With exception to a few hardcore bushcrafters and some radical eco-warriors, nobody wants to have to endure a long-term collapse of life as we know it. By government estimates, if we were to lose power for a year, which could very well happen with a strong EMP, at least 90% of the United States population…
(VIDEO) This Prepper Takes Us on a Tour of His Bug Out Cabin. What it Looks Like? I Didn’t Expect This!
Almost everyone wants to have a cabin in the woods; a place we can go to get away from the chaos and the frustration of the modern world. Despite this common desire, it’s never quite as strong as when it’s felt by preppers. Having a place to go when SHTF is the ultimate safety net.…
(VIDEO) Prepper Shows Us His Wilderness Bug Out Bag That He Plans to Live Off Of for an Entire Year!
For the most part, bug out bags are widely accepted as a short-term solution to survival to get you from the area where SHTF to an area of relative safety; specifically, a bug out location. Generally, bug out bags are recommended to last anywhere from 72 hours to two weeks. However, there is one prepper…
(VIDEO) How to Really Know if You’re Selecting the Highest Quality Hatchet or Not…
There’s nothing as frustrating as buying yourself a new tool and having that tool crap out on you after only a few uses. This is a common problem for people buying hatchets or axes for regular use in the woods. With cheaper versions, handles can slip off, the blades won’t bite as easily and may…
(VIDEO) How to Construct the Paiute Deadfall Trap
There’s more than one way to skin a cat, so they say. While I’m not sure why you would want to skin a cat — it probably wouldn’t taste very good, and the fur won’t be very warm — the same train of thought applies to acquiring food. While it will require much less energy…
(VIDEO) How to Put Together an Ideal and Fully Stocked Car Kit for an Emergency
Almost as important as establishing supplies and food to outlast a SHTF situation is the almighty bug out bag. Ideally, this bag is ready to go whenever things start to go south so that you don’t have to go digging through your stuff and throwing a bag together at the last minute. Waiting until the…
(VIDEO) Prepper Shows You How to Make an Apache Foot Trap. When He Shows the Final Product? Incredible!
One of the many skills that bushcrafters like to develop is the art of setting traps. For a prepper, setting traps is often thought of as a way to protect your property, and this is an effective use for them. For a survivalist/bushcrafter, though, setting traps is more often associated with capturing food. While the…
Sharpen Your Knife to its Sharpest Possible Edge Using THIS Secret Technique…
A knife is only as good as the edge it holds. After all, a sharp edge is a safe edge, as it is much less likely to slip and will require far less force to slice through whatever it is you’re cutting. Not all knives are the same, however. Some need a steeper cutting angle…
(VIDEO) How to Make a Primitive Feather Spear Trap
If you’re stranded out in the woods or living in a post-SHTF world, eventually you’re going to get hungry. That’s just one of those unfortunate things about the human body, despite how great it would be if we could produce our own nutrition through photosynthesis. When the time comes for you to eat finally (hopefully…
(VIDEO) He Cut Up an Old Tire. What He Created With It? Every Prepper Should Check Out This Easy DIY Project!
One problem of long-term survival in a post-EMP or collapsed government world that is seldom discussed are the problems of clothing ourselves when the supply trucks are no longer running. Of course, there will still be clothing, but much like every other supply item, the useful stuff will be hoarded by individuals and traded at…
(VIDEO) Forgot Your Garage Code? Using Just a Toy, You Can Hack Into Your Garage in Seconds
One of the often overlooked areas of security in a home is the garage door. In an attached garage, this can offer an easy area of access to a home, particularly if a homeowner relies on the garage door as the main barrier towards entering the home, leaving the door into the house unlocked. This…
How to Build a Build a Pi-Powered Drone Disabler to Understand the Security Risks of Wireless Communications
With quadcopter drones becoming an ever more popular trend among gadget aficionados, photographers, and even businesses, it should come as no surprise that rising among the growing wave of drone pilots are some individuals who seek to use the drones to peep with photographs or to collect sensitive information. There are even potential applications for…
6 Fascinating Facts About Venomous Rattlesnakes That Could Save a Life
Rattlesnakes are one of the most feared predators in the United States. The fear of rattlesnakes isn’t due to their running speed, their intelligence, their fearsome claws or their raw power, all of which they lack in spades. It’s because one minute you could be walking along a dusty trail when suddenly you hear what…
How to Trick Out an Over-the-Counter AR
As always, the buying and selling of firearms go through the roof during election season and this season is no different. Many people who had been putting off buying a firearm will be looking at the shelves of weapons at their local gun shops and pondering the prices, trying to figure out how best to…
How to Build the Ideal Travel Bug Out Bag to Ensure Your Safety While Out on the Road
It’s easy to think that when on vacation nothing bad can happen to you. But history has taught us that this is a horrible state of mind to fall into. Cruise Ships sink, planes go down, and local economies and governments collapse. In the case of the latter emergency, when a government collapses when you’re…
Why Using a Tampon as a First Aid Backup for Serious Bleeding is a BAD Idea
Among many preppers, there is a lot of talk of using “improvised” methods for everything including building weapons, starting fires and attaining clean drinking water. One of the most common areas for this improvisation is the area of practicing first aid. While it may sometimes be necessary to put into practice improvised methods to attempt…
(VIDEO) With Just Two Home Ingredients, You Can Ease a Poison Ivy and Oak Rash
Few things can dampen an experience in the wilderness faster than poison ivy, oak or sumac. The waxy oils that coat the leaves of these plants can lead to painful rashes that will itch like you wouldn’t believe (until you’ve experienced it) for several days or even weeks afterward. For a huge number of people,…
Incredible Life-Saving Military Combat Ideas for Personal Defense
Turn on the news on any given day, and you will see stories about ordinary citizens meeting violent ends. While all of these deaths are unfortunate, the most regrettable ones are those who would have been preventable with proper training and being properly armed. The military makes use of several combat ideas for meeting threats…
For Easy Fire-Starting Out in the Wild, Check Out How to Make a Char Cloth
In the wild, whether in a survival situation or merely on a camping trip, one of the first priorities that will jump to mind is the urge to build a fire. Having a fire creates an immediate sense of calm, as it psychologically places something under your control, making it easier to make further decisions…
When SHTF, Here’s the Ammo You Will Need…
Having the right guns can make or break you when SHTF. Just as you wouldn’t go deer hunting with a .22 (yes, you may know of someone’s cousin’s friend’s brother who did this successfully, but any real hunter would know without a doubt that it’s a stupid decision), you wouldn’t go squirrel hunting with a…