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    The Best Bug Out Guns and Tips for When You’re Forced to Leave Home

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    WATCH: These DIY Bushcraft Shelters are for Long-Term Survival

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10 Important Steps to Safe Pressure Canning of Food

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Bear Attack and Defense: Identifying Predator Territory

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VIDEO: Man Lives in His DIY Survival Cabin For a Year

In a survival situation or just in a tough spot, getting back to nature, learning new skills, and building a survival cabin can make all the difference.

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WATCH: These DIY Bushcraft Shelters are for Long-Term Survival

This video from Sweden shows step-by-step instructions on how to properly make Bushcraft shelters for a long-term survival situation.

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9 Must Know Map Reading Essentials

In survival situations you may be forced to make your way through unfamiliar terrain. Here are some helpful map reading tips.

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A Hobo Stove Is an Efficient and Tough Alternative to an Open Fire

When you need a hot and efficiently burning stove, there is no better alternative than a hobo stove. It is light, cheaply made and tough.

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WATCH: DIY a Compact Desalination Kit for Fresh Water Anywhere

Being stuck on the open ocean and surrounded by water with nothing to drink is cold irony. With a compact desalnation kit, remove the salt and drink up.

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Five Things to Keep in Mind Before Mountain Climbing

Looking to start mountain climbing? You may want to look over these five pieces of advice before grabbing your gear and heading upward.

After the school shooting at Columbine High School, law enforcement has worked to lower response times to active shooter incidents.

Survive a School Shooting: Crisis Plans for the Classroom

School shootings seem all to common these days. Having a lifesaving school shooting crisis plans in place may mitigate the dangers.

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How To Strike Back and Escape an Active Shooter

Save your life! Learn skills on how to escape an active shooter anywhere, any moment.

Essential Axe Skills You Should Know

Enhance your axe skills to gather lifesaving wood for your survival needs!

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Save Yourself: 3-Step Transit Attack Escape Tactics

Put these three steps to use when attempting to escape a transit attack.

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Food Storage Solutions for the Historic Agricultural Flooding of 2019

With nearly 1 million acres of U.S farmland underwater and crops and livestock destroyed, it's past the time to consider increasing your food storage.

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How To Blur Your House on Google Maps

Google Maps shows street views of people's homes, but now homeowners can have their houses hidden for privacy.

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