The winter that just wont go away

by Cameron | Mar 20, 2015 | Fishing, Food, Food Storage, Gardening, Hunting

As I sit here look­ing at the fore­cast for yet anoth­er win­ter storm, I find myself long­ing for spring and all that comes with it. Its been a long, cold win­ter and, as much as I like the cold and all it brings, Im tired of it and wel­come a change in... Read more

Suburban’s Updated Travel EDC

by suburban | Aug 25, 2011 | Crime, Fishing, Personal, Survival Gear, Weather

As promised, this is my post about my expand­ed Trav­el EDC.  It seems the more I trav­el, the more I think I need when on the road.  I am find­ing there is a fine bal­ance between hav­ing what you think you might need in an emer­gency, and just pack­ing... Read more

My Survival and Outdoor iPhone Apps

by suburban | Jun 20, 2010 | Books, Bushcraft, Cooking, DIY, Energy, Fire, first aid, Fishing, Food, Gear, Health, Hunting, Hygiene, Improvised Gear, Iphone/Smartphone, Knots, Medicinal, Navigation, Physical Fitness, Plants, Politics, Preparedness, Psychology, Shelter, suburban survival, Water, Weather

When I bought my iPhone last year, I quick­ly real­ized it had the poten­tial to be a sur­vival tool  My search for iPhone apps under “camp­ing, hik­ing, and sur­vival” quick­ly returned many options for me.  I have tried a bunch of them, and am using the... Read more

My Thoughts About a Bug Out Location

by suburban | Jun 14, 2010 | Bug Out, Bug Out Location, Energy, Fishing, Hunting, Preparedness, Shelter, Survival Gear, Urban Survival, Water

So, I have been giv­ing more and more thought to a BOL. Here is why: My fam­i­ly’s home, which is my cur­rent BOL is 100 miles from my home in NJ. It is rur­al, but still near major roads and is high­ly vis­i­ble to the street, as is the gar­den, vehi­cles, etc.... Read more

Car preparedness, Part 3, hunting and fishing gear for your car kit.

by suburban | May 12, 2010 | Fishing, Hunting, Preparedness, Survival Gear, Survivalism, Trapping

First, I need to pref­ace this post with I con­done poach­ing for sport.  If you are poach­ing to poach, then you deserve to get what is com­ing to you.  How­ev­er, if you are in a SHTF sit­u­a­tion, then hunt­ing to live or to save your life is anoth­er... Read more

My EDC

by suburban | Apr 18, 2010 | Bushcraft, Cooking, EDC, Fire, Fishing, Food, Gear, Improvised Gear, Survival Gear, Trapping

So as a mat­ter of expla­na­tion, I am going to list what I use for my EDC.  Keep in mind my EDC is bang­ing around North­ern New Jer­sey most of the time, and in PA and NY states on week­ends some of the time…    I designed my EDC basi­cal­ly... Read more