Accurately calculate how much food you need for SHTF We are given estimates on how much food we need to store per person for a SHTF event. But have you really looked at the serving size on some foods? I was looking at the serving size on a bottle of salad dressing the other day …
The Definitive Bushcraft Skills List Bushcraft is a set of skills that you need to survive and even thrive in nature without outside assistance. To subsist in an environment where you can’t flick your Bic, stop by the Seven Eleven and pick up a last minute item, nor rent a cozy condo. Relying on yourself …
DIY Boot Survival Kit We’ve seen a number of small survival kits that could get you through a large difficult issue. These kits aren’t intended to replace your bug out bag not even your 72 hour kit rather to add to them and for use when those kits might not be available to us. We …
Some posts may contain affiliate links. Optimum Survival Group Size We all know that that lone wolf survival epic is just that… an epic myth. It might be the way to go when the SHTF initially. But eventually you must sleep. There is a whole lot to be done to stay alive with any …
Potential Mass Shootings Stopped by People With a Personal Firearm In the United States we are too frequently dealing with the aftermath of a mass shooting. It isn’t the fact that there is always another mass shooting just around the corner that has changed the climate of gun control in this country, but the fact that …
Scary Prepping Statistics Why is it so rare to see statistics on the positives? Probably for a couple of reasons, 1st because positive never gets as much attention as does the negative. Secondly especially when it comes to subjects like preparedness the positive statistics are hard to find and prove. It’s much easier to count …
Meat Cutting: Beef As unpleasant as it may be actually killing the cow is the easy part. After that it takes some skill to make the beef cuts the very best they can be for your family. It is important that if you must take a creature’s life that you make use of the …
Essential Knots Infographic When working with rope you need to have the right knots for the job! The last thing you need in the middle of a crisis is for a knot to fail. Blank Point provides an inforgraphic with a variety of knots for a number of purposes. Find it below enlarged for easier …
Introducing the Bioscarf A pretty neat new layer of protection is just coming onto the market. The bioscarf website talks a lot about protection from daily pollution. As preppers we are concerned with air pollution like every other citizen of this planet. But our needs can be a bit broader. I am seeing this as …
POST SHTF: Lock Picking With Everyday Items Pre-SHTF I can only assume you will all act with honor and not use this information for entry into any property that is not your own. These are for POST SHTF use only. But you can bet those that wish to abscond with your property already know …
