Survival skills have been around since God knows when. Even with the advent of modern technology, these survival skills proved time and time again that they are still important, essential, and relevant to outdoor enthusiasts, hunters, preppers, and even your average Joe and Jane. No, buying all that high-end survival gear does not make you a survivalist, but learning these most important survival skills will!
Survival Skills Help Us Survive. PERIOD.
So What Are These Survival Skills?
Building a Shelter
Some facts about building a shelterSurvival shelter out of debris and leavesHow to make your own survival cementDIY emergency shelterSnow cave for winter survivalHow to build a bug out cabinHow to fortify your survival shelters
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Hunting
How to use hunting trapsHow to use and shoot a bow and arrowWhere to shoot wild hogsHow to hunt game when SHTFHow to maximize your camouflage
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Fire Starting
How to build a fireHow to start a fire with flintStart a fire without matchesHow to start a fire using char clothHow to start a fire without a sparkStart a fire with frictionHow to start a fire using a batteryHow to start and maintain a fire in winterStart a fire with a guitar pickHow to start a fire with jumper cablesYour home should have these fire starting materials too
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Food and Food Storage
The do’s and don’ts of food storageHow to use buckets, lids, and seals for food storageHow to store food using Oxygen AbsorbersThe different threats to your food storageHow to store food in small spacesHow to repackage survival foodStorage solutions for urban preppersTips on long-term food storageFood storage for your petsAvoid this fatal food storage mistake
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Water and Water Storage
How to find water in the wildernessHow to get and store water
Make your own DIY water filterHow to purify waterHow to decontaminate waterWhat to do when water runs out?How to survive without running waterHow to hide your water storage
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First Aid
How and when to use a tourniquetHow to remove a splinterThe basics of first aidHow to seal a cut with super glueHow to treat an open woundBasic first aid checklistHow to prevent and treat heat stroke
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Watch some movies about how the world will end, and they can only tell you ONE THING: that no one is ever prepared for the aftermath. For example, the aftermath of a nuclear fall-out is living/surviving/thriving with radiated and uninhabitable terrain, radiated waters, and lack of food. The aftermath of a destroyed ozone layer is living our days in an underground shelter with a barren wasteland on top of us. Learning and perhaps mastering these essential survival skills needed to survive will prepare you one way or another for the worst.
Do you know any other survival skills we might have missed? It would be great if you can share them in the comments section below and we’ll add them to the list!
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Editor’s Note: This post was originally published on August 7, 2017, and has been updated for quality and relevancy.
