Survival Skills

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The First 24 Hours Based on the historical record, in the first 24 hours after attack or collapse, indigenous tribes would do many of the

When modern medicine is out of reach, the knowledge of wild medicinal plants can mean the difference between life and death. Native American peoples

Confrontations are ugly and messy and they don’t have a straightforward outcome. You won’t get any warnings or a “heads up” before your life

The first thing that slaps you in the face when the grid goes dark and the last granola bar’s gone? Hunger. Not that kind

You can have the best gear stacked high, water filters worth hundreds of dollars, and a bug-out bag packed with everything from freeze-dried meals

In a survival scenario, you probably won’t get a second chance. When the power is down, when the streets are empty and when there’s smoke

Independence Day was very different for hundreds of families in central Texas this year. An area known as “The Hill Country,” and also by

There are many survival benefits to be had from regular international travel. Having an Escape Plan Historically, human migration is a successful survival strategy. When things

If there’s one concern I have about my own personal survival, it’s whether or not I’ve got the physical strength and stamina to do

Disclaimer: Reloading and making reloading components such as priming compound, gunpowder and primers is inherently dangerous. Please reference reloading handbooks, industry best practices, and

I sit here in my office, looking out through the window at a thunderstorm, right in the middle of a drought. Mother Nature likes

There’s nothing that says individual weather events don’t have to line up with overall weather patterns; and even if there were, Mother Nature probably

Being prepared is more about skills and knowledge than about expensive stockpiles. I have seen folks spend a fortune on preparedness only to end

As preppers, we can easily get caught up in the mechanics of survival. We spend hours selecting the perfect water purification system, days choosing