When SHTF, whether it be a societal collapse or you’re just hopelessly lost in the woods, one thing you will always want on hand is a weapon. In today’s world, that weapon is often a firearm of some sort. However, there are a lot of instances where a firearm is not going to be the…
(VIDEO) These Primitive Weapons Are Astonishing. Watch and Learn!
Ever since man first picked up a rock and bashed another man in the head, our species has been absolutely obsessed with weapons. Love them or hate them, they are a part of our DNA, and anyone getting into a fight will instinctively look around the area for something they can wield to give them…
(VIDEO) He Takes Out a Machete. How He Uses it to Open THIS Item? I Can’t Believe It!
You have hundreds of gallons of water stored up. You’ve got plenty of batteries and fuel. Your wall is stacked with thousands of cans of food of every possible kind. Then the inevitable happens and SHTF. You’ve been preparing for this moment for all of your adult life. Your heart does a little flutter as…
(VIDEO) Learn How to Make a How to Make a Functional Skyrim Inspired Iron Arrow
When SHTF, you’ll have to rely on your skills and your creativity to keep you alive on a day-to-day basis. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the employ of weapons when in this prolonged survival situation. Hopefully, you’ll be able to stockpile a few guns and a bunch of ammunition. However, if guns aren’t…
(VIDEO) You Take Out a Flashlight But Only Have One Battery Left. Here’s a Hack That’ll Show You How to Make it Work!
Stocking up on batteries is a valuable part of any SHTF plan, largely because so much in our society relies upon the use of electricity to function. That’s not to say you couldn’t make do without electronic devices, but it’s safe to say that having them just makes everything SO much easier. Eventually, though, you’re…
Diseases That Will Arise Again and What to Do So You’ll Be Prepared When That Day Comes
In our advanced modern society, most horrifying diseases that regularly wiped out our predecessors are not dwelled upon much in our thoughts as we focus on applying hand sanitizer every time we touch a grocery cart and flush our waste away in the miracle of engineering that is the toilet. But these diseases we still…
You’re Bugging Out and Have a Tooth Emergency. Here’s How to Deal With it During SHTF.
Bugging out has a whole host of problems, from the lack of resources to the loss of everyday comforts. One of the comforts that many people don’t often think about will be the lack of dental offices and educated dentists performing their trade in a SHTF world. It may not sound like that big of…
The Difference Between Courage and Boldness and How to be Like Sparta
If you’ve ever seen the movie 300 (if you haven’t, stop what you’re doing right now and go watch it–clock out early and just watch it; you won’t regret it), you know how totally badass the Spartans were compared to the rest of the world. This was a tiny city-state that took on pretty much…
How to Handle the Prepper Amateurs
Being prepared for SHTF, as any prepper knows, is a lot of work. A lot of hard work. It involves plans, backup plans, and backup plans for the backup plans. Even then, you can never be completely sure that you’ve covered all of your bases and the unexpected can still arise in a way that…
10 Home Remedies for a Toothache That Actually Work
Oral health is an often fickle thing, and when tooth pain is bad, it can be really bad. It can distract you from necessary work, make you lash out at those you love and is in general just a monumental pain in the ass. When considering what to do to alleviate this tooth pain, the…
(VIDEO) Check Out This Incredible Survival Technique: The Finnish Rakovalkea or “Gap Fire”
Building a fire to keep you warm in your shelter all night is no easy task. In the winter or in wet, cold weather, this becomes not just a luxury, but a necessity. Being able to have a fire for warmth all night is also going to have a strong effect on how much sleep…
The 10 Most Dangerous Spiders in the World Will Shock You. #8 is Horrifying!
Nearly everyone has a fear of spiders, although some hold those fears to a greater extent than others. While some may just get annoyed or uncomfortable to find a rogue arachnid creeping through their sleeping bag at three in the morning, others will nearly have fainting spells at the mere sight of a daddy long-leg…
(VIDEO) This Prepper Can Climb a Tree With No Branches and He Shows You How to Do the Same!
Climbing trees goes back to our roots. Since the dawn of mankind and even before that, our ancestors were climbing trees for food, for high ground, and for fun. It’s an ingrained skill that children are born with; they climb on things all the time, and the less they are coddled and told not to,…
(VIDEO) Learn How to Use This Epic Fox Parang Jungle Knife for Bushcraft
Selecting a survival knife you can trust your life to is something that every survivalist stresses over. After all, with your blade, you’ll be building shelters, chopping firewood, prepping game, and maybe even fighting off predators (as if you don’t have enough problems). For this reason, finding the right blade to suit your needs and…
(VIDEO) Learn How to Build a Basic Paracord Snare Trap
One of the most popular topics of survival is the quest for food. Despite the fact that most survival scenarios are only a few days, and the human body can go without food for a few weeks, the primary concern for many people is how they will feed themselves when they become lost or stranded…
(VIDEO) How to Use a Zippo Lighter Even With No Fuel!
The cheap everyday Bic lighter is pretty much the go-to tool for emergency fire starting in most survival and prepper circles. It’s lightweight, inexpensive, reliable, and can last for up to 3000 lights in best circumstances. With all that going for it, it’s no wonder it’s the wonderchild of emergency flames. But should that make…
Is USA Made Fire Steel a Good Choice for a Fire Starter?
The ferro rod, AKA magnesium rod, AKA sparker stick, AKA fire steel, is as ubiquitous to the survival kit as a knife or cordage; you will seldom find a kit without it. It comes in handy when the matches run out or get soaked, and the lighter runs out of fuel or leaks. Even when…
(VIDEO) How to Successfully Drink Birch Sap From a Tree
One of the biggest dangers of wilderness survival is the threat of dehydration. Finding clean water is extremely difficult; you can’t just dunk your head in a stream and start drinking. To solve this problem, you could either carry iodine tablets, bleach, a filtration system or a container for boiling water. If you have none…
(VIDEO) How to Make a Campfire Last All Night Long
It’s a common problem for many campers; you build an amazing fire with an excellent bed of coals and load it up with firewood, expecting it to burn all night so that you can cook breakfast in the morning, only to wake up to a bed of cool ash. What does it take to make…
Here’s Everything You Need to Know About the Dogo Tactical Combat Robot
Being able to defend your hard-won bug out property is a primary concern for many preppers, and because of this, many of them are stockpiling guns, ammunition, and gun cleaning kits to prepare for when the SHTF, when it does. Of course, a major concern with this method is that you will likely be putting…