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A Prepper’s Best Investment – Learn DIY Skills

In the aftermath of a major calamity there are certain things you must have to ensure the safety and survival of your family. In these pages you will find an abundance of information and advice on food, supplies, and bug-out bags, all of which are essential when you’re in survival mode, but the one thing that will do more to keep you safe and ensure your survival is knowledge. More specifically, the knowledge of skills can be much more valuable than a garage full of supplies. You can eventually run out of supplies, but, once you have them, you can never run out of skills. For preppers, acquiring essential skills is probably the best investment you can make.

The Essential Prepper Skills

These are what we would call requisite skills, those that every survivalist should know regardless of the circumstances, and then there are those skills that, in any given circumstance, could save your life or at the very least make your life much easier. If it comes down to a matter of time, priorities, and expense, it would be imperative to tackle the requisite skills first. It’s important to keep in mind that skills will have value as barter. Any investment you have to make now to learn a skill will almost certainly bring you much greater returns.

Requisite Skills

  • First aid
  • Canning, food preservation
  • Car and bicycle repair
  • Sewing
  • Home maintenance
  • Gardening
  • Hunting, fishing
  • Self defense

Other Essential Survival Skills

  • Outdoor survival or wilderness training “ including making shelters and traps, skinning animals, fire-starting, and foraging.
  • Weapons training, aside from hunting, there could come a time when firearms and other forms of weaponry will be required to protect your home, to defend yourself, etc. Your weapons training should also include ammo reloading as ammunition will become scarce.
  • Communications – the most reliable communications device in the aftermath is a HAM radio which requires an FCC license and about ten hours of study.
  • Home defense -“ If you decide to stay in place, your home will become a target.

How to Learn Survival Skills on a Budget

Internet: Needless to say, there isn’t anything you can’t learn on the Internet,“ everything from baiting fish hooks, to building a generator, to planning a garden and first aid is available in video and written format with diagrams and detailed steps.

Libraries:“ Remember those? You’re likely to find books by all of the authorities on outdoor survival.

Community resources: Skills such as car repair, first aid, sewing classes, self defense and nutrition, can be acquired through the local community college or through community programs. Many communities and the Red Cross offer emergency preparedness and first aid courses.

Hunting or gun clubs: They usually require a membership fee but they are well worth it for gleaning everything you need to know.

Wilderness clubs:“ Again, they may require a membership fee, but the knowledge, experience and skills you pick up will be invaluable. Plus you will become a part of camaraderie that may become your survival allies.

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The Real Value of Gold for Preppers: Is It Better Than Stocks and Cash?

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Should a calamitous disaster, such as hyperinflation or an electromagnetic pulse attack result in the collapse of our financial systems, our currency will almost certainly collapse. Any dollar denominated investment, such as bonds and many
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Bartering – The King Currency of Survivalists

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In the aftermath of a catastrophic disaster, cash may be in short supply, and if the financial system collapses, maybe even worthless. Food goods, fuel and other basic staples will likely be the more acceptable
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How the Coming Currency Collapse Will Affect You

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Only the truly delusional would dispute that the fiscal health of the United States is in serious decline. In fact, its key vital sign, the US Dollar, is dangerously close to flat lining. which would
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Buying a Vacation Home? Make It Your Survival Home

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If you need to get out of Dodge quickly and safely, the absolute key element to a bug-out plan is to have a destination that, if need be, can accommodate and protect your family for
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A Prepper’s Best Investment – Learn DIY Skills

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In the aftermath of a major calamity there are certain things you must have to ensure the safety and survival of your family. In these pages you will find an abundance of information and advice
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Top Five Items When Prepping on a Budget

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If you have followed any of the articles or shows on prepping, you've probably seen some pretty elaborate plans and set-ups with costs running into the thousands or tens of thousands of dollars. That's all
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Prepping On a Budget: Build a Survival Emergency Fund

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What is a Survival Emergency Fund? We've all been lectured throughout our lives about the importance of building an emergency fund. It should be the number one priority for your savings dollars until you've built
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Frugal Prepping – Saving Money for Prepping

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While it can't be foretold with absolute certainty what lies ahead of us on the other side of major catastrophe, one thing we can count on is eventual food and supply shortages, and very probably,
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Quick Advice for Financial Prepping

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When financial prepping for TEOTWAWKI, the last thing that might come to your mind is paying down your debt. After all, aren't there more important things to worry about like staying alive? While that may
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Financial Survival for Doomsday Preppers

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By now, most of you have already heard about the show Doomsday Preppers, which spotlights the lives of otherwise ordinary Americans who are preparing for the-end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it (TEOTWAWKI).  To be clear, this is not about setting
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Getting Ready for Hyperinflation

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What is Hyperinflation? Historically, hyperinflation is often associated with wars, their aftermath, sociopolitical upheavals, or other crises that make it difficult for the government to tax and govern the population. But those are just the
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