Quick & Cheap Backpack Spice Kit Ideas
Follow me Cooking in the wilderness can be a very pleasant & rewarding experience or it can be a total nightmare that will
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Bushcraft & Hunting
Fall Flavor Alert: Spicebush – The Appalachian Allspice
Follow me Get ready for a taste of the wild with Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)! Known as the Appalachian Allspice, this native North American
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Best Ferro Rod Survival Fire Starters of 2024
Follow me Ferro rods let you start fires easily in a wide range of conditions. Ferrocerium rods have been around for a while
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Survival Uses of Black Walnuts
Follow me Very few people realize that the Black Walnut has dozens of survival uses. Read below to learn more about the Black
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Urban Eats: 5 Edible Plants to Forage in the City
Follow me Want to forage for wild food? It’s easy when you live in a wild place. However, those dwelling in more domestic
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You’re not going to believe what I do with this 2-liter bottle.
Follow me Just in case you missed the most recent episode of FAT GUYS IN THE WOODS, I had to write this blog
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Wild-Crafting Herbs: A Good Plan Yields Great Rewards
Follow me How to plan herb-gathering excursions, organize notes, and field reference guides and tools needed for a well-rounded experience. Today’s topic of
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13 Ways to Catch Fish for Survival
Follow me A lake, stream, or ocean can be a lifesaving resource in a disastrous situation. Most large water sources can provide food
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THE FIR RESIN MATCH: A Little Known Secret from the Boreal Forest
Follow me I wanted to share a technique I created that uses fir resin as an effective fire tinder. I call it, The
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Paracord: The Most Versatile Item In Your Bug-Out Bag
Follow me The question isn’t “What can you do with paracord?” It’s “What can’t you do with paracord?” Here are 50 ways to
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Best Survival Multitool for EDC and Outdoors
Follow me Folding plier multitools have been around for over two decades at this point, and knife multitool folders for over a century.
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5 Discreet Survival Items You Can Take Almost Anywhere
Follow me Sometimes it’s imperative not to look like a prepper or survival-minded person. Especially in this day and age, when people are
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Wild Edibles 101: Dandelion Root
Follow me Dandelion Root The Dandelion Plant is an incredible and versatile wild edible. From flower to root, the entire plant is edible.
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Will You Survive If You Have to Bug out to the Forest?
Follow me In a SHTF situation where you can’t stay in your own home, and moving in with a friend or relative is
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Survival essentials: 5 Bushcraft skills for preppers
Follow me There are many bushcraft skills that can benefit preppers. Detailed below are five skills that can help you survive when SHTF. (h/t
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Survival skills: Tips for building an improvised fallout shelter
Follow me Are you prepared to deal with something as catastrophic as nuclear war? Protect yourself and your family in the event of
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Fire Pit Construction
Follow me Fire pit construction is an important skill that varies quite a bit depending on your needs. I’ll focus on an impromptu
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Creating A Wilderness First Aid Kit
Follow me A Wilderness First Aid Kit can greatly improve your chances of survival when disaster strikes. The wilderness can be an unforgiving
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Survival Fish Trap
Follow me This survival fish trap is a very old method for catching fish. Primitive traps like this can work all day and
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The Best Outdoor Activities for Survivalists to Stave Off Boredom
Follow me Prepping is a lifestyle that allows you to prepare for the worst of times. Still, surviving doesn’t always equal living. Humans can only exist
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The Fall & Winter Prepper Checklist: 9 Things To Get Your Home Prepped for Disasters
Follow me It’s important to get your home prepped for fall and winter weather. Here’s a great prepper’s checklist to get those to-do’s
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Foraging For Mayapples
Follow me Mayapple fruits are ripe when they are as yellow as a lemon, and are soft and slightly wrinkled. Their ripening time
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Your Ancestors Had Some Hard Core Survival Instincts… This is How You Can Get Back to Your Roots
Follow me When we were hunter-gatherers and even after human settlements such as towns and villages were established thousands of years ago…our ancestors
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Free Food: 33 Foods You Can Forage From July–September
Follow me The summer months are a great time to forage for nature-grown edibles. Depending on what part of the country you live
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