Shelter can mean the difference between life and death in a survival situation, and so the importance of a shelter cannot be stressed enough. However, your shelters' location is just as important, and it is something that must be carefully considered. Your shelter will protect … [Read more...] about Survival Shelter Location: Placement is Important
Survival Skills
Stealth Hunting: Practicing Noise Discipline
If they can hear you they can find you. In some cases, you will have to minimize your noise signature so as not to comprise your location, or mission if you will. In a grid down scenario or in certain other situations, you may have to hunt to survive, and you may have to hunt … [Read more...] about Stealth Hunting: Practicing Noise Discipline
Survival Fishing: Various Techniques
All fresh water fish found in the United States is considered edible, which means there are no known species with poisonous flesh. With that being said however, certain toxins in the water such as mercury can be present in the flesh, which of course, can pose a health risk. … [Read more...] about Survival Fishing: Various Techniques
Prepare Your Fire Starters Ahead Of Time: Making Fire Starters
First, a question, do you scrape your magnesium bar to get fine particles or do you shave it to get curls. High quality magnesium shavings will burn at approximately 5600° F/3093° C. The magnesium content in the bars available at camping stores and other retail outlets can … [Read more...] about Prepare Your Fire Starters Ahead Of Time: Making Fire Starters
How to Boil Water in the Ground
As preppers, we may be prepared for many situations, but what would happen if you found yourself in a survival situation with no drinking water? Worse, no drinking water and no method to purify it. If water is available you could take the chance of drinking it, sustaining … [Read more...] about How to Boil Water in the Ground