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Entries Tagged as 'Survival Skills'

“Primitive Artillery” or “Build a Trebuchet Post-Doomsday”

April 9th, 2008 · 8 Comments

TEOTWAWKI hit seven very long months ago. Food shipments ceased, zombies rose from the ground, and . . . you know how the rest goes. You and your local community came together to repel the invading hordes. All was safe, all was good, well, as good as “good” could get under such circumstances. Then you and your buddy […]

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Tags: Survival Skills · Miscellaneous

Post-Doomsday Dress Incognito, Play Down Your Preps

March 27th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Rawles, at Survival Blog, had a good post earlier this month that included reader submitted comments on survival lessons from the homeless. Check the link to read the advice, which mostly contains thoughts on street survival as the homeless see it, how to score a free shower, etc. Let’s flip this line of thinking around […]

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Tags: Survival Skills

How to Tan a Hide with Brains

March 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Woo-hoo! Following up on my primitive skills post, when I asked “how exactly DO you tan a hide with brains?” Dragon delivered a whopping response. Whopping enough to warrant . . . . . GUEST POST!
ENTER THE DRAGON
(Ranger Man comments in orange) 
Back about “76″ the nation’s Bi-Centenial was going full blast, lots of celebrations about the whole […]

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Tags: Survival Skills

Weaponcraft: Maine and New England Firearms Training and Sales

March 12th, 2008 · 7 Comments

So you own a sweet rifle or handgun and think your self-defense needs are met? Sure, you can take a box of shells to the range, sight it in and call it good, but - if you bought it for self-defense reasons - that’s like buying a car, driving it up the street, and proclaiming you’re ready […]

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Tags: Survival Skills · AR-15 · Guns, Guns, Guns

Learn Primitive Skills BEFORE You Need Them

March 11th, 2008 · 7 Comments

The disease moved quickly around the globe with a kill ratio of 95% (c’mon, work with me - make pretend). It started with runny poop, and quickly moved to liquified intestines falling out your bum. Blech! Holy TEOTWAWKI, Batman. Batman? Nope, he was one of the 95%. What YOU need are primitive skills!
Okay, okay, I’m […]

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Tags: Survival Skills · Preparedness