Category: SHTF

27 Skill Building Basecamp Projects

27 Skill Building Basecamp Projects The Survival Sherpa gives us 27 projects that can be done to build your oasis base camp in the woods, all while honing your bush craft skills. The more comfortable you and your family are preforming these tasks the more confidence you will have if these skills are ever needed …

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Build a Get Home Bag

Build a Get Home Bag Why build a get home bag when you already have a bug out bag? Too many folks think they are the same thing but they are for different purposes. Unless you are retired or work from home odds are very high that you will not be at home when a …

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Self Defense/Hunting Arsenal On a Budget

Self Defense/Hunting Arsenal On a Budget With the way of the world today, if your local laws allow you gun ownership may seem only wise to do so. Then there are SHTF events to consider whether they be personal events or nation wide and long/short term events. Building an arsenal to prepare for both your self defense …

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MIY Hunger Games Inspired Bow

MIY Hunger Games Inspired Bow Many folks will become bow hunters by necessity if there is a serious SHTF event. Ammunition will become hard to come by and if you only have a handgun, you may choose to save that limited ammo for purposes of self defense. Even if you currently own a bow, knowing how …

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Blackout Checklist

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Blackout Checklist Just about every natural disaster includes power disruption for at least part of the event. Then there are overloads that shut down plants and accidents that blow transformers and the ever present fear of a powerful EMP that can also cause blackouts. These can last from a …

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Bullet Proof, Pop Proof, Airless Tires

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Bullet Proof, Pop Proof, Airless Tires (2 links) These honey comb tires are bullet proof, pop proof and airless! Developed in 2008 by Resilient Technologies and were set for sale to the military when the company was sold now in the hands of Polaris they are still awaiting release. …

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Do Preppers Need a Bullet Proof Vest

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Do Preppers Need a Bullet Proof Vest Police officers and soldiers wear body armor when they are on duty in dangerous areas where gun fire is likely. The majority of us don’t expect to get shot at while at work. But it does indeed happen so much so that saying you …

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Coupon or Bargain Stockpiles Aren’t Emergency Food Storage

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Coupon or Bargain Stockpiles Aren’t Emergency Food Storage The featured article is from our friends at Backdoor Survival and it draws the line between coupon or bargain sales stockpiling and real emergency food storage. In most respects I agree. I find for myself and in the area of the …

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Protecting Yourself from Home Invasion

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Protecting Yourself from Home Invasion Home invasions are becoming more and more troublesome and more common. There are many steps that can be taken to protect ourselves from these crimes, but unfortunately we continue to make the same mistakes over and over giving these often violent criminals the opening they need.  …

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Having Children After SHTF

Some posts may contain affiliate links. Having Children After SHTF It is a question almost as old as time. From the time that people learned where babies came from there has been debate on whether they should or should not attempt to have children. We have all seen the pictures of starving children and babies …

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