http://www.survivalboards.com Survival Forum SHTF Survivalist Blog Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:08:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.survivalboards.com/2011-10-19/alcoholic-squirrel-survivalist/ Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:07:56 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=10391 http://www.survivalboards.com/2011-08-14/storing-food-in-mylar-bags-for-shtf/ Sun, 14 Aug 2011 21:17:28 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=8984 My SHTF food preps include mylar bags, #10 cans, MREs and canned goods. In this article and video ware going to discuss making up 20 mylar bags of rice, beans, oatmeal,,,,, and various other items. Awhile back I made up some homemade superpails of oats, rice and beans. I found the 5 gallon mylar bags difficult to work with and a little difficult to seal. After that experience I decided that the largest bag I was going to mess with was probably going to be around the 2 1/2 gallon size. For my current project I decided to make up some 1/2 gallon and some 1 gallon mylar bags. Inside of the bags I am going to store oats, rice, beans, instant mashed potatoes,,, and a few other things. Items to be stored in mylar bags: 2 - great value whole grain old fashioned oats, 42 ounce containers 4 - great value whole grain quick oats, 42 ounce containers 3 - great value elbows enriched macaroni product, 3 pound boxs 1 - hungry jack mashed potatoes, 26.7 ounce box 2 - great value mashed potatoes, 2 pound box 1 - 20 pound bag of rice several - 1 pound bags of pinto beans

Full Story>>>]]> http://www.survivalboards.com/2011-07-19/on-the-topic-of-fishing/ Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:33:47 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=8414 Fishing is something that I was raised around as far back as I can remember. when I was maybe 4 or 5 years old, I remember my mom and dad taking my brother and I fishing around the local ponds. When we moved to Bridge City, my dad bought a boat to take us out on Sabine Lake between Bridge City and Port Arthur. Now that I am grown and have kids of my own, I have tried to keep that family tradition going by taking my kids fishing.

Full Story>>>]]> http://www.survivalboards.com/2011-05-30/climate-change-and-long-term-survival-plans/ Tue, 31 May 2011 01:34:51 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=7639 There is something that is bothering me about the climate change going on all around the world, and long term survival plans. Lets take Texas for example, my home state, has been under drought conditions for the past 3+ years. some of the local lakes are 8 - 10 feet low. A couple of years ago lake Travis got to around 100 feet below normal. National Geographic wrote and interesting article about how Greenland was on the leading edge of climate change. The majority of Greenlands income is based off of fishing. But the warming waters has caused the shrimp and certain fish populations to decline. The big question is "where" are the fishing going. The climate change is not limited to North America - there is an interesting article on the BBC how Soils of UK and Europe drying out. In a long term survival situation - meteor strike, outbreak of a new plague, world wide war, long term civil unrest,,,, the only long term solution for food is to grow your own. But in the face of global climate change, how can we be sure that our crops will succeed. This past weekend I went to the camp to pick up my bar-b-q pit and bring it home for memorial day weekend. While I was at the camp, I decided to check on the fruit trees. We have a couple of pear trees, some peach trees and a couple of plum trees planted there. Upon inspection, I discovered just about all of the fruit was about 1/2 - 1/3 the size that it should be. If we were in a long term survival situation, I would have to watering the fruit trees from a nearby stream.

Full Story>>>]]> http://www.survivalboards.com/2011-05-23/smoked-briskets-for-memorial-day/ Tue, 24 May 2011 02:15:18 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=7611 cooking briskets. Brisket is a tough cut of meat, but if you cook it on a low heat, and for several hours, the meat becomes tender, and the brisket turns into a great appetite pleaser. Briskets can usually be bought for about $20, and will feed maybe a dozen people depending on how big the brisket is. Marinate a Brisket I like to marinate my brisket for at least 12 hours before cooking. For the rub, I am currently using a liquid marinate out of the mexican food section called Goya Mojo criollo Marinade for chicken, pork and beef. While at the deer lease on opening weekend of 2010, a buddy of mine told me about Goya mojo, so I thought I would give it a try. Other ingredints of the rub are a cajun spice and steak seasoning. The brisket is marinated overnight, put it on the smoker for about 4 - 5 hours, then wrap in foil with the fat layer up. I like to put the fat layer up so that the good meat is in the juice. This helps keep the brisket moist. A lot of people put the fat layer down, which makes the best cuts of meat dry out. About 6 hours cook time wrapped in foil, then taken out, put on the chopping block, and sliced up. To slice up the brisket, I use an electric knife. Total cook time is about 10 - 11 hours.

Full Story>>>]]> http://www.survivalboards.com/2011-03-27/abandoned-places-and-long-term-disasters/ Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:47:38 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=7340 Lets say that some kind of long term SHTF happens, like what happened in 1348 with the black death. Large areas are depopulated, nobody is around to maintain roads, nobody is around to keep the trees cut back, or do maintenance on buildings. What can we expect? In an effort to what what will happen to our infrastructure, my wife went driving around to look at abandoned sawmills and abandoned sawmill towns. The first example I looked at was a sawmill that was abandoned in the 1930s or 1940s. All that remains is a couple of walls, the foundations, and some motor mounts where the saw motors were bolted down. If it was not made of cement or steel, its long gone. But even then, the steel is starting to rust away. Nothing of wood is visible above the layers of leaves and pine straw. While walking around the remains of the sawmill, I can not help but think about the people that worked there. Did they have the same worries that we do today, did they worry about paying the house note, did they worry about their kids, and what about the politics at the time. In the 1920, I can just imagine some of the discussions about the new income tax the government was putting into place.

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Full Story>>>]]> http://www.survivalboards.com/2010-09-16/fire-from-crampball-fungi/ Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:57:52 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=4249 PlanetBushcraft posted another fire building video. This one talks about using flint and steel along with Crampball Fungi to make a fire. Post your comments in this thread of the wilderness survival forum.

Full Story>>>]]> http://www.survivalboards.com/2010-09-15/fire-with-flint-and-steel/ Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:18:24 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=4242 Planetbushcraft for posting this description and video in this thread of the wilderness survival forum.

Full Story>>>]]> http://www.survivalboards.com/2010-05-24/harvesting-snap-beans/ Mon, 24 May 2010 23:54:24 +0000 Kevin http://www.survivalboards.com/?p=3369 The snap beans are really starting to come in. If we could get some rain, they would be producing a lot more, but you just have to make due with what you have. In all, we probably picked 4 - 5 gallons of snap beans.

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