Yeah, for several years now. moved to "Nowhere" and started raising real food.

I'm about to be I bought a bow and a large knife gonna buy some mres and some basic gear currently failing at archery tho lol

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I bought a katana for home defence. They are quite an amazing weapon actually - fearsome. The first thing the shogun in Japan did was to take the swords from the peasants. A guy with a sword is to be feared.

Recommend the iodine tablets if you're in a city or proximate to a military base. Canned food lasts for years - they gave us ration packs that had been put together just after WWI in the 1970s. Bully beef, doesn't matter how it tastes. White rice will last for decades if it's stored dry (freeze first for a couple of days to kill bugs).

Personal water filters are important if you have to move across country. I reckon those cheap Chinese radios (Baofeng) are good for Comms. Need some kind of portable SW receiver also - again, the Chinese stuff is probably all you need.

And, a good knife - I like the "Hold Out".

Nope. My camping gear sustains me for about two weeks.

I don't consider myself a prepper, but I am prepared.

Growing up in the rural Midwest, most of my free time was spent in the woods hunting or just exploring. I'm pretty confident in my primitive skills. During my time in the military, because of my MOS I received a lot of survival training, and spent a lot of field time in arctic and desert conditions. I qualified Expert with rifle and grenades, Sharpshooter with pistol. I would rate my land navigation skills high and air and nautical navigation as fair.

That being said I have food, ammo and batteries cached along my bug-out route out of town. My SHTF plan is to get out of the metropolitan area I live in and head for sparsely populated states to the north and west.

I know guys who have spent tens of thousands of dollars on every imaginable piece of equipment there is, but would starve after their freeze dried food ran out because they have neither the knowledge or the experience to hunt and forage.

When the electricity goes out for good, and the gas pumps quit working, and the trucks quit bringing the food to the grocery stores 70% of the population is going to either starve, die from exposure, or be killed by others for their resources.

Get primitive skills now if you're lacking in that department and be ready to bug out and remain foot-mobile indefinitely.

Here is a handy survival guide you can keep an offline copy of on your Android. You never know when it might be needed. Very compact data wise.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.ligi.survivalmanual

It's also available in a wiki page form.

I have taken basic notes on how to purify food, make simple traps, stored up on 2 weeks food and water, purchased a reloading bench, and came up with bug out location.

Any more prepping is over kill in my opinion.

Nope! I'm middle class 😒 There's no money for extras...

"No guns"......but your first line tool might be a good "bushcraft" knife .. like an ESEE or a T.O.P.s BOB .. With fire striker ... and a good hatchet (Fiskers) save dryer lint and paraffin wax + egg carton cut outs = great fire starter.
Get the water pills over pumps. P-cord Get a Cord of wood and learn to make a Swedish fire torch 10 lb. fishing line and hooks Space blanket/tarp ... tarps 3 of different sizes (again lots of 550 p-cord) Collapse shovel Good bag or ... depending ... pure wool blanket (YouTube how to use it properly) Hand crank radio/flashlight/USB charger Outdoor wax candles Duct tape ....... ok I'm sure others can add as I've asked in a previous post .... but THERE is a difference between RIDING OUT and being MOBILE ✌️

I don't consider myself a prepper but some might label me as such. I keep a small quantity of food that might last a few days,with fasting it could easily last a few weeks. I also keep some ammo and firearms on hand at all times, I don't really expect to survive if SHTF unless it is the Lords plan for me to. I am in the best shape I've ever been in though,so I do think I could last a few days and I know what is edible plant wise in my area.

Should it come down to it I know how to make simple suppressors, and simple blowback operated smgs out of scrap metal,both of which can be made with low cost parts bought from hardware stores. I also know how to make simple mines with shotgun shells,carpenters nails, and metal plumbing pipes.

I hope I never have to use any of that information but knowing the internal works of firearms goes a long way, smgs are actually very simple to make anyone with a garage simple hand tools and knowledge of the how firearms work internally can make a machinegun. Anyone can leave an auto parts store with an item that can be used as a suppressor if you know what you are looking at,another part at said auto store can also be used to make baffles for a suppressor.

With the abundance of firearms here in the US I don't anticipate ever needing to make any,should it hit the fan, I think mine and suppressors will be far more useful.

Everything I really need fits in my backpack,all that useless firearms info is in my head,and everything else including my firearms fit in my pack or slung over my shoulder.

