Before modern metal tools and amazing inventions which have made living like cavemen obsolete, our ancestors utilized literally every resource at their disposal to just live from one day to the next. This often meant crafting tools from scratch using stones and sticks gathered from the forest around them and taking hours, and sometimes days,…
How to Plan an Effective Bug Out Escape Route… Before SHTF
When SHTF, the last thing you are going to want to worry about is where you are going and what you are bringing. That stuff should be figured out long before you ever have to worry about bugging out. The same can be said for how you are going to get to your bug out…
(VIDEO) Could You Construct a Long Term Survival Shelter Like This? It’s Crazy But Life Saving!
Hopefully if any of us ever get into a survival situation, it will only be for a couple of hours until we hear the voices of people on a trail about a hundred feet away. At that point will probably walk out sheepishly to tell them that we couldn’t find the trail (it happens WAY…
(VIDEO) Installing a Fireplace and Chimney in a Tiled Roof Hut
One of the many aspects to consider when roughing it in the wild is the problem of shelter. For bushcrafters, shelter often comes in the form of an A-frame or lean-to utilizing a tarp or branches. For preppers, shelter can take the form of a bug out cabin, bunker, or, in the process of getting…
(VIDEO) Petroleum Jelly is VERY Beneficial to Your Survival. Just How Useful? Watch This!
For preppers and survivalists, one of most essential priorities is fire. Without fire, we cannot cook our food, we cannot boil our water, and we have to rely on other means to stay warm and keep predators at bay. Because of its importance, most people carry more than one fire starting method on them whenever…
(VIDEO) Bring Your Prepper Skills to the Next Level With This Upside Down Fire Technique!
Proper fire-making skills are essential for any survival situation–it’s not like regular camping where you can just dump a can full of gasoline on the wood and toss a match. In survival fires, you have to take extra care of checking how damp the wood is, what kind of wood is used, how many ways…
(VIDEO) Two Preppers Had an Overnight Bushcrafting Adventure. How it Went? Fascinating!
It’s one thing to study bushcraft and purchase bushcraft tools and announce to others that you’re “a bushcraft specialist.” It’s a completely different thing to actually put those methods to the test and utilize nothing but your skills to brave an overnighter out in the woods. Doing this from time to time can reveal gaps…
When Encountering a Mountain Lion Out in the Wild, THIS is What You Shouldn’t Do…
Mountain lions are one of the most feared predators in the Americas, and while much of this fear is due to misunderstanding, they are certainly dangerous enough to garner a significant amount of respect. Luckily, the chance of you running into one anywhere in the wilderness is very slim, as they are highly reclusive creatures…
3 Clever Ways to Get the Funds for a SHTF Bunker
It’s the deeply held dream of every prepper to have a cozy bunker to call their own; a place to get away from it all (and by “it all” I mean nuclear fallout, terrorist attacks, hostile government takeover, and Earth-shattering natural disasters). Unfortunately, bunkers are expensive, and the more they shield you from the dangers…
(VIDEO) Bring Your Survival Game to New Heights With This Celt Stone Axe That You Can Make From Scratch
Before the advent of metallurgy, ancient people made a lot of use of different resources to construct their weapons and tools. The most common resource was that of stone. Different regions of the world utilized different methods, and the tools were adapted to make the most efficient use of the properties which their local rock…
(VIDEO) This Prepper Shows Us How to Make Poisonous Black Bean That’s Actually Safe to Eat…
In Japan, there is a tradition of making sushi known as Fugu from highly toxic pufferfish. The chefs need to be so careful that they are individually licensed after three or more years of training in the art, and one slip up can mean a neurological shutdown from tetrodotoxin. While the practice is celebrated for…
(VIDEO) This Frame is a Basis for a Bushcraft Shelter. Learn How to Construct One!
The “Rule of Threes” states that you can survive three weeks without food, three days without water, and three hours without shelter. This is important because it outlines the top three priorities and how important they are to your survival. Granted, if the weather is fantastic and you have no wind or precipitation to worry…
(VIDEO) This Man Filmed His Experience Spending a Night in the Woods. His Bushcraft Experience is One to Take Away From!
While there are a lot of people, who practice bushcraft, not a lot of them take to the woods for a period utilizing only their bushcraft skills to sustain them. And even fewer people record the attempt for all to see. Not this guy. His name is Brian, and recording his forays into bushcraft while…
(VIDEO) When SHTF, You’ll Need a Aramgeddon Response Bag Like This Prepper’s. Check it Out!
There are many among us who look forward to the zombie apocalypse with stars in our eyes. Unfortunately (or fortunately, for those weirdos who never fantasize about this), this is not likely to happen outside of the movies. While this is a sad truth for many preppers, there are still a million reasons why you…
(VIDEO) He Took Out a Rock. The Type of Weapon He Makes? This is VERY Useful to Your Survival!
Stranded in the wilderness with nothing but your wits and your good health, and even the greatest among us can fail. Deprived of our basic conveniences, most people would simply curl up and pray to be rescued. While staying put is an excellent idea, an even better one is to stay put and make yourself…
11 of the Most Popular Tools a Prepper Should Hold Onto for Outdoor Survival
When it comes to survival in the wilderness, or even urban survival, you can never have too many supplies. It pretty well goes hand in hand that the more you have at your disposal, the easier time you will have at attempting to make it through the SHTF, largely because you will be able to…
(VIDEO) With This Primitive Bow Survival Trap, You’ll Have a Meal at Your Bug Out Cabin in No Time…
One of your best friends in a survival situation will be any of the series of traps you may use to acquire food for yourself and your hungry family. This may be a series of snares, small metal traps like fur traders would use, or a set of deadfalls. However, the main problem with many…
How to Realistically Prepare for a Long Term Collapse
While a growing number of people prepare for it, especially given the appalling state of the geopolitical scene these days, very few people actually want to have to test their prepper skills in a real-world application. Nevertheless, those skills may be tested sooner or later, whether it’s due to a botched nuclear trade agreement, a…
12 Different Ways You Can Use Your Mylar Blanket In a Survival Situation
A tool that is in nearly every survival kit but is horribly underrepresented in survival circles is the mylar blanket, AKA the survival blanket. Designed to reflect as much as 95% of the user’s body heat back to them, these emergency blankets are often squirreled away into survival kits and bug out bags for use…
4 Reasons You Should Always Carry a Pocket Knife
There’s a fair chance that a lot of people reading this post carry a pocket knife or some form of blade on them at least 90% of the time. The other 10% of the time is either when it’s forgotten or they’re in the shower. At any rate, it’s highly encouraged that everybody carry a…