Everyone knows how to tie a knot or two, but do you know how to tie the most important survival knots? Learning how to tie knots is not something that happens overnight. Like most things, it takes practice...sometimes lots of practice. Focus on mastering just one survival knot at a time. Once you can pull off tying and untying the knot with your eyes … [Read more...]
50 Lost Remedies from The Old Days
Long before big box stores with their shelves of medicines, and long before the age of instant information, there was passed-down, time-tested wisdom on how to treat common ailments with natural remedies. Our forefathers and foremothers used plants, common sense, and a little know-how to ease all types of pain and discomfort. In many cases, these … [Read more...]
15 Rare Skills That Will Come In Handy When SHTF
If you’re familiar with the world of prepping for natural disasters and other life-changing, cataclysmic events, you probably have some provisions. You’ve decided that having a bug out bag is a good idea; you’ve stocked up on nonperishable items; you have a plan for where to go and what to do when the SHTF. But at some point in a survival scenario, there … [Read more...]
7 Things a Campfire Needs to Burn All Night Long
The crackle and pop of a good campfire is one of the best things about staying in the woods overnight. When a fire is in full bloom and the flames radiate up charred logs and lick off into the night sky, you can stare at it for hours. It’s about the best setting for comradery you can find. Fire making is a basic skill, but like most skills, it can be … [Read more...]
7 Things You’ll Realize After Living Without Electricity
If you've ever wondered what it's like to live without electricity for a long time, just ask the people of Puerto Rico. Many of them lived without power for nearly a year. And according to a Harvard study, the death rate in Puerto Rico nearly doubled after Hurricane Maria do to a lack of air conditioning and medical care. It has been estimated that if … [Read more...]
7 Hidden Dangers that Could Ruin Your Survival Plans
In most scenarios, the unseen risks – the ones you don’t expect and don’t prepare for – are the most dangerous risks. There is a lot that can go wrong with a survival plan. Major disasters are chaotic and full of hidden dangers, and it’s difficult to foresee and prepare for all of them. However, the more hidden dangers you uncover and prepare for, the … [Read more...]
6 Practical Prepping Budget Tips
The most common complaint among new preppers is how expensive it is. While there are many ways you can prep for free, you will inevitably have to spend some money if you want to stock up on supplies. To do that, it's important to keep a budget and look for great deals. Prepper Princess is a Youtuber who is very big on budget prepping, and she … [Read more...]
20 Trees Every Prepper Should Be Familiar With (And Why)
Growing your own food and medicine will vastly improve your chances of surviving a long-term disaster. Cultivating fruit trees is just one small way to enhance the food sources at your prepper retreat or bug in location. There are a multitude of trees that are chock full of nutrients like Vitamin C and ingredients for natural remedies that can treat … [Read more...]
7 Problems That Every Prepper Must Overcome
Preppers have a problem. Oftentimes, they can't see the forest for the trees. I've found that prepping is like a vast river of opportunity, a river that ebbs and flows based on the situations around us. When world events are spiraling out of control, we feel inspired to get prepping. When the world feels stable, we slack off. This same journey along the … [Read more...]
9 Improvised Hunting Weapons for Fish and Game in the Wild
We always assume we’ll have a rifle when hunting, but in a survival situation, we may be lucky to have a pocket knife. A rifle is the standard, contemporary tool or weapon for almost any hunting situation. It’s a highly sophisticated weapon customized with scopes and by caliber for a variety of game species and sizes. But hunting without a rifle is a whole … [Read more...]
8 Basic Survival Skills to Teach Your Children
As parents, we want to protect our children from harm. It’s in our DNA. So we diligently prepare for possible emergencies, and we educate ourselves on how to survive them. Teaching your children to rely on you is a good thing, but we can’t possibly be with them at all times. Would your kids know what to do if they were on their own in a survival … [Read more...]
15 Ways You Can Prep for SHTF Without Spending a Dime
If you’ve recently started prepping, one of the first things you’ve probably noticed is how expensive it is. From stockpiling ammo to food to gear to medicine to water and so on, the cost of getting ready for a disaster can add up really fast. This is why budget prepping has become such a popular topic. Some preppers spend hundreds if not thousands of … [Read more...]
15 Survival Uses for Triangular Bandages
A triangular bandage is one of the most common types of bandages, and for good reason. Basically, it's a large piece of cloth in the shape of a triangle with a right angle, like this. It can then be folded into a long narrow band called a cravat. One of the most popular ways to use a triangular bandage is not as a bandage, but as a sling. You've no doubt … [Read more...]
10 Lost Skills We Can Learn From The Amish
The Amish (about 300,000 of them) quietly live among us throughout the United States. They do not live on the grid, not in a conventional manner of speaking, at least. American Amish communities function from a power grid far superior to our antiquated electrical system - “God’s Grid.” We preppers can learn a whole lot from the Amish and their off-grid … [Read more...]
Budget Friendly Survival Kit
A popular new trend in the prepper community--which I really like--is using gadget pouches and tool rolls to make survival kits and bug out bags. It makes perfect sense because, rather than digging through a bag and struggling to find what you're looking for, you can just unroll the pouch or roll and immediately see everything in your kit laid out before … [Read more...]
14 Prepper Items To Look For At Garage Sales
Prepping doesn't have to cost a lot of money if you know how to look for bargains. Garage sales and yard sales are great places to scoop up cheap survival items you might need for an emergency. The old saying that one man's junk is another man's treasure certainly applies here. Many people holding garage sales don't know the true value of what they're … [Read more...]
25 Survival Uses for Rubber Bands
Everyone has a few rubber bands somewhere in their home, probably in the bottom of their junk drawer. When I was a kid, my brother and I shot them at each other. I even had a rubber band gun (until he stole it from me). You might be surprised to learn that rubber bands aren't just good for shooting at each other. In fact, there are at least 25 … [Read more...]
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