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Prepping is such a broad area that it’s easy to overlook things and make mistakes. While there are many websites and blogs out there giving advice, they don’t always agree. That makes it easy for the newbie prepper to get ...

As I write this here in Missouri, rabbit season opens in just four short days. Time to break out the shotguns and give them a good preseason cleaning and checkup. The kids and I will be attending to this business ...

There are two kinds of survival skills that I like to call “soft survival skills” and “hard survival skills.” Hard survival skills consist of those abilities that a person or family needs to survive in an extreme situation, such as ...

It all started back in fourth grade on the fateful day that I picked up the book My Side of the Mountain (1959) written by Jean Craighead George. It is a book about Sam Gribley, a 12-year-old-boy who runs away ...

March 1, 2013 Here I give my list of Top Ten skills for preppers along with in-depth analysis and explanations. 1. Organization 2. Frugality 3. Risk Assessment 4. First Aid 5. Cooking 6. Gardening 7. Food Preservation & Storage 8. ...

December 12, 2012 Maine Primitive Skills School Students learn winter survival skills like winter shelters, trapping, snares, wild edibles, and other cold weather survival strategies. Previous Video

December 10, 2012 Know your rule of 3s. The Rule of Three’s can help your chances of survival. Practice bushcraft skills to combat exposure, dehydration, and starvation. Sean Collins runs through the Rule of 3’s and explains the importance of ...

November 30, 2012 Richard Cleveland’s Earth School in Western North Carolina teaches students solid Wilderness Survival Skills. Students learn to be self-reliant as they deepen their connection to the natural world. Previous Video

November 28, 2012 In this video and article I demonstrate a technique for building a fire structure that will burn continuously and does not require ANY managing. This is a great method to know if you need the heat from ...

November 26, 2012 Some easy to use and easy to store survival food preps What are the requirements for a survival food prep? Nutrition content Calorie content At least 1 year shelf life No special storage after opening / or, ...