Category: Survival Skills

After my immediate shock of being in the water, gasping for air between waves, I recalled something one of your newsletters or blog posts mentioned about survival. I thought you might be interested that in the face of a stressful situation, your words of advice came to me and helped…

In the wilderness survival industry the average lifespan of a website is about 18 months. Survival Common Sense has been around for 14 years in October. Here is the “why” of that continued success. 

During an emergency – think tornado, hurricane, flood etc – there will probably be lots of building debris all over. And one priority in that situation is going to be finding drinking water. The best, quickest way to purify questionable water is probably by boiling. This stove can be built…

Before you invest in quality hiking boots or trekking shoes, decide if you want some with moisture barrier liners. It could be the difference between hot (or cold), sweaty, sore feet or hiking in comfort.

I hunt wide open spaces out west, and in southern swamps with standing water. The zero setting on my rifle is never changed, and it always works really well.

The John Masterson series of  books are scary realistic. The books tell about a small North Carolina community of Black Rock, and how the town works together to survive after an EMP strike sends the area back 100 years. The latest in the series, “Five Years After”, is about community…

Some “weeds” have medicinal properties that can be very useful. Mullein is one of those useful plants you should consider finding and using.

Will concrete blocks “explode” if you make a rocket stove out of them? Here’s feedback I got.

In a real survival scenario there won’t be any grocery stores to go buy soap or supplies. Learning to make soap is a very good skill to learn…before you actually need to use it!

Take care of your feet, and they will take care of you. That overused, mossy old cliche’ is in every survival manual, and that’s because it is true. If you can’t walk because of sore feet, your safety is compromised, and all sorts of problems will develop.