Bugging out refers to your evacuation in the event of an emergency or a disaster. In some cases, you might not have a choice but to leave your home and head for greener pastures.
The bug out journey will be riddled with dangers: thugs, hungry people, downed trees, collapses bridges, wild animals, blocked roads, dead and and many, many more.
Read the articles below and start making your bug out plan today.
Being ready to bug out is part and parcel of prepping. When you have major trouble coming your way, instead of trying to lean into it and tackle it head-on, a far more elegant solution is just to get you and the people you care about out of the dang way! A situation does not …
It pleased me to read a comment on one of my recent articles. The article was on rural bugout bags. The reader stated: “Would you consider doing an article on the use of bikes or trikes on long-distance bugouts. Maybe in conjunction with secondary sourcing like online resale or garage sales?” Well, first thank you …
Caching survival supplies in out-of-the-way locations or along your bug-out routes is not a new concept for most preppers. Even those who plan to carry everything with them can see the wisdom in hiding a few choice items along the route just in case they run into unforeseen problems. Having your own secret stash that …
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Like any decision in survival, success is best not left to chance. Will you be lucky enough to have sufficient food? Placing access to clean and ample water in the hands of chance? What’s a little dehydration or amoebic dysentery between friends? It is very doubtful that everything will snap into place when it hits …
For all kinds of preppers planning to bug out, your trusty bug-out vehicle is likely an essential component of your survival plans. Compared to walking out on foot hauling your heavy bug out bag, a bug-out vehicle will help you get farther, faster with drastically less effort all while hauling considerably more cargo than your …
Every prepper should be aware of their local situation and have a bugout plan. To properly bug out you need to be acutely aware of your surroundings, have a movement plan, and have a final location. This article will look at the challenges of an urban bug out through the eyes of an urban resident. …
A BOB is a prepper’s best friend, and no matter what, you should have a plan to make use of it in order to reach a safe BOL or rendezvous point. While you might have spent countless dozens of hours fine tuning your BOB loadout and pouring over maps and related data in order to …
Bugging out is a central tenet to prepping. You cannot count on staying where you are! The best laid plans, the most fortified location, all of it could be rendered moot, even dangerous in the wrong situation. That could be from bad luck, a bad plan or just something you could not have predicted. No …
One of the tenets of prepping is the mandate to be ready to bug out: we plan our bug-out routes, choose bug-out locations and load our bug-out bags with all the things we think we will need to survive while we are out and about and hopefully very far away from whatever danger sent us …
More and more people are hitting the open road in an RV, whether part-time for a short ski trip or Disney vacation or as a full time lifestyle change with the bonus of traveling wherever the mood strikes. Some are even considering bugging out in one. The increase in extended RV travel means more people …
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