The Uncensored, Real-Deal Guide to Bugging Out of the City
The concept of bugging out is one of the most discussed and controversial topics in preparedness and survivalism. The term “bug out” comes
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Survival Water Purification
Survival water purification is one of the most important wilderness skills that we teach at Alderleaf. Water makes up more than two thirds
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Outdoor Survival Techniques
I have spent much of my life practicing outdoor survival techniques and searching for lost or injured people in the backcountry and over
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The $50 disaster prep you definitely need, but likely don’t have.
When it comes to storing items at home to ready your family for a potential large scale disaster (or worse), the first thing
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SHTF essentials: Don’t forget to learn these 6 commonly overlooked survival skills
Survival skills tend to focus on being able to gather supplies such as food, water and medicine from alternative sources. These are great
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Prepping 101 – The Ultimate Get Out Of Dodge Vehicle
As you begin to think about preparing your family for a survival type of scenario there are a lot of important considerations. Do
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5 Primitive Skills Preppers Should Know for Survival
To easily operate in an off-grid environment, learn old, forgotten skills and make them new for you. To acquire is good, to improvise
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Skills – Stuff: When Stuff Matters More
I generally agree with the premise that skills are far more important than stuff, and that knowledge weighs nothing. There are skills that
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Surviving EMP threats: The prepper’s guide to modern EMP protection
The threat of an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack is always looming, which is why having an EMP protection plan is important. Electronics would
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Do you have a safe source of water for a SHTF situation? Top 5 water purification mistakes
erybody knows that you need water to live. Without it, you’d be pushing in as little as 72 hours. What isn’t as common,
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Curing and preserving meat in the wild: 5 different techniques
It’s always a good idea to brush up on your survival skills. You never know when your knowledge of fire making or foraging
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2018 U.S. Hurricane Season and Survival
The 2018 Hurricane Season has already begun. In recent years hurricanes have wrought immense devastation to the United States and the Caribbean Islands
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Best guns to have when SHTF
When someone who is strung out on drugs comes barreling into your house with a weapon in hand, looking for anything he can get
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Chaos is a certainty: The lack of preparedness among city people is truly horrifying
Most people who live in cities are stunningly unprepared for almost any kind of disruption, and the situation has grown far worse in
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5 Homesteading Skills We All Need
When I grew up, we didn’t live in a world of abundance and high technology. My dad was a construction worker, and my
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32 basic survival skills to teach your kids ASAP
Children rely on their parents to teach them all the basic, essential skills needed to get through life. This includes survival skills. You
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Medicine to Stock up on for When There Is No Doctor
As preppers we stock up on supplies that we think we will need in an emergency. The order of priority for these items
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5 Everyday items you can use to protect yourself in a dangerous situation
There is no denying that the world around us is becoming more dangerous with each passing day. This has prompted many to arm
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Hurricane Harvey prepper update: Sh#t just hit the fan in South Texas… non-preppers hurting badly as food, water, power and emergency services FAIL
News from inside Hurricane Harvey: Local towns are experiencing so much flooding that some are cutting off municipal water supplies. This is on
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Top 10 edible roots to help keep you alive and healthy in a survival situation
When hermit monk Brother Simon reappeared at the farmer Farrin’s market after not being seen for seven years, people thought they were seeing
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10 affordable food and nutritional items you can stockpile before the big crisis hits
Second only to firearms and plenty of ammunition in a SHTF prepper scenario is daily nutrition: The ability to feed and sustain yourself
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Seriously, what CAN we expect from government when SHTF?
On its website, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, says its “mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure
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10 ways to prep when you’re completely broke
If you feel like prepping is a waste of money or if you think you don’t have the money to plan for future
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Survival Fishing With Just a Hook, Line and Sinker
When people plan for survival scenarios they often times gather supplies in large quantities in hopes to wait out any chaotic breakdown of
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