Smell is One of Your First Lines of Defense Sometimes we humans forget that we are a member of the animal kingdom. We were given sensory gifts genetically. We can touch, taste, smell, hear and see. Too often we rely on the ability to see and hear as our primary senses and don’t appreciate …
The INCH Bag No-Nonsense Guide An INCH Bag is an abbreviation for I’m Never Coming Home Bag. A sad concept and a situation that we all hope will never be ours. It’s a bit different than a Bug Out Bag aka BOB, Our BOB is prepared with the expectation that some time in the future …
Why Preppers Should Learn More and Spend Less If you are a long time reader, you know I am a bit of a gear junkie. I know I can’t be an expert at everything! But how do I choose my equipment needs? By first learning what I am good at and what I struggle with. …
Non Fear Based Reasons to Prep There are a lot of fear-based reasons to prep. Natural disasters, manmade disasters, political disasters, economic crisis, and personal to your own situation SHTF events. I don’t think the featured writing from the Modern Survival Blog is talking about the terror kind of fear that we can feel while …
10 Important Items A Female Prepper Should Have In times of crisis many needs and requirements for survival are the same for everyone regardless if male or female. However, as in today’s world there are differences that require different preparations. For a listing of what Erica over at Living Life in Rural Iowa feels are …
What You Can Take Away From Famous Outdoorsmen Both Canada and the United States were built so to speak on the backs of outdoorsmen. The Brave, adaptable, and creative this men moved from the populated areas of our budding country to explore and conquer the unknown regions many of us live in today. We can …
No Matter the Event, These Women Will Be Ready Prepping is often viewed as a man’s domain. But there are indeed lots of women preppers. Not just cautious women who stock their pantries and can scratch cook either. But outright survivalists who know the off grid world and what it takes to make it in …
Prepper Books Worth Buying I believe strongly that knowledge is power. We have all heard the prepper’s adage that knowledge is the lightest thing you carry with you. I believe in this strongly enough that daily on our Facebook page I locate and offer you a kindle book that is at that time available for …
Setting Realistic Prepping Priorities Especially with the new prepper setting realistic priorities is a murky proposition. Natural disasters are happening in areas that have never seen them before like quakes and tornados. The economy is bad everywhere. Add the huge threat in the world today and it becomes easy to be distracted from the first …
Top 10 Uses For a Tarp Every survival, preparedness, prepping and homesteading site will advise you to own a tarp. Probably several tarps because they have so many uses. From temporary repairs to temporary shelters. I could probably name 50 uses off the top of my head But what are the top uses? See them …
