Your shelter is wherever you decide to hunker down and wait out the emergency. It may consist of sheltering in place, at your home or work, or even in your car. Hardcore preppers will have their “survival retreats” in place. Or you might evacuate and find outside shelter at the home of a friend or relative, or at a community mass care facility. The decision to stay or go might be made for you by local authorities. When a disaster is imminent or has just happened, listen to the TV and radio and check the Internet to find out if instructions are being given. It may take some time for local autho ..read more

If you are in the market for a new survival knife, or looking to build the perfect survival kit, we would like to share with you some of our favorites. In this post we will be going over our top 5 picks. Gerber LST Knife This is my most loved survival folding knife. The edge of this knife stays very decent. The one that I have, I used it to gut a salmon, and several other small animals. And it didn’t even need any sharpening after. It has a good grip, and its easy to hold on to even with wet, or slime covered hands. Light in weight but very solid. Not prone to corrosion when used around salt w ..read more

[amazon text=Test link&asin=B07BK551S4] I knew an old guy who used to tell his students that your chances of surviving are directly proportionate to how much knowledge you carry in your head. Not how many gadgets you carry in your survival kit. In this post we will be looking into building the best survival kit, and some very good alternatives. Of course you can survive without a survival kit. If you are an experienced outdoors person who has dedicated your life to mastering the primitive survival skills. Unfortunately, many people who travel in the outdoors, or become involved in a surviv ..read more

If you’re considering starting a homestead or backyard/urban farm, you may be wondering—is homesteading more like a job, a hobby, or a lifestyle? In truth, it can be all three. Although it takes a lot of work and dedication to make homesteading a full time job. Even more when you want to be able to support your entire family with it. It’s not impossible; producing the right types of vegetables and creating a good, local market for them has allowed some farmers to make a living off of less than an acre. But like anything, a venture such as this takes some planning. If you have limited growing s ..read more

With the increasing amount of natural disasters, many of us hope that the government will be there to help. And it does. But one thing is true; even with all the budgetary allocation for disaster preparedness, when disaster strikes, the victims face it first hand. In this post we will be looking into some fundamental prepping skills that everyone forgets about. Before any help can show up, you will have spent several hours, days or even weeks before help can come. Depending on where you are and the nature of the disaster. Well, unfortunately, that’s how life is. As much as we may want to say t ..read more

There are some essential items you must have with you whenever you are on a trip in the wild. The items are enumerated on this list. You can carry more than the items on this list for your trip. Just ensure that you do not lack any of the Bushcraft gear on this list. Rucksack: You’ll need a rucksack to carry your Bushcraft gear. Get one that can carry all your items. Don’t go for a bag that is too big or too small. You’ll need smaller rucksacks for shorter trips. The rucksack you carry should be comfortable and must come with padded chest straps and hip support. Walking boots: You need the rig ..read more

When you start to get into survival techniques and are interested in improving your skills, chances are that you have come across the term “bushcraft” and probably got overwhelmed when you looked for more information on this topic. In this post we are going to look at some of the bushcraft essentials that you should learn. The word bushcraft is probably most commonly used within countries such as Australia, New Zealand and also South Africa, however it is used within other countries as well. The Australian that is known as Les Hiddins who was also commonly referred to as the Bush Tucker first ..read more

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