Since all survival situations are by their very nature, unpredictable, it’s important to learn as many fire crafting methods as you can. You can never know too much in this category.
Skills
Top 12 Homemade Firestarters For Survival And Camping
Everyone needs to learn how to start a fire and pack lightweight materials in their bugout bag or get home bag to help accomplish the task.
Top 13 Uses for Pine Trees in Woodcraft and Self-Reliance
Winter is on the way and many of your favorite edible and medicinal plants will fade into the landscape. But trees, they’ll stick around all four seasons. Now is the time to locate these valuable resources before their foliage covers the forest floor.
Trauma Medicine: How to Use and Apply a Tourniquet
Tourniquets aren’t discussed often when it comes to prepping supplies; the focus seems to be on medical supplies such as antibiotics and simple first aid kit. But a tourniquet should be added to your gear, and there is one big life-saving reason why.
Treating Burns – When There Is No Doctor
You were out for a walk in the woods and while returning to your campsite you discover that your duck hunting partner has burned himself on the campfire…
Tsunamis Are an Underrated Threat to Western Nations
It’s been a long time since these waves devastated our shores, but that may change in the near future.
Turn Your Trash Into Treasures With Fiberglass Resin
One of the most under appreciated crafting skills, is working with resins and epoxies. If you’re not familiar resin based materials, then you’re missing out.
Urban Survivors: A Post-SHTF Water Supply
Survival in an urban environment will be challenging in a long-term disaster. Writer Jeremiah Johnson writes an in-depth article on water procurement, covering everything from how to take it out of a rain gutter to establishing an “urban cistern” in plain view while surviving in a post-SHTF environment.
What Beginners Really Need to Know About Shooting Handguns
Shooting a handgun is an activity that looks really easy, but definitely is not.
Trail Signs – Communicate Secretly
What does the CIA and a hobo have in common? Both love secret communications. And if you’re on the trail, it’s a good idea to know a few of their methods.