BDS had an article a while back about how to survive a wild animal encounter. While I had dealt with plenty of animal incidents, my first true run-in with a…
Tarps are one of the most versatile things out there. Everyone should have a few tarps as part of their preps. The smaller sizes are of course lighter and easy…
Morale can be hard to keep up during hard times, but it is very important to maintain. Morale can have a major influence on your overall chances of survival during…
Editor’s Note: This is an updated and revised edition from earlier in 2018. Hand-cranked flashlights offer light and other functions when out on the trail or during a survival situation. …
Editor’s Note: This is an updated and revised edition from earlier in 2018. Hurricane preparedness week may be over but it is far from too late to make sure your…
It is hurricane season, and so far it is lining up to be an eventful one. Florence is likely to bring flooding to a lot of areas. Figure 1. Infrared satellite…
Camp Chef sent me a bit of gear to test, and I have been impressed with the quality and value you get. For this review we are testing…
During an emergency or survival situation, having some fruit can be nice. Recently I was sent a variety of Valley Food Storage Freeze Dried Fruits to test out. For this…
I was browsing through some survival books when I thought about how there are not a lot of posts in recent times that talk about all the different ways to…
Storing gas is something a lot of preppers have probably thought about at some point. There are some challenges to storing gas. Finding the right can and planning out your…
Having a good reference library is something I consider essential for any prepper. It can be electronic or paper or a combination of both. Paper copies of some books are…
Way before there were modern pain medications, there were plants. While the effects of a plant may not have the extreme pain killing capabilities of what some use in the…
There are many reasons why goggles are useful for the prepper or homesteader. We have went through many many dozens of goggles over our time up here on the mountain….
How many of us have seen a rescue situation unfold on TV or the paper and think “How did they get into that mess” or “what on earth?” Every year there…
The importance of a good bucket cannot be stressed enough. There are a lot of different buckets and some are better for some things than others. I am going to…
We have done posts on the past about firestarters, but lighters have been overlooked. The type of lighter that is best for you depends on various factors. Here are some…