Prepping Supplies

Check out Ron Hood's vids. His wife Karen is continuing the legacy they built together. She is one rad woman, I think you'll dig it if you're into this type of stuff.

And if TSHTF, hope I cross paths with you and not a bunch of old grease balls. Haha

I LOVE THESE THREADS.

You always learn more and more. I checked out that Ron Hood and thats a great site with lots of great stuff and food for thought.

Also to surround yourself with like minded people if you can find them is very helpful. We all need to sleep somtime.

Its funny once you start to prep and train yourself and learn all this stuff its very rewarding. You get fit and eat better and have more energy and all fear is swept away because you have knowledge and skills and you feel alot safer cause you know your ready for anything.

I'm Hooked. Bring it.

Where are you at...? I'm BC. Southwestern. North OK.

BC. Middle, south ;) Think OK. Haha

The best thing you can invest in is survival skills. You can go into nature naked if you have these. The best thing I’ve ever come across for this is a man named Ron Hoods - Woodsmaster. Get Ron Hoods’ videos. You can torrent them (look for his name or Woodsmaster, which is the series), but you should support his family if you can afford it. He passed away not too long ago. Videos are available here…

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That being said, here is my top 5 in no particular order. These will make your life easier, but nothing replaces what I said above. One more plug for the videos, it’s all quite enjoyable to learn. The videos and articles on the site are very well done and you’ll have a new found confidence about going into nature. Here goes…

Fixed Blade knife. Make sure it’s fixed blade, otherwise you’ll be fashioning rock tools before you know it. I will add you can make your own knives if you watch Ron Hoods’ videos. Seeing a trend here?

Clothing. Read the above post I bumped, this was good advice. You need synthetic and wool base layers and a gore-tex outer shell for rain and wind. Also get heavy wool pants, I like the Swedish military surplus ones, and a heavy wool sweater if you live in a cold environment like us Canadians. Get out into nature during the toughest times, even if it’s in your backyard during storms and snow, to see if what you have will suffice. Also, wool socks and the best boots money can buy. They will be your last pair for a while.

Heirloom Seeds. The skill of plant identification will do you just as well, you can survive off wild foraging if you know what you’re doing and can die if you don’t. Having a garden will save a lot of energy though and if you know how to save the seeds, you're golden.

Fire steel. The skill of starting fire with nothing, taught in the videos I will add, will do you just as well, but this is a huge convenience and starting a fire when it’s wet or windy is pretty tough without one. I wouldn’t want to be using a bow drill in those conditions and if you don’t know what that is, watch the videos. Your fire steel purchase will come about 2 seconds after seeing the effort it takes to create a spark from friction.

Gun and ammunition. Mainly for self defense, but also hunting until all the animals are dead, which shouldn’t be long. A couple years maybe, just look up animal populations in certain areas after the world wars when food was scarce. Took deer populations 20 years to repopulate in some areas. Can't imagine what everyone hunting all at once would look like.

My primary concern is heating/cooking fuel. My plan is to hunker down and stay invisible so masses of weapons and ammo are not needed (moral: you can't kill'em all). I think propane is the best option. Wood or coal would be ideal aside from the noise involved in splitting/stacking wood, and the smoke thrown off both. If it's a grid down situation it's going to be really quiet with a lot of people outside. Easy to track a open fire.