Emergency Improvised Firestarting Prepper, survivalist, camper. hunter, or hiker we all carry more than one method of starting a fire. However just getting the initial flame in some circumstances won’t be enough! Keeping it going and going strong enough to provide the warmth needed or the flame needed to cook your meal, boil your water …
5 Priorities for Surviving in the Wild We all know the basic rule of 3 and know it applies to darn near every disaster scenario you can think of. But in what order and by what method should you apply that rule when stranded, lost, or driven into the wild to survive? What fears will …
DIY Solar Air Heater My first thought was what would I use a solar air heater for? Then as my mind clicked about randomly, I began to realize there are a number of excellent uses for a project like this one! Anything that uses warm air can by accomplished with this DIY heater. You could use …
Field Dressing a Turkey Field dressing your prey after the hunt helps insure that as much as possible of your kill stays usable and makes it much easier to pack out of the woods and back to your home or camp. In a SHTF scenario many who don’t currently hunt may have no choice but …
Avoiding And Treating Hypothermia People who live in areas with lots of snowfall and below freezing temperatures understand how to prevent hypothermia, but I was surprised to find how many were so good at the avoidance portion of this post that they had never actually treated anyone for it, and some had no idea how! It …
Why Have a Survival Cache? Even if You Plan to Bug In There is always a lot of banter on prepping, homesteading, and survival sites about survival caches. Most of the time the talk revolves around having a cache or two along the way from your home to your bug out location and/or between your workplace and …
Re-Learning Survival Methods From the 1800s Many believe in a worldwide disaster that could be considered a TEOTWAWKI event will throw mankind back into the 1800s. In some ways I believe they could be correct. If such a horrific event were to occur, humans would suddenly be without the modern methods they are accustomed to …
Off Grid Laundry Options Laundry seems simple enough on or off the grid. Unless you are a new prepper, and this is something you hadn’t yet considered. As a old timer I must admit there were a couple of ideas in the article I had not thought of! I think the idea of using what …
Wilderness Evasion Tactics I can think of a dozen ways that after and during a SHTF event that could land you in the wilderness. Surviving in the wilderness would be a challenge on its own, add that someone or a group could be attempting to flush you personally or all persons hiding in that area …
Genius Camping Hacks Whether camping for fun or by necessity these hacks will make it easier! If you’re camping for pleasure, the easier the trip the more fun it is and if you are camping because of a personal or larger SHTF event anything that makes it easier makes the time you must be where …
