Tag: Survivalism

Pet Prepping: Dog Food or Table Scraps?

I was sitting in a restaurant chatting with an older gentleman from Iowa about a month ago and I’m not sure how we got on the topic of dog food but this is what he said: “Dog food?  What is dog food?  When I was growing up the dog ate table scraps and that was …

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Baking Bread in a Cast Iron Dutch Oven

I have to admit, although we enjoy it we’ve never made bread before.  We asked around and mostly the advice that we received involved just buying a bread maker and following the instructions.  While not particularly in the mood to spend money on a bread maker and wanting to keep things a little more rustic …

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Fitting In: The REAL Gray Man

The Gray Man, an almost tired subject addressed countless times on various prepper blogs / youtube / whatever.  I think I’ve even written about it a few times but lately I’ve been thinking about it so buckle up, here we go again.  Before we get into attire let me ask you a question:  You walk …

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Your SHTF Plan MUST Include Encountering Strangers

It was Tuesday last week and we were on a difficult jeep trail with no cellular service in the middle of nowhere.  The trail was one we found by chance and it was rough and rocky,  as such we aired down the tires and made a slow but steady go of it.  We crossed a …

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When was the last time you missed trash day?

Even out here in the mountains we need trash removal, after all who wants a bag full of leftovers steaming in the sun for weeks on end?  Tuesday is our day and we have missed that day twice this year (and had our can stolen by a bear) and each time it was such a …

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Women Shooters: Training vs Carry Pistol

I was at the range today with my missus, the recipient of a new Springfield Armory Hellcat Pro, a compact 9mm fitted with a Holoson RDS.  It fit her hand well, she loved the 15 round capacity and it should be noted that we spent lots of time with her trying other pistols out before …

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What Prepping IS, and what it IS NOT

When I think back over the last 10 years I have to consider all the times it would have been entirely plausible to max out credit cards buying supplies, quit my job whilst hunkering down and waiting for the impending doom to manifest itself.  If you go back and scan other doom type websites you’ll …

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Prepping Cycles (Annual, Bi-Annual, Quarterly, Monthly)

This past week I spent a few days getting ready for winter (it has already snowed here in CO on top of the 14k feet mountains), two years ago our first snow where I live was in early September.  It has been raining almost every evening for months which is unheard of and it makes …

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SHTF: People with Fantasies of “Going to the Mountains”

Before I get into this I should point out that I am very thankful that I am not on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.  My wife was reading out some of the posts and comments on the local community FB page with respect to this virus, hilarious and sad at the same time.  I think the …

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Tips for the Homestead: Situational Awareness

Recently I was able to assist a higher profile gentleman who believed he had a stalker, and with good reason (there was substantial evidence and threats).  Once I had discussed the details with him my immediate reaction was to ask him to get the local authorities involved, based on my assessment of the situation there …

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Bugging OUT is for REAL

I’ve written some articles in the past and shot some video related to bugging out, there are always the naysayers who scoff at the idea.  I think what needs to be understood is that the concept of bugging out needs to be kept in context, I’m not talking about some fantasy out of a prepper …

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Thanksgiving 2017: Prosperity, Collapse and the Future

I’m sitting here on my deck looking out over thousands of acres of wilderness, a cool breeze blowing and my dog at my feet.  Today being Thanksgiving I sat here for a while pondering what I am thankful for, and also wondering why we need a specific day to remind us to be thankful altogether.  …

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The Danger of Too Much Preparedness

I know a guy who entered into the prep world maybe 6 years ago, and boy did he ever. He absorbed every bit of information from all of the alt news websites and prep blogs, ran up his credit cards over the course of a year buying up stacks of supplies and guns and knew …

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Water Storage Tips and Techniques

I typically store my water off of the ground, whether it be in the basement or garage.  The main reason I do so (no matter the type of actual storage device) is primarly to avert the leaching process: concrete to plastic to water.  If you search the internet there is no shortage of folks who …

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4 Storage Food Mistakes You Might Be Making

This past weekend my wife and I organized our storage / preparendess area.  We did this together so that we would both know where items of note where, instead of me just taking on the task and her having to dig for something in my absence.  We have various storage items sorted by category on …

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