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I like my survival knife. Actually, there aren’t many knives out there that I can’t respect on a certain level for their utility and in some cases beauty. Survival knives come in all shapes and sizes and have various compositions and specialties. They have different configurations and nomenclature and if you take a look around carefully you will see a high percentage of guys carry at least one clipped to a pocket. I must not like them as much as some people though because I don’t have that many of them.

How to Find the Best Survival Knife

November 18, 2020

Editors Note: A first time guest submission from Cody Jarrett, an article on a core theme, the currency of preppers, a good read with an EXCELLENT reference at the end (hint, I have read this book.) As always, if you have information for Preppers that you would like to share and possibly receive a $25 cash award like Cody, as well as being entered into the Prepper Writing Contest AND have a chance to win one of three Amazon Gift Cards with the top prize being a $300 card to purchase your own prepping supplies, then enter today!

For the Want of a Nail…..

byGuest Contributor

August 24, 2017

Recently we had a new sponsor join the Prepper Journal and I have only now been able to get around to announcing them properly. Mother Earth Products contacted us a few weeks ago about advertising on our site. I wanted to try their products first and see the quality for myself before I recommended them to our readers. Mother Earth Products quickly sent some samples that I requested and they were really good so we added them to our site.

Sponsor Highlight – Mother Earth Products

December 13, 2013

Editors Apology: My bad as the article is from R. Ann Parris, it looks like her work, but was part of a set of articles that came bundled from Pat that I put in the wrong directory.

Storage-Friendly Survival Gardening

byR. Ann Parris

August 24, 2017

Bugging out in winter poses unique challenges.

Bugging Out in Winter

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12 Simple Secrets for Building Healthy Soil

Secrets to healthy soil

Last Updated on November 23, 2020 It’s rare that we see raw land healthy and ready to plant…

byR. Ann Parris

4 Simple Bushcraft Tools You Need for Overlanding

Bushcraft Tools for Overlanding

Just as the men of the Hudson’s Bay Company, the Mountain Men of the American…

Should You Know How to Use a Tire Plug Kit?

Don't let a relatively minor puncture put you out of commission. Simply having a tire plug kit can get you back on the road and back to safety.

Last Updated on November 13, 2020 Don’t let a relatively minor puncture put you out of…

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"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." - Ed Howdershelt (Reference Stephan Decatur Miller, circa September 1830).

Memorial Day 2019

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During this time, I happened to see the shows on TV featuring the extreme couponers. You know the ones…they go into a grocery store and spend $966.87 before coupons and walk out after paying 75 cents or something crazy like that. It was amazing! My daughter and I were compelled to learn more.

3 Ways to Extreme Coupon Your Way to a Huge Stockpile!

byGuest Contributor

5 minute read

Editor's Note: This article was generously contributed by Keith Pounds. You can read more articles from Keith on the Prepper Journal. The concept Keith is discussing below has so many parallels in our present society that you may feel are left unstated. I will leave it to the reader to draw their own conclusions from Keith's excellent article. The State Guard could very well have a much more prominent role in our future.

Benefits of a State Guard, State Defense Force

6 minute read

How To

Editors Note: Another article from Angela Williams to The Prepper Journal. As always, if you have information for Preppers that you would like to share and be entered into the Prepper Writing Contest with a chance to win one of three Amazon Gift Cards with the top prize being a $300 card to purchase your own prepping supplies!

Time to Revisit BOB

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byGuest Contributor

When we work our way toward a goal of self-sufficiency, a lot of times producing and preserving food comes up. There are lots of methods, and there are thankfully things like dry meats, grains and legumes, and fruits and veggies that can go straight into cellars and other cold storage. However, for most of us, canning eventually rears its head. How many canning jars we’ll need depends on whether we’re growing, foraging, fishing, hunting and raising livestock with an aim for total self-sufficiency in a societal breakdown or just some supplementary uses, and what we choose to grow or raise. Either way, we need a pretty big pile of jars (and lids). That’s a big commitment to storage space.

