Wilderness Survival

The mark of a truly prepared prepper is self-sufficiency and self-reliance. This naturally includes creating the resources that you need from scratch when the situation dictates. And when it comes to sheer versatility, hardly anything is better than pine pitch. You might have heard your great-grandparents talk about this stuff, and there’s a good reason […]

When it comes to outdoor survival, fieldcraft skills separate real preppers from the pretenders. Creating shelter, building a fire, finding food, filtering water, and so forth. But there’s one skill that even seasoned survivors often lack, and it’s a real shame because it’s a true game changer. I’m talking about making glue, and specifically pine

Whether you’re an avid outdoorsman, or you just recently discovered wilderness survival, you should know that the items and the knowledge you can learn will be of huge help in survival situations. In this article we’re going to go through some of these items, and the actual ways they can assist you. #1. Start a

If you always imagined a survival shelter as nothing more than a pile of pine needles and dried leaves that you wriggle into like a caterpillar, you need to level up your game… Primitive shelters can prove surprisingly effective, spacious, and comfortable. One that every prepper needs to know about is the wickiup. Often confused

The difference between a survivor and a statistic isn’t measured in gear. It’s measured in know-how! Understanding how to make the best possible use of any and all resources available to you in the environment will make the difference between life and death, no matter the situation or the environment… The good news is that,

Knowing how to build a fire is a critical skill, but knowing how to build one right, and to build the right one for the situation at hand, separates the beginners from the seasoned pros, and it might separate the survivors from the casualties. Choosing the right kind of build, or lay, for your fire

Whether you are running a wood stove inside, a fire pit in the backyard, or you are huddled around a campfire somewhere on the back 40, knowing what to burn and how to burn it is important for safety and efficiency. It goes without saying you’ll be burning wood (including pine wood), but lots of

If all you ever do is go camping, or I should say glamping, with a full portable kitchen setup you don’t know what it really takes to cook food in the wild. I mean cooking using the primitive techniques that our ancestors have used since time immemorial. Maybe you just want to travel light. Maybe

Many preppers plan on hunting to procure food or supplement stores when in a survival situation, but the return on investment is much higher with fishing. In freshwater or saltwater, standing or moving, fishing tends to be easier, less labor-intensive, and, most importantly, scalable. These attributes alone should make it your methodology of choice for