No matter how much you prepare for a SHTF moment or survival situation, there will be some aspects that surprise you, something you overlooked or forgot and something that does not perform as you expected it to in the heat of the moment. That is just a reality, and there is not much you can…
[VIDEO] Survival Myths That Could Really Harm You in a SHTF Moment
Surviving a SHTF moment is difficult enough without adding to it by embracing commonly held beliefs that are actually utterly untrue. Worse, they can in some cases be deadly. For example, did you know that contrary to what a lot of people believe, moss does not always grow on the north side of a tree?…
[VIDEO] Preparing Grasshoppers as Survival Food
One of the major challenges for someone facing a SHTF moment or survival situation is finding enough food to keep up your energy and provide your body with much-needed nutrients. It is not the most appetizing, but one source of food available in most places in the summer are grasshoppers. While eating them might not…
Bug-Out or Bug-In, That is the Question
Facing a survival situation, is it ever appropriate to consider “bugging-in” versus “bugging out?” A lot of that answer depends on your immediate environment and needs as well as how prepared you are for an actual survival crisis. While complete societal breakdown or a man-made or natural disaster always seems like a good reason to…
7 Survival Mistakes You MUST Avoid!
Facing a lot of social, cultural and societal upheaval, more and more people are examining and even embracing the survival mentality. Whether natural or man-made, doomsday or just regular life, the prepared you are, the better your chances of making it through a survival situation – short and long-term. Embracing something new, especially when it…
Emergency Signaling – What You MUST Know!
Everyone who ventures out into the wilderness runs the risk of facing a survival situation. Depending how severe it is, you may or may not have technology at your disposal to help you navigate or be located. In many cases, the GPS inside a cell phone will work, but all other communications with the outside…
Do You Know How to Cook on a Wood Stove? Learn How!
One challenge in a survival situation – whether it is for a few hours or much longer, is cooking food. If you heat with a wood stove, you probably have used your stove to heat water or even to cook; and if that is so, you have found that it is quite a bit different…
[VIDEO] Which Bug Out Vehicle Is Right for You?
While most of us have prepared for more of a “bug-in” situation, bugging-out might be the preferred alternative. If the SHTF moment you are facing is dire enough, say with a hurricane approaching, it might be your only alternative. If you face that type of a situation, your vehicle has to be dependable, rugged, have…
[VIDEO] Dead Reckoning is a Skill You Must Develop for Survival Navigation
Almost everyone who has spent time in the brush has encountered a situation where traditional course-plotting is just not possible or practical. This situation might be when you are ensconced in a foggy environment, traveling after dark or when your traditional instruments, like a compass, are not operative. On land, dead reckoning is best achieved…
6 Critical Errors a Survivalist Shouldn’t Allow to Happen
Making mistakes in survival preparation or during a survival event is almost inevitable. The trick is to avoid making major mistakes and to put yourself in a position that when mistakes are made, you can quickly recover without jeopardizing your overall chances of making it out in one piece. One way of doing that…
Perimeter Defense and What You Need to Know
Any discussion of preparation for a long-term survival situation or SHTF moment has to include a conversation about property defense and especially, perimeter defense. In an acute survival situation, the unprepared will be desperate and desperate people will do desperate things; that means the prepared will more than likely become targets of the unprepared. No…
Coins: Stockpiling for a Survival Situation
Just about everyone who is survival minded is aware of the importance of saving individual coins to use during a survival situation. Silver dimes and quarters from 1964 and earlier, pennies from 1981 and earlier (1982 copper pennies were a mix of copper and zink) and nickels dating back to the 1800’s are all types…
10 Basic Survival Skills You Must Master!
Survival situations come in phases and dependent on what the situation is, certain skills come in handy. You do not, for example, need the same skills for a few hours with no power after a thunderstorm as you do for a few days after a blizzard or a few weeks after a hurricane. You do…
EMP or Cyber Attack – What You Need to Read
If I asked you to come up with what you thought the most likely SHTF moment to hit the USA would be, mostly likely you would have “EMP” somewhere on your top five list. What if I told you a revered and world famous journalist named Ted Koppel, a newsman and anchor of Nightline for…
How to Stay Safe From Injury After Going Through a SHTF Moment
Check out virtually any video or article we post that covers issues where there is the possibility of getting injured and we, the video makers or authors stress the importance of safety – often we both do it. This is because no matter what the SHTF moment or survival situation you face is, getting injured,…
Preparing is More Than Stockpiling!
The survival mentality is a lot more than just stockpiling supplies for a SHTF moment, longer term survival situation or bug-out environment – you simply will not ever have every aspect of every scenario covered – but that makes preparing for as many scenarios as possible a critical element to your survival strategy. For example,…
[VIDEO] Water, Fire, First Aid – Three Essentials for Outdoor Survival
Caution: The guy in this video is very funny, but at times, his language and comments stretch good taste. That said, he has a lot of good information and techniques he shares. You have been warned. When venturing into the outdoors, apart from having reliable equipment, there are three categories you must consider: Water, Fire…
[VIDEO] Rescue Me Balloon: The Difference Between Life And Death
In the middle of a survival situation or SHTF moment, the easiest way to gain access to help is to signal someone. That seems like basic, common sense, but if you had to do that right now, would you know how? Signal mirrors are one, but they rely on an air rescue and a pilot…
[VIDEO] Check Out These Top 3 Survival Tools
Every survival situation poses a myriad of challenges. It does not matter if you are lost in the wilderness, enduring a power outage or in the aftermath of a man mad or natural disaster. There are basic tools, though, that you will need (more than likely) no matter what survival situation or SHTF moment you…
[VIDEO] Learn These Top 10 Bug Out Mistakes So You Can Avoid Them
The trick to having an effective bug-out is to have the tools and supplies you need when you need them. Too often though, people pack too much stuff or stuff they really do not need, which adds weight and girth to a bug-out bag. In extreme cases, having too much stuff can lead to pain…