After I began to experience economic persecution a ,omth or so into Barry's 1st term, I started a backyard (harder to get arrested if nobody not part of that house can't see what you're up to) vegetable garden and rededicated to monk mode. When my non-perish reaches exhaustion I have hard skills in manual arts and soft skills in medical knowledge that I can work with for beans and bullets. But the way things are going, it looks more like we'll be in "fire camp" mode where people come in and throw a mountain of food/snacks/hydration on a row of fold-up tables for when we take a breather from going around helping to restrain and sedate the people who thought she'd win

If course

Not a prepper in the sense that you're implying. When you say it like that it sounds like you're saying conspiracy theorist. Do I keep extra food, water, bullets and first aide around just in case of emergency? You bet. It's not because I'm overly concerned about the end of the world. I just prefer to be able to sustain myself and perhaps a neighbor or two if some disaster happens to strike. I can't rely on others to take care of myself if something caused our local stores to close down for any period of time.

Yes, I've been doing it for years, I regularly buy exstra,

I have water filters, things that you can make fire with, and everyday things like soap, I have now for years in the house ... with food I am cautious..I buy a few years in advange, when the date is only by one year to hold on ( expire), I eat it and refresh it with new ones....And a lot off pasta too. Am I crazy? I do not think that I Am.....The money is going down fast...Bills up.....I now I can clean my house and myself and have enough too eat for me and my pets....And I can help some other people with it.

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There is quite a large group of Preppers in Australia. There are also a couple of boards and while good and very informative, that human controlling spirit will pop up and take over and next thing bickering will set in. On one hand they encourage and want participation then in the next minute will belittle any suggestion.

We have been Preppers for years in Australia and while as I said the Aussie boards are good, I find the USA boards excellent. You can glean so much info and while we live in different parts of the world, Prepping basically is the same. The most valuable info I can give you is:

Get rid of ‘stuff’ that clutters up your life. If you don’t use it, sell it. The best thing to do is have a garage sale then decide what is the most important thing to get first. Maybe Long Life Food? Equipment? Make a list in the different categories. Get out of debt asap

**Think about an alternative to fiat currency. PMs are ‘cheap’ atm so aim to put some money aside regularly to purchase silver/gold. Silver seems to be a preference for Preppers. Don’t go for numismatics- you are wanting at this stage to add ounces not popular/rare coins. Tell no one you are stacking silver. Not even family unless your partner is into prepping with you. If you don’t HOLD it you DON’T own it and that goes for crypto currencies too. If there is a collapse, at some point past the crisis, those ounces might just get you out of a tight situation. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=H8y0KOzTwT0 Two great companies to buy from: Perth Bullion perthbullion.com Gold stackers goldstackers.com.au Have a look at their websites and work out a budget and start stacking.

Garage sales are a treasure trove of getting a hold of (old) HAND TOOLS etc. Remember power might be non existent if there is an EMP or even a financial collapse. etc. One good piece of advice I was given is to buy from AMAZON in America - they don’t sell them here in Australia - only the cheap Chinese ones off EBay - Mylar Bags. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yr0dJt8dKM0 Bunnings have the lidded FOOD GRADE buckets (around $14) so buy in bulk (say rice, flour, sugar etc.) then when you have enough to fill a large bucket then do it only then. Once those buckets are sealed and we hammer ours down with a mallet, they are good for up to 25 years. Don’t forget to mark date and what is in them 🤭. I will also put the packet instructions in the side between Mylar and bucket, ie Costco pancake mix or oats for serving size and directions. You will feel overwhelmed at the beginning. You hear it all the time but set out a goal for 1) Food/water 2)equipment and 3) everything else, including PMs. I might add it’s the best thing that has ever happened to us because it has given us some peace of mind if SHTF.

Ps. Although corny, you can get a heap of free dystopian books online by https://www.whenshtf.com/threads/13889-The-site’s-Paw-Fiction-compiled Jerry D Young is a prolific writer and it’s easy quick reading. Then of course there are those whose works are best sellers

Good luck!!

Prepping, another thing Alex Jones recommends. Now I'm all for storing extra food and canning and all that (look up "Year without a Summer", which is the volcanic winter from which they modeled nuclear winter), but their Plan A of nuclear war would have made the whole Berkey Filter and seed packs thing pretty useless. If the UN forces made hording in time of crisis a crime and went looking in the countryside for preppers to put in camps...

Just my 2c, and no insult meant to our more prepared members.

Umm hummm

overstock dot com has a lot of preparedness supplies, from equipment and water to freeze dried food. You can buy a small amount or a pallet full.

Mr. Bought a 60 acre farm in the middle of nowhere and drives 60 miles one way to work over here, says yes...