Some posts may contain affiliate links. Learning to Use and Hunt With a Catapult You might not consider the hand held catapult as a weapon but remember the story of David and Goliath! It is an ancient weapon that can still get the job done. I call it the grown up version of the kid’s …
Incubating and Hatching Eggs I did this on a very small scale as a kid and hatched a single egg and recall it was an awesome thing to watch. Incubating and hatching eggs isn’t child’s play however. For today’s homesteaders and even those who have a back yard coop each egg is an investment. After …
Priority Home Security Improvements Home security is a topic that doesn’t always get the attention it should on prepping sites. Our homes are our safe havens from the world. Having that safety shattered is a SHTF event. Sometimes we are so busy worrying about outside SHTF events and bugging out etc.. that we forget about …
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 …
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 …
