Carrying a handgun is serious business, whether it is out in the open or concealed. Why you should be carrying a concealed weapon is your own business. Sometimes it is for work purposes and other times it is a simple choice taken by an individual. Whatever the reason, it is yours alone and we respect…
This REI Quarter Dome Air Hammock is Everything. It’s Time to Sleep Peacefully Under the Stars!
Basically, there are two types of wilderness campers in this world. First, there is the type of person who really likes to rough it; with a backpack and sleeping bag and they are great for a few days of solitude in the woods, looking up at the stars before they go to sleep. Then…
12 Obscure Yet Useful Survival Skills to Take the Time to Learn
Preppers, bushcrafters, and survivalists all have their own ideas on how to endure should a day come when they are forced to use personal skills to live. If you’ve been prepping for a while, good for you! You have been studying, no doubt, how to live in the wilderness or – if bugging in –…
Backcountry Emergencies: Why Knowing How to Clean a Wound is One of the Most Vital Skills to Learn
If you have never hurt yourself while out camping or during survival training we give you big congratulations and pat on the back. We, on more than one occasion, have had scrapes, scratches, and even a sprained ankle while hiking in the wilderness. However, that may have more to do with clumsiness than a natural…
(Video) Two Women Show Us How to Deep Hole Fish in Cambodia. How They Get it Done? Wow!
We had seen other videos about deep hole fishing and the principle is the same. You build your trap, wait for the tide to come in, then hours later return and see what your trap has caught. No fishing pole is necessary. Just a bucket and a willingness to get dirty! We present to you…
(Video) How to Easily Put Together a DIY Pill Bottle Survival Fishing Kit
If there is one thing we like, when putting together our backpack or bug-out bag – getting ready to take a hike into the wilderness – it’s packing as much useful stuff as we can. You might be planning an overnight trip, bringing your food to be grilled over a fire, but if you are…
(Video) Hammock Camping Soon? Here’s What’s Needed for a Fun Adventure!
Anyone who has a bad back but still loves the great outdoors – and camps – knows the agony of lying flat on the ground to sleep. It really doesn’t matter how thick your sleeping bag is. You always awaken in the morning feeling like a herd of angry rhinos trampled over you during the night.…
4 Tactical Tips to Try So Maneuvering Like an Elite Operator is Possible
You are almost there or maybe you think you are there. You have the guns, the bug-out or bug in bags, and you’ve been trying to keep yourself physically fit. You may have the attitude that you are ready for anything if that anything is staying alive during a SHTF scenario! And that is great.…
(Video) Must-Have Bartering Items to Have After the Fall
After the SHTF things are going to be up in the air for a while. Money will still be taken for a while but eventually, those papers and coins will be worthless. When you are having an economic collapse, when a hundred dollar bill may buy you a loaf a bread, you know you will…
(Video) She Takes Out Some Shoe Laces. What Key Survival Skill She Performs? Brilliant!
We can laugh at some of the hacks learned in these pages. We might even feel that they are irrelevant because we’d never have to us them. After all, we already have a ton of practiced skills for the very subjects mentioned in an article or video. Still, it is always important to learn new…
(Video) For Entertainment Purposes, Here’s What Happens When Setting a Match Cube on Fire…
Often we have an inner anticipation that, while good on a hunter level, may not always get what it expects to see. Example: Perhaps you’ve bought a new tarp, planning to set up a tent. You anticipate what you feel it will look like. But then when you roll the thing out, see what you…
(Video) This Man Encounters a Creepy Spider Hole. What Happens Next? Wow!
When we were little our parents were always telling us not to touch something we knew little to nothing about – no matter how exciting the prospect was. And, depending on how old we were, everything from a lamp to a goldfish was interesting so that gave us few options. In other words, just do not…
(Video) They Give Us a Tour of an Underground Huntsville Lifesaver Storm Shelter – WOW!
For years we lived in Southern California and although we did have the occasional earthquake scare in the area, tornadoes and hurricanes were never anything we had to worry about. We’ve been living in our home here in the southeast for about six months now. It was a few weeks ago that we were “touched”…
They Found an Incredible Use for Orange Peels. How it Benefits Our Health? Shocking!
We like citrus fruits, especially oranges, and it really has always annoyed us that we can’t do anything of significance with an orange peel. Think about it. The peel a tough and kind of pretty but once you are done with it the peel gets tossed and disintegrates in some land-fill somewhere having outlived its usefulness as –…
(Video) This Norwegian Underground Shelter is Insane! I Still Can’t Believe It!
If we can say anything good about the Norwegians, and there are some good things to say, it is that they understood and probably still understand their underground bunkers. The huge abandoned bunker displayed on the next page was built in and around the early 1980s and the builder was ready for anything! With covered…
These 3 Inventories Could Save a Person’s Life When a Disaster Hits
On Die Hard Survivor we have gone through many things. We’ve talked about food, fire, firearms. We have canoodled over canning, camping and creature comforts. And finally, we have spoken about survival, socializing, and scary stuff. And more. All of which can be minimized with the word: Preparedness! According to Graywolf Survival, there are three…
6 Principles to Closely Follow to Stay Prepared at All Times for an Emergency Evacuation
Those of us who have been prepping for a while, getting our bug-out bags ready, partaking in wilderness training, and even tending to that backyard garden or canning foods, have a small idea of what we are getting into. While we may not be completely sure how a chaos situation will affect us, what will…
(Video) He Utilized 2 Logs and a Rope. Just How Clever This Trick Is? Unbelievable!
When speaking about survival and prepping we often refer back to the “old days” when man did not have the new-fangled gadgets of their descendants. We do this for obvious reasons. When the SHTF we will, no doubt, be on our own – without electricity and a minimum of gasoline, kerosene or fuel of any…
(Video) He Gives Us a Tour of His Root Cellar Shelter. Just How Prepared He Is? I’m Impressed!
In our view, any shelter you have near your home should serve more than one purpose. It can be a root cellar, for your veggies and fruits, a weather shelter, if tornadoes and/or hurricanes are your worry, and a bug-out shelter in the event of SHTF scenario. In all cases, the shelter should be well…
5 Requirements Everyone Must Follow for Long-Term Food Stockpiling
When the SHTF we are going to have to learn to do without a lot of things. That is no a revelation to any of us who have been prepping or reading up on various scenarios. We’ve already done a great deal of wilderness training, have gone without electricity, and have cartons of fresh water…