost a guaranteed invitation to trouble. The greater your…
Bartering – Four Invaluable Items That Should be Stockpiled for Survival
If we are ever faced with a long-term survival scenario – more than a few weeks, but rather six months or more – bartering will become one critical skill we all will have to possess to get our hands on what we want or need. Bartering is the process of trading a good or service…
How to Keep a Homestead Rodent Free
One of the consistent realities of virtually everywhere on earth is the presence of rodents – rats, mice, groundhogs, squirrels, gophers, etc., they live just about everywhere. If you do not have every rodent on that list, you almost assuredly have three – rats, mice and squirrels – or a combination of three. This applies…
Tips We Wish We Would Have Known Before We Started Prepping
Someone once said that life is a sequence of lucking out or learning from mistakes. That makes perfect sense when you realize all the challenges every life encounters. The same is true for preparing for a survival situation. You may luck out and get all the stuff you need, at the right price, before a…
Portable Ammo Boxes – Watertight, Secure, Stackable and Durable
Just about every survivalist is always looking for more reliable ways to store survival supplies, materials and equipment. We want something durable, safe and water-tight that is easy to transport. Also, being able to secure it is a major plus as well. One overlooked method of storage is using a portable ammo box. You can…
(Video) Tracking Basics Every Survivalist Needs to Know
Hunting for food is a pretty basic survival function. Food is key to our survival and if the situation is dire enough, tracking game could be the only option to get some protein. Animals, however, tend to shy away from stuff and situations that can get them eaten. In fact, some are so uncooperative, they…
(Video) 3 Inexpensive Fire Stick Combos Put to the Test
In a survival situation, being able to start a fire is critical – fire lets us cook, allows us to purify water, warms us, provides a level of defense and improves our morale. Without it, survival becomes much harder and if we are in a situation with severe cold, not having a fire can be…
How to Make Lye From Wood Ashes
Warning: Lye is caustic and can hurt you if you are not careful. Always make sure you wear long pants, boots, a long sleeved shirt, gloves and eye protection when working with or handling Lye. Also, be prepared to dispose of whatever you wear if it becomes contaminated. Making your own Lye from wood ashes…
The Summer Power Outage and How to Deal With It
Almost everyone has some sort of survival cache for if the power goes out in the winter; we have our generator, snow shovels, ways of generating heat, etc. But are we prepared for a power outage in the summer? A prolonged (longer than a few hours) power outage in the summer can be as dangerous…
Uncommon Items that Must be in Every First Aid Kit
Our “first aid kit” is actually a closet that is stocked full of first aid items, from top to bottom – pretty much if it’s needed, it is in there. If faced with a survival scenario, that closet (and other smaller first aid kits) can address just about any normal injury or sickness imaginable. There…
(Video) A Simple Yet Effective Bait Rig for Bottom Fishing
Fishing is one of the easiest ways to ensure you have food if you are facing a survival situation, especially if the situation you find yourself in requires you to move a lot. This is because fish live in almost any body of water – you may not in some cases in normal times consider…
(Video) He Suddenly Runs Out of Fishing Lures But Then Realizes He Can Utilize Paracord
One major challenge to making it through a survival situation in one piece, especially if the situation lasts more than a day or two is how to feed yourself. Each day you go without food you lose energy that must be replenished to be able to keep up with the rigors of survival. If you…
Important Common Household Items We Should be Hoarding (and Why)
There are a lot of different household items that often get tossed once their intended purpose has been met. This, in many cases, is appropriate – some stuff is only good for what it was intended to be used for. Some stuff, however, can be repurposed and in these cases, hoarding potentially repurposed items only…