Bugging out requires quite a bit of planning. You need a place to bug out to and alternative routes to get there in the event roads are closed or there are angry mobs in the way. You need adequate supplies, but you also need to be able to carry those supplies if you have to [...]
You can last up to three days without water, three weeks without food but in a harsh environment, only three hours without shelter. Having the skills to build a shelter could save your life, but it takes several different skills. There's no survival shelter-in-a-box kit, unless you carry a tent. Shelters, whether created from tarp [...]
Too often we get caught up in the preparation of survival and leave out the most important element, kids. Teaching your kids basic survival skills can not only provide them with the tools to help during a traumatic time, but can also prepare them should they be away from your care at this time. Your [...]
Cooking Skills for Successful Survival Anyone who cooks out over an open fire may think they have the skills to face an apocalyptic disaster, but that's not necessary true. Wrapping potatoes with tinfoil after you've marinated the slices in spiced virgin olive oil isn't going to be useful when any aluminum foil you have is [...]
Animal Husbandry Skills for Successful Survival If you already have backyard chickens, you're probably learning many of the animal husbandry skills you'll need for survival. For those who believe they'll be able to survive by bartering for their starter livestock, but don't have the ideal conditions for raising them now, developing animal husbandry skills right [...]
Don't Leave Skill Development Last on Your List You may be tempted to do all the simpler things, like gathering a food and water supply, but not work on the harder things that will keep you alive in a long-term disaster. While the food and water supply is important for short term disasters, a major [...]
Survival Repair Skills for when SHTF Have you ever wondered if you would survive as a pioneer or settler in the Old West? If you thought about a scenario and considered all the day to day things that you need to do for daily living, most of us would have to say no. In fact, [...]
Hunting Fishing and Trapping Skills for Successful Survival Good fishermen might think they are ready to take on the wild. The same as an experienced hunter or trapper. In most cases, they would be right, but only if they have learned primitive hunting, trapping and fishing skills or know how to make their own bullets, [...]
Medical and Healing Skills for Successful Survival When the SHTF, people prepared for it will have adequate medical supplies for a year or two. There will be no drug store to renew prescription drugs most people depend upon and getting drugs for new ailments will be impossible. You need to start preparing now to develop [...]
Hobbies to Help When SHTF When a major SHTF disaster occurs, currency will be supplies and skills. If you're a stockbroker or other type of white collar job, you may have great skills, but none that are useful for bartering or your survival. You can level the playing field with skills you develop in a [...]
