Tag: survival

Surviving is hard work. When your survivability in part depends on your ability to do the manual back-breaking survival tasks, sore muscles are simply not a viable option. Tiger balm ...

In any survival situation, the most important thing is finding food. While you may have a stockpile stored safely somewhere, it might not be accessible. Depending on the circumstances, you ...

The ability to live off the land could mean the difference between life and death. For thousands of years, our forebears managed to thrive off the bounty of nature, and ...

As preppers, we’re all used to rotating our food supplies. When you come home from the store with five cans of soup they go to the back of the shelf, ...

The threat of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) being used as a weapon against the U.S. isn’t as far-fetched of a threat as many out there would like it to be. ...

There is nothing on Earth quite like cooking in a Dutch oven over an open fire. A well-seasoned Dutch oven is so valuable it is often a family heirloom, creating ...

Being a prepper can be hard work. You have skills to learn, tools and supplies to collect and maintain, a vegetable garden and maybe livestock to tend. You’re trying to ...

When disaster strikes, will you be prepared? You likely already have a list of all the foods you need to grow and stockpile, as well as the emergency and first ...

Hunters and gatherers used to study animal prints to find survival food. You may not need to do that anymore but might want to know about it and would possibly ...

The hunter-gatherer mentality from the stone age is drastically different from the current way society eats food. In the modern world, many people pop over to the store when in ...

For thousands of years man has used the bow and arrow for hunting and for war. Many indigenous tribes around the world used archery, and it became the primary weapon ...

From droughts to floods, there's no way of predicting when a crisis may attack our lives. For this reason, preppers seek a variety of different ways they can prepare themselves ...

There are numerous occasions when we need a rope to be pulled very tight and secured while not losing any tension. The most obvious of these circumstances is when securing ...

I have always loved the challenge of heading out into the woods and attempting to come home with dinner. When I first started hunting as a child, one of my ...

This natural pain relief salve is a must-have for when you need to be self-sufficient in the face of an emergency. It is an indispensable item to pack in your ...

What will you need to know if you want to survive in a post SHTF world? This article will answer that question by referencing skills that were common amongst our ...

By now we can probably all say that we would easily survive in the wild with the tools we have at our disposal and with the preparations we have in ...

Repurposing containers is one of my favorite things to do. Some people may give little thought to this idea which seems a little odd to me because when we purchase ...

We have all probably used a form of meat powder at some point in our cooking. It adds protein, flavor, and convenience to many recipes. However, it also can be ...

The ‘Survival Rule of Three’ states that in inclement weather we can only expect to survive three hours without shelter. It is because of this, that shelter is prioritized before ...

Just like when we harvest an animal, when we harvest a tree, it is best to use every usable part. Tree bark has many incredible uses, many of which can ...

While it is unlikely that you will ever find yourself unlawfully detained with your hands secured by zip ties, the possibility does exist, and it is worthwhile to know how ...

It’s hard not to break your neck when you drive by a yard sale. There is always that chance that there might be a treasure hidden in all those tables ...

I always grew up in a house with a gun in it. As I ventured into adulthood, there were times I joined the boys at the desert shooting range; but ...

Even though the western world seems to be moving away from the proliferation of single-use plastic drinking straws, they are still in wide use and I’m sure that they can ...

Editor's Note: In South Africa farmers are murdered at a much higher rate than the murder rate in the general population. Farmers are the targets of criminal attacks. This article ...

I could just start this article with a list of stuff lying around in your house and tell you how to use them. However, I want to give you a ...

Any prepper is going to have many needs that can be filled by gasoline. There are tools, cars and generators that need to be fed gasoline. Right now, we are ...

The late afternoon light is shining through your window and the scene outside is quiet, just the way you like it. You are about a month into a serious collapse ...

Protecting your home and family is generally speaking a very important task, but nowadays it seems to be more important than it ever before was. While the riots we’ve seen ...