If you’re just getting started, learning the right prepper skills for beginners is one of the most important steps you can take. Gear is useful—but skills are what actually keep you prepared. When I first began prepping, I only focused on certain aspects. I was already quite proficient skill wise with firearms, as they are … Read more
Editor’s note: Over the past few weeks, I have been corresponding via email with a site regular “WolfBrother” about prepping books. Funny thing is, I have been compiling a list of all of the prepping books that I currently own, and was putting it into an article when we began chatting. Wolfbrother, a former military … Read more
I received an email yesterday from a gentleman. His premise got me to thinking. The gist of the letter was that this guy had put “preppers” into the crazy category. He said he had scoffed at the idea of stockpiling food, gear, weapons, etc. He said he labeled it “nonsense!” But the events of the … Read more
For many years, I have kept a fairly large stock of alkaline and lithium batteries. In all the common sizes of course. Everything from the little watch sizes all the way to D cell batteries, I have kept a decent stockpile. But over the past few years, I have found myself moving away from disposable … Read more
Over the course of the past several years, I have written extensively about firearms, ammunition, and training. Between the firearm reviews, articles on ammo, etc, at times I wondered if I should start a separate firearms website. But because I feel like self-defense is so primary to prepping, and firearms are a major part of … Read more
Plan and Prepared welcomes Virgil Renfroe to the site. Virgil fell in love with bass fishing as a boy in Red Bay, Alabama, and, as an adult living in Springfield, Missouri, he taught his three children and 7 grandchildren all he knew about bass fishing on the shores of Bull Shoals. He now runs Your … Read more