Prepping, and survival by extension, are very broad topics. There are many skills and resources that make survival easier, or even possible at all. Learning these skills and gathering these resources give you a leg up in survival situations, and picking up a few related prepping hobbies can help. How to Pick a New Survival Hobby When I pick up a new hobby, I often consider whether it is shoring up a prepping weakness I have. This way, if I’m not looking too promising with my bartering...

primitive bows and arrows were made using raw materials such as the wood from various trees including ash, hickory, cedar, oak, walnut, and birches. In some instances, Native Americans used the antlers and other bones from different animals when available. These included elk and caribou antlers, bison ribs and horns, and mountain sheep horns. According to the University of Iowa, typical Native American bows ranged from the self bow, a bow featuring a single stave of wood, to the backed...

Food is important. You can find people sitting down with friends to enjoy a delicious meal all over the globe. We bond, build relationships, and enjoy company while satisfying our taste buds. Nevertheless, food is more important than that. You need food to survive. Well, that makes sense- food is a biological necessity. But what happens if we take food off your table for a day? Three days? A month? Your life would unravel quickly- and we’ve been asked a few times to address just how...

The survival rule of 3 can help you prioritize your survival needs. It covers the basic survival requirements of air, shelter, water, and food. Commit this very basic rule to memory, and you’ll be able to make quick decisions about survival tasks on the fly. Besides the rule itself, we also go over each section of the rule looking at accuracy and just what that part of the rule means for survival. There are also a few additions that have been added to the rule, and we examine those for...

When it comes to survival, there are four basic rules that you should consider. These rules help you when preparing for an emergency and the simplicity should help you stay focused on what you need to do when the time comes to act. Absent critical injuries, following these rules will help keep you alive. In general, the human can survive for: 3 minutes without breathing (asphyxiation, blood loss) 3 hours without shelter in an extreme environment (exposure) 3 days without water...

Many survival lessons can be condensed down to acronyms and mnemonic that serve to simplify a process. As it can be a big decision maker for the priority of how you should procure resources, that’s what survival is all about generally. There are many variations of the rule of threes and for the purpose of posterity I will go over the traditional rule of threes in this article.   The main element of survival which applies to this process or really any guideline for survival is...