The 5 Phases of Evasion I watch movies and see the intended victim running madly through the streets or woods fugitively looking back over his or her shoulder only to run head long into the aggressor and be captured or worse. Meanwhile I am thinking to myself why didn’t he or she duck in here …
Could You Pass the Prep 5-5-5 Test? Most of us believe we fall into one of three categories of preparedness. The first is we are prepped for anything at any time. (If you feel you are in that category you may find that you have underestimated the fickleness of disasters) The second is that we …
14 Signs It’s Time to Bug Out One of a prepper‘s biggest concerns is knowing when to call it a go and get out of dodge. When do you drop plan A to hunker down in place and bug out? Often things get bad so slowly that we miss the meaning of each event and …
Bicycle Powered Tiny Home This is a great tiny home for the homeless, the wanderers, and a post SHTF traveler. But I don’t think it is going to become the preferred housing of the young with a wander lust! I does provide a ton of ideas on a scavenging vehicle or a lone bug out …
Planning beyond the bug-out bag The vast majority of us are well equipped to bug in or hunker down during an emergency. But there are times and events when bugging out is the safest option and even the only option to survive. This of course is when your bug-out bag comes into play. Light weight …
Do you Have These Go Bag Essentials? Non preppers often see a go bag and a bug out bag as the same thing. They can be if you want them to be, but they really shouldn’t be and for me they aren’t interchangeable. My go bag is when I need to take off in a …
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 …
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 …
