Category: SHTF

Non Food Items to Stock With Your Supplies

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Non Food Items to Stock With Your Supplies All preppers spend the bulk of our prepping dollars and attention to food products, and all that goes along with that. How to cook, heat it, wash it, grow it, and preserve it. It is also important to take a lot …

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5 Need to Know Techniques When Caring for the Wounded

5 Need to Know Techniques When Caring for the Wounded

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 5 Need to Know Techniques When Caring for the Wounded One thing for sure we can count on for just about any and all disaster events is that there will be wounded. It is very unlikely that there will be enough trained medical professionals in the right areas at …

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5 Methods for Storing Meat Off-Grid

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 5 Methods for Storing Meat Off-Grid Making good use of meat when it is available is important in any SHTF scenario whether long or short term. It is the best source of protein we have. We can obtain protein from plants, but the amount required to not just keep …

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10 Things That Will Destroy Your Food Storage

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Some posts may contain affiliate links. 10 Things That Will Destroy Your Food Storage Even more important then beginning to start a cache of food storage is setting up a proper environment for it. You could’ve been storing a bit here and there for many years only to find it gone or unusable when a …

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Genius Tip for Making Chopping Wood Easier

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Genius Tip for Making Chopping Wood Easier I love the sound of the crackling wood burning in the wood stove, watching the shadows of the flames dance on the walls of the fire place and especially the warmth provided by a campfire. Chopping the wood to make those moments …

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5 Reasons to Own Body Armor

5 Reasons to Own Body Armor

Some posts may contain affiliate links. 5 Reasons to Own Body Armor There are obvious reasons for some professions to wear body armor. In some SHTF scenarios having and wearing body armor would be a life saver. The featured article today does list such a scenario as one of the reasons to own the armor. …

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Tips For Locating a Safe Campsite

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Tips For Locating a Safe Campsite It doesn’t matter why you are out in the boon docks, planned or unplanned you could end up there overnight. Hiking, backpacking, hunting, camping or most dire bugging out. Weather can play a large part in choosing your safest site for setting up …

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Methods of Lighting a Campfire Without Matches

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Methods of Lighting a Campfire Without Matches Especially in a survival or bug out scenario being able to light a fire is paramount to staying alive. Even if you are just backpacking or camping with your family and have forgotten the matches it can make or break the trip …

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DIY Dry Curing Meat

DIY Dry Curing Meat

Some posts may contain affiliate links. DIY Dry Curing Meat SHTF preppers, homesteaders, and poverty preppers are always looking for new or in this case, old ways to preserve foods especially meat. Everyone need protein intake to survive. The primary form of protein in the majority of people’s diets is meat. Today’s featured article tells …

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Canning Recipes: For Pressure and Water Bath Canning

Canning Recipes: For Pressure and Water Bath Canning

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Canning Recipes: For Pressure and Water Bath Canning I am so excited that it is harvest time!. I have a new electric pressure cooker canner combo and can’t wait to try it out! As my children grow up and leave home I will be canning smaller batches so when they …

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