If you are anything close to my age, you probably got your first impression of what a survival should be from Sly Stallone in one of the Rambo movies. As a teenage boy, and already an avid outdoorsman I became ...
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Beating The 5 Enemies Of Long-Term Food Storage
Long-term food storage is a challenge. Generally speaking, foods do not keep well for an extended period of time, except in the case of a few rare foods like honey. That’s why so many different methods of food preservation have ...
Read More »The Very Best Traps To Catch Beavers And Rabbits
The beaver is North America’s largest rodent. The average weight of a mature male beaver is 40-60 pounds; however, they can exceed 100 pounds. A female becomes pregnant once a year. After about 100 days, she delivers between 4-6 kits ...
Read More »Author Charley Hogwood Says Surviving A Crisis Is Easier Within A Group
Charley Hogwood, the owner and chief instructor of P.R.E.P. – Personal Readiness Education Programs, recently sat down with Off The Grid News to discuss the benefits of mutual assistance groups, the emotional aspects of preparedness, and his new book, MAGS ...
Read More »The 3 Best Every Day Carry Items For a Crisis
In prepping, we tend to put a lot of thought into big picture planning. We gather food supplies, medical supplies, fuel and water. We carefully rat hole these items at our chosen refuge, and continue storing, maintaining and rotating our ...
Read More »4 Ways To Communicate During A Disaster
The power has gone out. A state of emergency has been declared. Phone lines are down. Your teenage daughter is halfway across the city watching a movie with her friend. As you frantically dial her cell phone number, you start ...
Read More »27 Must-Have Items To Repair House Damage After A Disaster
Many types of disasters that we try and anticipate bring destruction along with them. This is no more clearly seen than in the storms that hit St Louis (tornado) and the New Jersey seashore (hurricane). In both cases (as well ...
Read More »17 Critical Survival Items You Gotta Store For A Crisis
While stockpiling food is an important part of preparing to face a disaster, your stockpiling shouldn’t be limited to just food. Experience has shown that in the face of a major disaster, much more than the food supply line is ...
Read More »The 5 Most-Important Preps Before Deer Hunting
If you’ve ever observed a freshly painted car and marveled at the smoothness and shininess of the coat, you may not realize that most of the work is in the preparation. As any good auto body technician will tell you, ...
Read More »25 Must-Have Foods For An Emergency Stockpile
Most preppers start out by building a stockpile of food and other supplies to use in case of emergency. That makes sense, as without the right supplies it’s hard to make it through any crisis situation. Of course, that raises ...
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