Learning from your mistakes is a good thing, but learning from the mistakes of others so that you never make that mistake in the…
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Survival
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If you are in a snow covered landscape survival will be difficult enough while you are operating at your best, it will be nearly…
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If you are in a wilderness survival scenario and you come across a nest full of eggs your moral is bound to improve, but if…
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Most knots, for survival purposes or otherwise are about securing, but here is a knot with the unique purpose of making the rope easy…
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This time of year protection from the cold is your utmost concern in a wilderness survival scenario. Even if you are dressed for the…
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If you are in an area that has been hit by any sort of disaster that cut off the resupply or resources then it won’t…
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Do you have people in your life who you want to be safe in the event of a disaster? Maybe you have some survivalist family…
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Even though you might have everything you need as a prepper and survivalist, that doesn’t mean you are prepared to survive. That’s why it is…
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If you think that you need a sick day from an 8-hour job, then how do you think you are going to feel when you…
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If you are surviving in the wilderness protein from small game is going to be invaluable to you. The last thing you need after…
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If you have “bugged out” into the wilderness, then one of your major motivations for this strategy was undoubtedly to avoid potentially hostile people. But…
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The name is pretty self-explanatory. A throwing stick is a stick that you throw at things you want to eat. There’s a little more…
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It would always be nice to come across a live chicken in a wilderness survival situation, but the next best thing is “chicken of…
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With approximately 1/5 of the world’s land area being classified as a desert, it’s worth considering when learning about survival even if you don’t live…
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Blunt objects are one of the most common weapons of opportunity, but that means that not only should you familiarize yourself with using them…
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If you are stranded in the wilderness near a body of water, fish are a potential source of nutritious food. But if you don’t…
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I recently watched a news broadcast that featured a story where a woman came to a man’s door asking to use the phone because she…
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Long term survival is going to require the ability to manufacture clothing and other products from the natural materials available. Brain tanning hides to…
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In a post-disaster scenario, medical supplies will be limited to what you have on hand, or what you can make. The risk of infections will be…
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If you’ve spent any time running, jogging, or hiking, then you understand blisters can be a real pain. In today’s modern world, if you get…
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When you need to make fire, one of the most important elements is some good tinder. We feel it’s important to always have some tinder…
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Even if you have all the food and items you need to bug out in a hurry, are you ready to survive in a wilderness…
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Clean, flat ground and sharp right angles all around can make camouflage difficult in an urban setting. But after a catastrophic disaster things will look…
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Most people would not think of things as unhealthy as cigarettes and liquor as items that should be stored for survival, but they are not…
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Generally when one thinks about items to include in a survival kit a knife, fire rod, iodine tablets, and things like that come to…
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Needing to escape from having your hands zip tied behind your back might seem like an unlikely scenario if you are not prone to…
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Insects are the most abundant forms of animal life on the planet, and should not be passed up as a source of food in…
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Having a stash of non-perishable food on hand is absolutely essential for preparedness. It’s probably the first thing new preppers start with. But there…
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Versatility in an important quality for all survival equipment and skills. That goes for your pistol as well, and your defensive shooting skills and strategy. …
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In a time when it is not unusual to see kids as young as two years old using a touchscreen device to entertain themselves while…
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It’s a shame when hiking in a remote area with pristine wilderness to find trash that careless people have left behind. But if you…
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Fishing is a great way to get meat in a survival scenario. But it can be difficult to do if you need to spend your…
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The physical threats to your survival like temperature loss, dehydration, or starvation are obvious to just about anyone. But less obvious, and just as dangerous…
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In most cases of wilderness survival shelter will be your number one concern since hypothermia can kill you much faster than starvation or even…
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Water is one of the three most important elements for survival, and in some circumstances, it might be the most important. Even in temperate environments…
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As I’ve said before, if all you know about fire is the tee-pee camp fire, then you don’t know enough about fire to survive in…
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If you are stranded in the wilderness for any length of time, hygiene will quickly become an issue. It won’t matter so much how you…
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Not every fire building technique will work for every situation. The lean-to fire is a great design for windy situations. It provides a built-in wind…