A government-mandated lockdown order will definitely put a crimp on your week and your weekend plans, but it can also turn into a slow boiler of a survival problem. Aside from ever intensifying cabin fever, mandatory lockdown orders can bring entire cities, even entire nations to a complete standstill with citizens confined to their homes except under the most strictly…
It doesn’t matter if you have been prepping for your whole life or just for a week you have no doubt heard of the term “SHTF”. Peppers wonder about when it will happen, how big it will be, and what they will do when it does occur. But what you might not know even if you know what the acronym…
Hello Pack, hope y’all have had a highly productive week of prepping. The warming weather has our flock of poultry birds back in nearly top egg production mode already. In a single day my duck hens laid a dozen eggs, and the sole Buckeye chicken breed hen chipped in with five nice quality medium brown eggs. I got out my…
Getting started as a newbie prepper is an intimidating undertaking. You have made the choice to live life on your own terms as the one solely responsible for taking care of both yourself and the people that are important to you, no matter what happens. That is quite the leap of faith when you think about it! But now the…
Hello Pack, hope you all are well and did not get trampled among the marauding hordes of the unprepared at the local Walmart. Maybe, just maybe, the panicked run on toilet paper, food, rubbing alcohol, hand sanitizer, and diapers will actually prompt some positive results in the long run. The unprepared now – for the first time, realize just how…
Martial law. The very notion of it makes some preppers tremble, and gaze fearfully to the sky. Those preppers are right to be worried, as any time martial law has been declared, at least in the United States, you can be certain that things have taken a dire turn for the worse. Martial law means things have gotten bad, perhaps…
Trapping small game animals is a great way to put meat in the pot without lots of effort. Unlike hunting, traps work best when you aren’t around. You set the trap and go off to do other things, then come back to find your meal waiting. In a survival situation, trapping offers the best return of calories brought in for…
Hello Pack. We have had quite a productive week here on our survival homestead. The only downsides to this week have been the chilly weather, unwanted precipitation, and a predator looming about. I lost one of my beloved Pekin ducks and a guinea to a fox. In the photo above (that I included simply because it was an awesome shot)…
One of the most fundamental tenets for preppers and other self-defense minded folks is the reminder to “always keep your head on a swivel,” “stay Condition Yellow,” and “Stay aware.” All essentially mean the same thing: stay present, conscious and cognizant of who is around you and what is going on around you. Stay situationally aware. It is good advice,…
“Hey Ned, it’s Steve.” he glanced at Jess who still had her eyes closed and her head back against the seat. Tears were streaming down her cheeks. “We’ve got a bit of an emergency. We’re on our way back your way. No, well our house is pretty damaged, yours a bit, but not near as much. We snapped some photos…