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The idea of owning a survival shelter is a popular one. I guess we all like the idea of being able to get out of Dodge to a place that's ready and waiting to us. In an emergency, such a place can mean the difference between life and death. Even if it doesn't, living in a place that's prepared and stocked is much easier than any other option you can think of. While survival shelters can take on many styles, they basically break down into two groups: cabins and underground bunkers. I personally prefer the idea of having a cabin...

One of the greatest challenges in becoming an expert on survival is that we have to learn so many things vicariously. Waiting until you need to know them, so that you can survive is dangerous; but the tuition in the school of hard knocks is just too high; with a failing grade meaning losing more than any of us can afford. Oh, we can study, train and try things out, but until we actually face a survival situation, we really don’t know how well they’ll work. We’ll just have to trust to our training when that time comes, hoping that...

Pretty much everyone agrees that weapons are a necessity in a survival situation, especially a SHTF situation where there is any sort of breakdown of society. When people go on the prowl for survival necessities, the world will become a dangerous place. The question becomes, what sort of survival weapons do we want to arm ourselves with? Firearms are, of course, the weapon of choice for most people, and with good reason. It's hard to beat a gun in your hand when you need to defend yourself. They're also about the best thing around for hunting with, so carrying a...

With the rise in terrorism and other forms of violence today, there's no question that the world we live in is a dangerous one. Looking through history, that message is clear, although there are many who like to pretend that we are "too civilized" for such things to happen today. Yet, there seem to be more than enough people around who are not civilized. Either that, or they think being civilized includes rape, stealing and murder. Every 15 seconds a home is burglarized somewhere in the United States. That works out to 20% of homes being invaded at some point...

If there's one thing we all have to come to realize at some point in time, it's that we're all imperfect. I don't care how many years you have prepping or how much time you've spent studying survival, you're not going to get it all right. Mistakes will happen. That's a given; but we don't have to accept those mistakes as the norm. It has been said that wisdom comes from the lessons we learn through our mistakes. It's also been said that a truly wise man will try to learn from the mistakes of others. If that's the case,...