How Many Canning Jars Do You Need?

byR. Ann Parris

10 minute read

Editor’s note: This is the fourth of five installments in a series of articles by guest author Kyt Lyn Walken on tracking and its applicability to prepping. — Wild Bill

APPLYING THE ART OF TRACKING

byGuest Contributor

4 minute read

Survival

This is my stab at a Get Home Bag after reading endless posts and recommendations, as well as experimenting with my camping gear. The total weight of my personal get home bag, minus water and handguns is 13.7 Lb.

Ultralight Get Home Bag List

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byGuest Contributor

I have long admired the skill archers have of taking down large game with accuracy and stealth, but I never had the time to take up the hobby. I sure would have appreciated getting out to the woods during deer season much sooner, but I was content to wait for black powder or rifle season. Bows are very common in hunting circles, but would they also make a good prepper option for a survival weapon?

Liberty I – Stealth Survival Weapon

5 minute read

Practicing with your pistols before there is an emergency is vital to improving your chances of successfully living to talk about it. If your going into a gunfight, you need to be training for a gunfight. Bruce outlines some steps and exercises you can follow below to become more proficient, to increase muscle memory and hopefully increase your odds of hitting what you are shooting at, before it hits you. Practice these drills as often as you can. They could mean the difference between life and death.

Training For a Gunfight

byBruce N. Eimer

10 minute read

How can you be more prepared?

I believe that all things being equal, the best defensive weapons you can own are firearms and with that I mind I want to discuss what I recommend everyone have if you are considering a firearm as part of your preparedness strategy.

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7 minute read

The Best Prepper Guns List – Must-Have Weapons for SHTF

I believe that all things being equal, the best defensive weapons you can own are firearms and with that I mind I want to discuss what I recommend everyone have if you are considering a…

Editors Note: A guest post from JD to The Prepper Journal. Make note that Round 12 of the Prepper Writing Contest will be posted next week. A topic we as Preppers all need to consider. I live in one of the 13 states referenced and took the Concealed Carry class to know the laws. One other note, if you don't carry the insurance with the weapon, well, that is just foolish in today's world. Interesting to note on the map that the state with the city with the most gun violence in America is the only one to deny the right.

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10 minute read

Concealed Carry, A Beginners Guide

byGuest Contributor

Editors Note: Another guest contribution from Rebecca to The Prepper Journal. As always, if you have information for Preppers that you would like to share and be entered into the Prepper Writing Contest with a chance to win one of three Amazon Gift Cards with the top prize being a $300 card to purchase your own prepping supplies, then enter today!

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8 minute read

Survival Gardens: Strawberries & Slugs

byR. Ann Parris

Emergency food bars are commonly talked about in the prepper and survivalist world as an alternative to meals and a bug-out bag item, but they also have a lot of value in boosting calories, which can be low on a beans-and-rice diet and in a lot of the food packages available for long-term storage. There are already endless reviews on individual five-year ration bars. Here I want to do a side-by-side comparison between the most common to help narrow down choices, and weigh them against a handful of supermarket alternatives.

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8 minute read

Ration Bar Roundup (And Alternatives)

byR. Ann Parris

For Pi Day this year, I decided to make my family an apple pie to celebrate the obscure and nerdy mathematical holiday. We had canned apples from last fall and I still had about six jars left in the pantry. “Perfect!” I thought as I rolled out my pie crust. I opened the first jar and dumped the apples in, but since I prefer a deep dish pie, I needed one more jar to fill it to the brim. Alas, to my dismay, I opened the second jar and I shrieked in horror because the lid wasn’t sealed. Fearing the dreaded botulism spore, I opened the third. Now with a more critical and leery eye, I decided these apples looked weird and possessed an odd brown color. Out they went. Under the same scrutiny, unfortunately for my pantry, the fourth and fifth met the same fate. Luckily, the sixth and final jar passed the test and my family’s craving for a sugar high and “circumferential” celebration was satisfied. I baked the pie, and we all survived.

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8 minute read

A Killer Lurking In Your Pantry

byCornelia Adams